Satya Nadella to woo start-ups today

On three-day visit to country to get governments and businesses to use Microsoft platforms

Satya Nadella, the Indian-born chief executive of Microsoft, will kick-start a three-day visit to India on Monday. 

He will make a pitch to more than 300 start-ups in Bengaluru to use the company's platform to build new applications and host them on its Azure cloud platform, to grow Microsoft business.

Nadella, who will engage with India's digital transformation journey with Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, is likely to pitch Microsoft's Azure cloud platform to users, as the company plays catch-up with the AWS services of Amazon in India.

The discussion will also focus on Ekstep, the education initiative by Nilekani, who would use the