John Ribeiro

Microsoft Research, the research and development arm of Microsoft Corp, is to collaborate on science and technology research projects with India's Ministry of Science and Technology and Ocean Development.

U.K. retailer Tesco PLC has set up an IT services and business process support subsidiary in Bangalore and plans to move hundreds of jobs there later this year, according to a company executive.

Indian outsourcing companies that have operations in Chennai, one of the locations on the southeast coast of India that was hit by tsunamis nearly two weeks ago, have decided to stay in the city.

Israeli companies want to collaborate with Indian companies on research and development (R&D) to create IT products and services for the global market, according to Ehud Olmert, Israel's deputy prime minister and minister for industry, trade, labor and communications.

Veritas Software Corp.'s research and development (R&D) centre in Pune, India, will soon be the company's largest worldwide, according to a company executive.

Microsoft Corp. is setting up a research lab in Bangalore, India, that will focus on areas including computing technologies for emerging markets, according to a company executive.

SAP AG plans to more than double the number of staff at its software development centres in Bangalore, India, and Shanghai by 2006, and is also considering setting up a new development centre in Eastern Europe, according to a company executive.

Intel Corp. is evaluating India as a possible location for a new chip manufacturing facility, the company's chief executive officer, Craig Barrett, told reporters Thursday in Delhi.