Bengaluru: In Mumbai, his appeal was to businesses - to transform themselves with technology. In Bengaluru, the appeal was to developers - to help every company become a software company.
At Microsoft's Future Decoded Summit in Bengaluru on Tuesday, CEO Satya Nadella's innate developer personality was in full show. He described how software is the most malleable factor of production that humankind has ever found. "The question in front of us is, can we take that malleability and create more growth and economic prosperity in our societies," he said in his address to a hall full of technologists.
Developers, he said, are integral to leading the charge for what he called fuelling "tech intensity" in India. He said the past 10 years of tech were amazing, but its impact was narrow, limiting itself to areas like consumer internet. "The next 10 years, the question is, can we dream more, have a cross-sector impact, use digital technologies to change industries like retail, healthcare and agri-tech," he said.
He said while tech has become ubiquitous and pervasive, it comes with responsibilities. "Thinking about inclusivity around what happens to the surplus that gets created by digital technologies is going to be important. When we talk about going after hard challenges, developers are really going to make those choices. We must build trust into technology. You must think about the inclusive nature of economic growth," said Nadella.
India has 4.2 million developers, the largest pool of developer talent globally. Microsoft India president Ananth Maheshwari said that there are 650 million people under the age of 25. "And today it's the power of low code or no code programming that's available in everyone's hands. This event is to celebrate the developer," he said.
B2B e-commerce portal Udaan co-founder Amod Malviya was among those celebrated on stage on Tuesday. Udaan is the fastest Indian company to become a unicorn. And it did so with just 17 engineers. "More than 90% of the code that we deploy is open-sourced, which means our engineers can step away from their keyboard, and observe real-world problems. That's the true power of digital," Malviya said.
Nadella spoke about the myriad business problems Indian startups were already solving. Chetan Maini-backed Sun Mobility provides battery-as-a-service in the EV space. Bengaluru-based Bionic Yantra is making a wearable exoskeleton, a robotic gear to assist those with spinal cord injury or cerebral palsy. "What if you can have a personalised robot for those affected with cerebral palsy, what a life changing thing it can be," Nadella said.
Nadella said it's an era of the intelligent cloud.
"It's helping us transform, perhaps for the first time, where the experience layer is, much more people-centric. We are not tethered. I don't want to live in a world where the entire experience to computing is just mediated by one device. I want it to be multiple senses, multiple devices and we are at the beginning of that. We describe this as tech intensity. The goal here is to help every organisation become a software company by adopting the latest tech," Nadella said.
At Microsoft's Future Decoded Summit in Bengaluru on Tuesday, CEO Satya Nadella's innate developer personality was in full show. He described how software is the most malleable factor of production that humankind has ever found. "The question in front of us is, can we take that malleability and create more growth and economic prosperity in our societies," he said in his address to a hall full of technologists.
Developers, he said, are integral to leading the charge for what he called fuelling "tech intensity" in India. He said the past 10 years of tech were amazing, but its impact was narrow, limiting itself to areas like consumer internet. "The next 10 years, the question is, can we dream more, have a cross-sector impact, use digital technologies to change industries like retail, healthcare and agri-tech," he said.
He said while tech has become ubiquitous and pervasive, it comes with responsibilities. "Thinking about inclusivity around what happens to the surplus that gets created by digital technologies is going to be important. When we talk about going after hard challenges, developers are really going to make those choices. We must build trust into technology. You must think about the inclusive nature of economic growth," said Nadella.
India has 4.2 million developers, the largest pool of developer talent globally. Microsoft India president Ananth Maheshwari said that there are 650 million people under the age of 25. "And today it's the power of low code or no code programming that's available in everyone's hands. This event is to celebrate the developer," he said.
B2B e-commerce portal Udaan co-founder Amod Malviya was among those celebrated on stage on Tuesday. Udaan is the fastest Indian company to become a unicorn. And it did so with just 17 engineers. "More than 90% of the code that we deploy is open-sourced, which means our engineers can step away from their keyboard, and observe real-world problems. That's the true power of digital," Malviya said.
Nadella spoke about the myriad business problems Indian startups were already solving. Chetan Maini-backed Sun Mobility provides battery-as-a-service in the EV space. Bengaluru-based Bionic Yantra is making a wearable exoskeleton, a robotic gear to assist those with spinal cord injury or cerebral palsy. "What if you can have a personalised robot for those affected with cerebral palsy, what a life changing thing it can be," Nadella said.
Nadella said it's an era of the intelligent cloud.
"It's helping us transform, perhaps for the first time, where the experience layer is, much more people-centric. We are not tethered. I don't want to live in a world where the entire experience to computing is just mediated by one device. I want it to be multiple senses, multiple devices and we are at the beginning of that. We describe this as tech intensity. The goal here is to help every organisation become a software company by adopting the latest tech," Nadella said.
Download The Times of India News App for Latest Business News.
more from times of india business
Quick Links
ELSS Mutual Funds BenefitsIncome Tax Refund statusWhat is AssochamITR Filing Last DateHome Loan EMI TipsHome Loan Repayment TipsPradhan Mantri Awas YojanaTop UP Loan FeaturesIncrease Home Loan EligibilityHome Loan on PFTax Saving Fixed DepositLink Aadhaar with ITRAtal Pension YojanaNita AmbaniIndian EconomyRBIAadhaar CardSBIReliance CommunicationsMukesh AmbaniIndian Bank Ifsc codeIDBI Ifsc codeIndusind ifsc codeYes Bank Ifsc CodeVijay Bank Ifsc codeSyndicate bank Ifsc CodePNB Ifsc codeOBC Ifsc codeKarur vysya bank ifscIOB Ifsc codeICICI Ifsc codeHDFC Bank ifsc codeCanara Bank Ifsc codeBank of baroda ifscBank of America IFSC CodeBOM IFSC CodeAndhra Bank IFSC CodeAxis Bank Ifsc CodeSBI IFSC CodeGST
Get the app