For the first time in its history, Microsoft has kicked off a week-long global hackathon. India will also simultaneously participate in the event which will see over 2000 Microsoft employees across seven Indian cities joining their colleagues across the world.
All hackers will simultaneously hack to come up with solutions that can help people and processes beyond the usual boundary. Microsoft are based out of 114 countries across the world.
"Satya Nadella, our CEO, has challenged us to think differently. The enthusiasm of our employees participating in this hackathon reflect their desire to embrace change and drive positive impact both within and outside the company. We are thrilled to see the huge participation from our employees in India," said Rohit Thakur, head of Human Resources at Microsoft India.
These employees are working on more than 650 ideas that can help and impact a large cross-section of audiences -- developers, enterprises, consumers, governments, not-for-profits, partners, educators, as well as Microsoft's own internal processes. The hackathon is being organized to usher in the new growth hacking culture at Microsoft. It aims to encourage and inspire people to start thinking like challengers, learn to continuously adapt and put customers ahead of everything they do.
Speaking about the India leg of the hackathon, Bhaskar Pramanik, chairman, Microsoft India, said "We want to encourage our employees to work outside their usual boundaries and create, imagine and adapt something new that has a purpose. During this week's hackathon, many of our creative minds are collaborating across geographies and working on ideas and solutions that address business and societal issues. They are using Microsoft technology to suggest solutions that can help people and processes."
The winning hackathon ideas from India will compete with other winners from across the world via online voting in the first week of August. The top five ideas will be evaluate by a jury who will then declare the global winners.
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