• MoU was signed between Microsoft India and Andhra Pradesh to harness cloud technology for the state’s growth, at T-Hub Nadella responded positively to Telangana’s request for setting up a startup ecosystem in Hyderabad.
• During the meeting with Naidu, the 47-year-old promised to visit his native Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh. Born in Anantapur, Nadella was brought up and studied in Hyderabad.

“There are three points to success – concept, capability, culture. Learn more from day one… chase after your concept or idea. Improve your capability to chase the idea… Curate the culture,” he told the entrepreneurs in an inspirational talk.

• During the meeting with Telangana’s Information Technology Minister K.T. Rama Rao, Nadella said the tech giant under its initiative Microsoft Ventures would help develop accelerators and startups here.
• This public cloud for SMEs can help in building a sustainable business environment and other eco systems.
• Microsoft’s help in digitizing classrooms in government-run schools across the state. Earlier, Nadella met Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu over breakfast at the latter’s residence.
• Nadella agreed to set up a centre of excellence in Visakhapatnam.

• Nadella showed interest in the ambitious Rs.2,500-crore e-pragathi project, an e-governance initiative, recently taken up by the state government.

Microsoft India will support building of up to three proof-of-concept (POC) solutions to apply Microsoft Azure Machine Learning and Advanced Visualization in the fields of education, agriculture and eCitizen services.