Microsoft Corp, the world's largest software maker, plans to increase the number of engineers working on its products in India to 7,000 from 4,000 over the next 2-3 years, chairman Bill Gates said.
Microsoft relies heavily on India's booming $17.2 billion software services industry to source quality skills at costs far below average Western salaries.
The planned increase in the number of engineers includes those working for Microsoft's Indian software vendors such as Infosys Technologies Ltd.
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