Microsoft has  announced the appointment of Bhaskar Pramanik as the chairman for Microsoft India.

As Chairman, Pramanik will oversee Microsoft’s sales, marketing and services subsidiary, provide overall leadership on all Microsoft assets in India and lead our citizenship agenda in close alignment with India’s national priorities.  As we reported  in this space on March 6 (http://www.indiatechonline.com/bhaskar-pramanik,-oracle-india-md,-moves-on-30.php) Pramanik most recently served as Managing Director for Oracle India and prior to that, he worked for Sun Microsystems for 13 years as Managing Director in India and more recently as Global Vice President, Commercial Systems at the U.S. headquarters.

Microsoft in India has more than 5300 employees housed in two campuses and thirteen offices across the country.  It is the largest employee base outside of the U.S. for MicrosoftMicrosoft in India has more than 5300 employees housed in two campuses and thirteen offices across the country. It is the largest employee base outside of the U.S. for Microsoft