India is fast becoming a global hub for tech and AI talent, with over 17 million developers now active on GitHub. By 2028, the country aims to have the world’s largest developer community on the platform.
Microsoft highlighted this momentum at its IDC Pinnacle Summit 2025, held at the Microsoft India Development Center (IDC) in Hyderabad. Now in its third year, the summit brought together Microsoft leaders, engineers from IDC, top customers, and AI experts.
The event focused on the theme “Unlock the Agentic Future – Where AI Agents Meet Human Ingenuity”, exploring how AI and human creativity can work together. It also celebrated the latest innovations in AI and encouraged a strong learning culture among tech professionals.
Microsoft says its India Development Center is proud to be home to some of the country’s best engineering minds, who are helping shape the future of AI.
Reflecting on what makes IDC a great place to work for aspiring and established developers from across India, Rajiv Kumar, Managing Director and President, Microsoft IDC, said, “At Microsoft, we are proud to drive AI innovations that help India grow, strengthen our global leadership by creating planet scale product impact. We have the responsibility to nurture India’s growing AI talent, enabling them to build cutting-edge AI solutions for the country and the world. At Microsoft IDC, we believe India’s developers will lead the next wave of breakthrough technologies — and we are committed to being a trusted partner to the country’s aspiration to be a global leader in AI.”
At the summit, Rajiv was in a fireside chat with Jay Parikh, Executive Vice President, CoreAI. This was Jay’s first India visit since taking on his Microsoft role in October 2024. During their chat, Jay and Rajiv shared insights into Microsoft’s end-to-end AI stack, platform strategy, and India’s growing influence in the global AI ecosystem.
While addressing the audience, Jay remarked, “Our mission is ambitious but simple: to empower every developer, and eventually everyone, to shape the future with AI. Achieving that means moving fast, because AI is transforming everything: how industries operate, how we work, how data is stored, how companies are built and managed. It’s a global shift, and it’s accelerating rapidly—faster than most of us can comprehend.”
He added, “This isn’t theoretical—Azure AI Foundry is live, serving over 60,000 customers globally, including several in India. It’s been exciting to see local enthusiasm and hear feedback—from support to demands for more capabilities.”
India at the heart of global AI innovation
Puneet Chandok, President, Microsoft India and South Asia, while addressing the audience on the evolution of AI and how India is leading the latest platform shift, said, “Microsoft is now home for India to build AI. AI is reshaping the entire technology landscape – Agents and Copilot are the UI of AI, complemented with human ambition. Our Copilots now come with IQ, EQ, AQ (agency), and memory. That’s when the magic happens.”
Puneet also invited leaders from key Microsoft customers from across sectors, namely Physics Wallah, Wipro, Fractal, Infosys, and Kore.ai, who shared how Microsoft’s AI solutions are helping them unlock business impact at scale and putting AI in the hands of everyone.
From GPT-4o to GitHub Copilot: AI in action
Physics Wallah shared how they are transforming education through Alakh AI, an AI-powered learning suite built using OpenAI’s GPT-4o model on Microsoft Azure. Its flagship tools, AI Guru and the Smart Doubt Engine, are designed to enhance learning inside and outside the classroom.
Wipro discussed its journey toward becoming an “AI Organization” by embedding Microsoft technologies across workflows.
Fractal discussed building a unified agentic platform for enterprises, leveraging Microsoft’s AI stack, and how AI solutions are now powering human decisions in an enterprise.
Infosys highlighted that agents built on the Azure OpenAI ecosystem are driving significant cost efficiencies, with developers already generating over 14 million lines of code using GitHub Copilot.
Kore.ai illustrated how they are reimagining work, service, and process automation with the help of Microsoft’s AI innovation.
The event underscored Microsoft’s commitment to empowering developers and organizations in India to lead the next wave of AI innovation.
Celebrating and rewarding innovation
Microsoft’s IDC Pinnacle Summit 2025, held in Hyderabad, put a spotlight on India’s growing leadership in AI and technology. A major highlight of the summit was the IDC Tech Fair and Innovation Showcase, where engineering teams from across the Microsoft India Development Center (IDC) showed off their latest work.
This year, over 200 booths were set up across four Microsoft campuses. Teams demonstrated cutting-edge innovations in AI, including Copilot and its extensions, improved developer tools using Azure and AI platforms, applied research, cybersecurity, and responsible AI practices. The fair encouraged collaboration, learning, and sharing of ideas across teams.
The event ended with the IDC Pinnacle Awards, which honoured top projects in three areas: Agility & Productivity, User Delight & Customer Satisfaction, and Innovation.
Pinnacle 2025 clearly showed that India is not just keeping up with the global AI race—it is leading the way.
