Bill Gates, Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Microsoft Corporation will be visiting India from December 6 to 9, 2005. This is his fourth visit to India. His itinerary covers meetings with key government officials in addition to key business leaders, academicians, industry associations and policy makers. Bill's public engagements include a CII hosted CEO Forum in New Delhi on December 7, 2005 and a Developers Forum in Bangalore on December 9, 2005.

Bill's visit also coincides with the Microsoft Government Leaders Forum which is scheduled to take place in New Delhi from 6th to 7th December. This is a two-day summit themed 'Leading in a Connected World', which will bring together government leaders across the Asian region to engage in discussions; exchange experiences and best practices related to economic development, governance and education; while examining the role that information and communication technology plays in achieving success in these areas. Bill Gates will deliver the closing address at the summit.

Elaborating on Microsoft's unique India focus, Ravi Venkatesan, Chairman, Microsoft India said, "India is not just the fastest growing subsidiary for Microsoft, but is also one of the few subsidiaries where Microsoft has an end to end presence of its entire business portfolio. research, product development, application development, services delivery and technical support, it's all here and contributing significantly in the global growth.
India is very high on Microsoft's priorities."

Bill will also inaugurate MAIT's Digital Lifestyle 2005 on December 9, 2005, at the Palace Grounds in Bangalore. MAIT has partnered with Trade Fairs & Conferences International TFCI) for the event, which will showcase the latest technologies and products by various Indian and multinational companies.

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