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In partnership with Microsoft education, #disrupttheclassroom is a four-part ed-tech series that illustrates how technology is helping Indian educators go beyond linear, text-based instruction so that students can experience truly immersive learning. With Microsoft Office 365 for Education, students and teachers get all the convenience of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Microsoft Teams apps, but with the power of the cloud.

For most companies, GST may have been a disruption in the way they did business, but Microsoft India President Anant Maheshwari feels it has been a massive shift in the digital journey of India. Maheshwari says that while the growth for the company in India has been consistent with its global growth, customers and users are now dealing with a “new kind of Microsoft”. The company is increasingly doing is asking this segment of customers about their pain-points and then working with the partners to figure out a solution.

Armed with Intelligent Cloud and Edge capabilities, Microsoft will give a renewed thrust to nurturing unicorn firms and the startup community in India next year, said Anant Maheshwari, President, Microsoft India.

New technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud Machine Learning, Satellite Imagery and advanced analytics are empowering small-holder farmers in India to increase their income through higher crop yield and greater price control, Microsoft India said.

The Seeing AI app makes use of computer vision to help visually impaired and blind people using audio. The app will be able to recognise handwritten text with the printed one. Users will also have the ability to customise the voice coming from the app. Users can adjust its volume and can also control the how fast it can talk.

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian announced a partnership with Microsoft at 13 December’s Everyday AI event. The main motive of this partnership is to use AI tools for integrating Reddit content in search results on Microsoft’s Bing search engine.

Microsoft has tied up with International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) to develop a system designed specially to suit the needs of farmers in countries like India. The solutions are going to give them heads up on the likelihood of rain, outbreak of diseases or attack of pests and on soil health condition.

In a mobile-first and Cloud-first country like India, there now lies a new over $100 billion opportunity if we can leverage Intelligent Cloud and Intelligent Edge solutions across industries, Anant Maheshwari, President, Microsoft India, said. The Intelligent Edge brings the power of the Cloud to mobile and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, thus creating a connected ecosystem. Microsoft today is leading the digital momentum in India with a renewed thrust on Intelligent Cloud and Intelligent Edge.

In wake of recent cyber attacks, the issue of cyber security has developed into a business problem from being just a technical one, a top Microsoft official said here on Thursday. Speaking at a Microsoft event, Digital Crimes Unit regional director Keshav Dhakad said, “Cyber security is no longer just a technical issue but has evolved into a business one. Recent attacks gave us a glimpse of how cyber attacks can affect the operations of a business.”

Microsoft India on Thursday showcased several projects that make use of the company’s cloud-based artificial intelligence, cognitive services and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies. According to the company, these initiatives are spurring Digital India. The motives are aimed at changing the way citizens, enterprises and governments engage in healthcare services, agricultural practices, education and everyday work.