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Microsoft appoints Rajiv Kumar as Microsoft India (R&D) managing director

Kumar takes over from Anil Bhansali who will be corporate vice president of cloud and enterprise division

Rajiv Kumar, Managing Director for Microsoft India (R&D)
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Rajiv Kumar, Managing Director for Microsoft India (R&D)

Yuvraj Malik Bengaluru
Microsoft has appointed Rajiv Kumar as the new managing director for its Indian research and development arm, Microsoft India (R&D) Pvt Ltd (MIRPL). Kumar, who is currently vice president of Microsoft’s Experiences and Devices (E+D) Group, will take over from Anil Bhansali, who held this role for the last six years.

Bhansali will continue as the corporate vice president of cloud and enterprise division and will relocate to Redmond, USA, a company statement said on Monday.

Kumar has been at Microsoft for 27 years. He joined the company in the US in 1992 and moved up from being a developer