Bangalore: There is a great of sense of joy across Bangalore, India's Silicon Valley. Even though Satya Nadella or Satyanarayana Nadella is from the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka is also celebrating his elevation as Microsoft CEO because of his Karnataka connections. He spent some of his formative years in Karnataka. That too in a small town Manipal in coastal Karnataka.
Satya Nadella did his engineering from Karnataka. He went to an engineering college at Manipal, run by the famous Pai family, one of modern India's first big entrepreneurs. Reacting to Nadella's appointment as the CEO of Microsoft, former Infosys director and currently chairman of the board Manipal Global T V Mohandas Pai said "Glorious moment for an Indian to become CEO of one of the best companies in the world. Good example for corporate America Shows that an immigrant, an outsider has become the CEO of Microsoft. Demonstration of how merit works. Boost to intelligence. Manipal Group stands tall. We will invite him to Manipal to talk to the students; students are very enthusiastic and excited".
Ranjan Pai, CEO of Manipal Education and Medical Group also expressed happiness over Nadella's appointment. He said "we congratulate Nadella, all are proud; it's a great day for the university.
He belongs to the 1984 batch. He was a good student, faculty and students knew him well. He was a first class student. One more example for Indians, all credit goes to him. It's all because of his hard work and effort we have heard of IITians going to different places and achieving things. But he is from a private educational institute. It is a good boost for higher education in India."
Infosys founder and chairman N R Narayanamurthy has also issued a statement expressing joy over Nadella's appointment. In his statement, he said "I am very happy that an Indian has been chosen to lead the most impactful software company in the world. My congratulations to him. I pray that he is even more successful in his job than before because Microsoft needs it, India needs it, and the world needs it."
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