India will continue to be Yahoo’s research and development (R&D) hub for catering to global information technology market, a top company official said.
“Our India operations, namely Yahoo! India, has its R&D centre in Bangalore. It was set up for doing product innovations for not only India but also for the global market. This function of our R&D centre will continue and even grow in the future,” Yahoo! Research head Prabhakar Raghavan told PTI here.
“India has the right atmosphere for catering to the global market by providing Internet services, technological tools and marketing solutions for businesses both in India and internationally.”
“We have almost 1,500 employees in the Bangalore R&D centre itself, which is a huge number for any one centre. This shows the capability of the centre to be an international hub for IT related activities,” Mr Raghavan said.
