Satya Nadella announces the 'first coming together of Microsoft and LinkedIn' project

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced Project Sangam, a cloud-based initiative to skill job-seekers as well as help them find better job opportunities, in India. 

Speaking at Microsoft's 'Future Decoded' event in Mumbai on Wednesday, Nadella said that Project Sangam "is actually the first coming together of Microsoft and LinkedIn" — the professional networking site which it acquired in a $26.2-billion deal last year. 

"Project Sangam was born out of what we observed uniquely in India," Nadella said at the congregation of business leaders, designers and thinkers. "It is a cloud-based solution for skill development and employment," he said.  Read more...