Google eyes India for Research and BPO

Google announced the opening of its second development center in Hyderabad (after the first one in Bangalore). The Hyderabad center would be catering to the company's engineering, online sales, operations and HR functions. Hyderabad would also support ADWorlds, responsible for supporting and generating revenue from the company's global advertising related activity. The Bangalore center continues to address the company's research and development portfolio.

Founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin are touring India in order to explore for business opportunities and closer ties in a country that has thrown up a huge market potential. The founders also had an interaction with Prof APJ Abdul Kalam, President of India and discussed the possibilities of enhancing the search tool for research and education purposes, while also benefiting the visually challenged.