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Hindi, Telugu and Tamil editions announced for Satya Nadella’s Hit Refresh

New Delhi, November 2, 2017: Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella’s book Hit Refresh – The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft’s Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone’ will soon be available in Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil. The English edition was launched on September 26, 2017 and has been on bestseller lists since.

‘Ideas excite me,’ Nadella explains through the book, ‘Empathy grounds and centres me.’ The book is about individual change and the transformation that is happening inside Microsoft. The book takes readers through Satya’s personal journey from his childhood in India to his ascendency through the ranks at Microsoft. It talks about the transformation he has initiated at Microsoft, from its culture to its competitive landscape and industry partnerships as well as his outlook on the exciting and disruptive wave of technologies that will impact on all our lives.

The Hindi edition, published by HarperCollins India will be available in bookstores, end November 2017. The Tamil and the Telugu editions have been published by Westland Books. The Tamil and Telugu editions, will be available in print in bookstores from November 7. A Kindle version of the Tamil edition will also be available for download on November 7.

Note to editor:

HarperCollins Publishers India Pvt Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of HarperCollins Worldwide and came into being in 1992 completing 25 years in India and almost 200 years globally. For any queries on the Hindi edition, please write to Aman.Arora@harpercollins-india.com

Westland Publications Ltd. is an Amazon subsidiary. For any queries on the Tamil or Telugu editions, please write to  tamrita@amazon.com.

About Microsoft:

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft) is the leading platform and productivity company for the mobile-first, cloud-first world, and its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Microsoft set up its India operations in 1990. Today, Microsoft entities in India have over 8,000 employees, engaged in sales and marketing, research and development and customer services and support, across 11 Indian cities – Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, New Delhi, Gurugram, Noida, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune. Microsoft offers its global cloud services from local datacenters to accelerate digital transformation across Indian start-ups, businesses, and government agencies. In 2016, Microsoft opened one of its eight Cyber Security Engagement Centers in the country, to address security needs of both public and private sectors.

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