<br><br> Eligibility:- <br>- Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Fellows should support this mission and embrace opportunities to foster diverse and inclusive cultures within their communities. <br>- The final year B.Tech or M.Tech students must be nominated by their institute or university. Their nomination must be submitted by the HOD of the Computer Science department. <br>- Students must be enrolled at a university or an institute in India. <br>- A maximum of three nominations per institute or university will be accepted. If three students are nominated, then at least one nominee should help us increase opportunities for students who identify as part of a community that is underrepresented in the field of computing specifically those who identify as a woman. <br><br> The below outlines the necessary information while submitting a nomination on behalf of your university. The .pdf file for these nominations must: <br>- Be on the Institute or University letterhead. <br>- Include the Name, Email, and Title of the HOD of the Computer Science department. <br>- Attest that the process to determine the 3 nominated candidates among the interested students was fair and non-discriminatory. <br>- Include the Name, Email, Institute or University, and Department for all nominees. Please ensure the candidates have applied (or are about to apply) with the same Email Id. <br>- Attest these candidates should be nominated on the basis of their research aptitude. Note: These students can be outside the CS department too. <br>- Attest that at the time of the nomination, the institute or university considers the nominees as final-year B.Tech or M.Tech students who would be graduating by July 2024 (having taken into account transfers, approved leaves of absence, etc.). <br><br> Frequently Asked Questions Q. Once nominated, will I certainly get an interview call? <br>A. Although a nomination will not guarantee an interview, you will be given priority during the initial screening process. <br><br> Q. I did not get nominated by my institute. Can I still apply? <br>A. Yes! We highly encourage everyone interested in the program to apply here: https://aka.ms/msrirf(opens in new tab) <br><br> Q. What are the eligibility criteria? Can I be nominated as a recent graduate? <br>A. Anyone who is either a recent graduate or in their final year of a B.Tech / M.Tech degree (and equivalent) can apply. However, only current final-year students can be nominated. <br><br> Q. I m not from a CS background. May I still apply? <br>A. Yes! Research Fellows at Microsoft Research are from varying backgrounds, including and not limited to design, economics, electronics, linguistics, psychology, and social sciences! <br><br> Q. What if my institute doesn’t have a CS department? <br>A. If your institute doesn’t have a CS department, then you can be nominated by the director of your institute. Please ensure they attest that your institute doesn’t have a CS department in the .pdf file. <br><br> Important dates <br>11th December 2023 | Applications open <br>31st January 2024 | Deadline for university nominations <br>31st January 2024 | Deadline for applications <br>February – March 2024 | Interviews start <br>April 2024 | Offers extended to accepted candidates <br>July 2024 | Research Fellows start at MSR India <br><br> Visit our Careers FAQ Page to learn more about the interview process and answers to commonly asked questions. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work. <br><br> About Microsoft: Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washington, United States. Its best-known software products are the Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft Office suite, and the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers. Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface lineup of touchscreen personal computers. Microsoft ranked No. 21 in the 2020 Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue; it was the world's largest software maker by revenue as of 2019. It is one of the Big Five American information technology companies, alongside Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, and Meta. Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. It rose to dominate the personal computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by Windows. The company's 1986 initial public offering (IPO), and subsequent rise in its share price, created three billionaires and an estimated 12,000 millionaires among Microsoft employees. Since the 1990s, it has increasingly diversified from the operating system market and has made a number of corporate acquisitions, their largest being the acquisition of LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in December 2016, followed by their acquisition of Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion in May 2011. As of 2015, Microsoft is market-dominant in the IBM PC compatible operating system market and the office software suite market, although it has lost the majority of the overall operating system market to Android. The company also produces a wide range of other consumer and enterprise software for desktops, laptops, tabs, gadgets, and servers, including Internet search (with Bing), the digital services market (through MSN), mixed reality (HoloLens), cloud computing (Azure), and software development (Visual Studio). Steve Ballmer replaced Gates as CEO in 2000, and later envisioned a "devices and services" strategy. This unfolded with Microsoft acquiring Danger Inc. in 2008, entering the personal computer production market for the first time in June 2012 with the launch of the Microsoft Surface line of tablet computers, and later forming Microsoft Mobile through the acquisition of Nokia's devices and services division. Since Satya Nadella took over as CEO in 2014, the company has scaled back on hardware and has instead focused on cloud computing, a move that helped the company's shares reach its highest value since December 1999. Earlier dethroned by Apple in 2010, in 2018 Microsoft reclaimed its position as the most valuable publicly traded company in the world. In April 2019, Microsoft reached the trillion-dollar market cap, becoming the third U.S. public company to be valued at over $1 trillion after Apple and Amazon respectively. As of 2022, Microsoft has the fourth-highest global brand valuation. Microsoft has been criticized for its monopolistic practices and the company's software has been criticized for problems with ease of use, robustness, and security.