Microsoft’s annual Hackathon sees over 23,000 participants

Over 23,000 techies have joined a massive hackathon that started today at Microsoft campuses across 75 countries. Microsoft employees, select customers and non-governmental organisations have been asked to bring forth solutions in 20 broad areas.

India is playing a key role in the hackathon with nearly one-fourth of the 23,000 hackers taking part in the fete, an annual feature after Satya Nadella took over the reins of the company.

The Microsoft India Development Centre (MSIDC) here is one of the locations. People have been divided into teams to work on their product ideas.