Bringing great pride to the Manipal Group of Institutions, Manipal Alumnus Satya Nadella has been selected as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Microsoft Corporation. The 46-year old Nadella is the third leader of the software magnet, after Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. Nadella was part of the 1988 batch in Electronics and Communication Engineering at Manipal Institute of Technology, India.

“We congratulate Satya on his accomplishment and celebrate the spirit of innovation and leadership ingrained in the Manipal way of learning.” Says Tan Sri Dato’ Dr Mohamed Salleh Mohamed Yasin, Vice Chancellor - Manipal International University

“Alumnus puts Manipal Institute on world map”, Times of India, leading Indian daily, reported. 

“Satya is a proven leader with hard-core engineering skills, business vision and the ability to bring people together, Gates said in a statement. Vinod V. Thomas, his teacher at Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), remembered Nadella as a “sincere, quiet student in his college days who earned his degree in first class with distinction”. The university rejoiced at the new responsibility for Nadella, who was part of the 1988 batch in Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communication, terming it a great day for the university”, India Today, Indian current affairs magazine said.