For 2020 IBM India’s research and development centre emerged as the second highest in terms of filing patents. Indian engineers and researchers filed 930 patents. More importantly, the recently launched IBM Cloud Satellite, a significant play in its shift of being a company focused on hybrid cloud, data and AI, saw important contribution from India. Sandip Patel, MD, IBM India-South Asia in an interview with Shivani Shinde spoke about IBM’s changing business focus, impact on India and rising importance of IBM India’s research centre. Edited excerpts… How will the restructuring that IBM is going through globally impact India? IBM India is a microcosm of IBM global, we have all of our investment that we have around the world—brands, global mission, software labs, hardware labs, research labs-- in India too. We have been a proponent of the thought that we are in India with the agenda of make in India for India and for the world. This has been our agenda and continues. We have India business but we also have a lot of global missions in India.