Adobe to expand operations in India

BANGALORE: Adobe Systems India Pvt Ltd, the wholly owned subsidiary of

publishing and imaging software major Adobe Systems Inc, is looking to expand

its research and development activities in India.

The company may increase the size of its development team at its R&D

center in NOIDA or set up an entirely new center elsewhere in the country. Adobe

India Managing Director Naresh Chand, while not disclosing details did not deny

the move to expand operations. "We are looking at various options," he

said. The Indian R&D center currently employs 50 software developers and was

set up in 1998. Investment to date is close to $4 million. The Indian center is

one of three major development centers around the world, the other two being San

Jose and Seattle.