'Laboratory To Try Things...' - Bill Gates On India | Watch Video

In a recent podcast with Reid Hoffman Bill Gates called India a laboratory to try new things.

Bill Gates' recent podcast with Reid Hoffman did not sit well with domestic audiences as he called India a "kind of laboratory to try things."

A lot of Indians have expressed their outrage regarding this post.

What Did Bill Gates Say?

"India is an example of a country where there's plenty of things that are difficult there - the health, nutrition, education is improving and they are still stable enough and generating their own government revenue enough that it's very likely that 20 years from now people will be dramatically better off and it's kind of a laboratory to try things that then when you prove them out in India, you can take to other places," Bill gates said.

The Microsoft Founder added that their biggest non-US office for the Foundation is in India and the most number of pilot roll out things that they are doing anywhere in the world are with partners in India.

However, contradictory to his current statement, Bill Gates had earlier given India "an A" for its efforts, previously.