India Globalization Capital, Inc. announced that it has retained an industry executive to drive the development of the company's newly launched initiative into the medicinal and legal cannabis industry. Mr. William Wilkerson, Director Operations, will be responsible for overall strategy, compliance, partnerships and operations. Previously, since 2004, he was employed in various capacities and in various countries including India, by Microsoft and Microsoft Research eventually rising to Senior Program and Product Manager, where he led multiple engineering teams and worked with academics and scientists to visualize organic materials, carbon forensics and hydrology.