New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- Amid Donald Trump's H-1B visa fee hike to $100,000 for new applicants, an old video of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is creating buzz online.

In the video that is now going viral, Bill Gates is seen explaining how a group of 15 Indian engineers helped Microsoft be what it is today.

Gates said that all of them were from the IIT, and joined at a time when Microsoft was yet to taste the success it enjoys today.

The video assumes significance as tech companies scramble to find solutions to Trump's new H-1B visa rules, which mandates tech professionals from foreign countries to pay $100,000 to the administration in order to secure work in the US.

"In a sense, my first connection with India came because of the IITs....