Intel keen to ramp up investments

While no clarity has emerged regarding Intel's plans to invest in a manufacturing unit in India, the global chip-maker said it was committed to invest more in the country.

"The development centre is growing and we are continuing to hire and grow as per our existing plan. We are growing as our presence in India in terms of number of cities and towns," Ketan Sampat, president, Intel India said while speaking to reporters after its press conference to announce a tie-up with NIIT. Sampat declined to comment on Intel's plans to set up a manufacturing unit in India.

As part of the tie-up, Intel and NIIT today announced a partnership to jointly train 50,000 people over three years to develop applications and solutions that are optimised for multi-core technology.

The program is initially set to begin at 10 labs at NIIT in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune in the next few weeks.

"With computing moving to dual core and multi-core computing platform there is a need to train professionals in developing software using specialised tools which allows them to develop applications optimised for multi-core processors," said Rajendra Pawar, chairman, NIIT.