Craig Barrett To Visit India In September

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Craig R. Barrett Chairman of the Board, Intel Corporation will visit India from September 3 to 5, 2007.

Craig R. Barrett, Chairman of the United Nations Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Chairman of the Board, Intel Corporation will visit India from September 3 to 5, 2007. This will be his ninth visit to India.

The primary charter of Dr. Barrett's visit to India is to drive the Intel World Ahead Program with communities, government, academia and industry. This program is an initiative through which Intel plans to invest $US 1 billion globally over the next 5 years to accelerate access to uncompromised technology across four major focus areas: accessibility, connectivity, education and content.

On his last trip to India in November 2006, Dr. Barrett and Shri Sharad Pawar, Union minister for Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, visited Baramati where they dedicated the town's first digital hospital and WiMAX network making it the first 'World Ahead Community'.

During this trip, Dr. Barrett will visit N

ew Delhi and a tier 4 town in South India as Intel continues to support the government in taking technology to rural areas.

Speaking on Dr. Barrett's trip to India, Managing Director - Sales and Marketing, Intel South Asia, Ramamurthy Sivakumar said, "Through the Intel World Ahead Program, we have been working towards accelerating access to technology for citizens in developing countries across the globe. Over the last year, as a part of this program, Dr. Barrett has traveled to more than 30 developing countries including India, to witness how people in these countries are benefiting from technology. It gives us great pleasure to welcome him on his ninth visit to India as he meets with the government, industry and academia to drive ICT adoption and access for Indian citizens."