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Global Reach
• Intel, Tata Consulting Services (TCS), and software startup Microsense have teamed to
deliver remote WiMax telemedicine services via the Narayana Hridalaya Hospital in
Bangalore and the TCS-designed portal WebHealthCentral, serving as many as 200,000
residents.
• A long-distance WiMax network linking 13 rural villages in Tamil Nadu has enabled the
Aravind Eye Hospital (in a project with UC Berkeley; see Chapter 4) to remotely diagnose
more than 30,000 cases of cataracts, glaucoma, and cornea problems and restore
vision to some 3,000 patients.
In October 2007, Intel launched the India Design Program, an alliance network with Indian design
houses to bring to market new applications for Intel’s embedded systems. It is inviting the
design houses to produce reference designs for a range of emerging market products, including
low-cost PCs and cell phones.
Intel’s venture capital arm, Intel Capital, has invested over $100 million in approximately 60 Indian
ventures since 1998 and, in 2005, it established a $250 million Intel Capital India Technology Fund
as part of a $1 billion long-term commitment to India. The fund looks for innovative technology
startups and companies, invests at all stages of funding, and plays an active role in making its companies
successful. A number of its companies have gone public or been acquired, including:
• Deccanet Designs, a communications design and software services company;
• Sharekhan, an online brokerage firm;
• Nipuna, offering business process outsourcing (BPO) and other services;
• FutureSoft, a telecommunications product and services company;
• Online portals Rediff and India Infoline.com Ltd.; and
• R Systems, a provider of outsourced and offshore product development and customer
support services.
Intel Capital has had 13 exits so far, with six in 2007 that include online brokerage India Infoline
Ltd., wireless 3G and broadband DSL software firm Sasken Communication Technologies, and
computer education firm NIIT Technologies. The new fund has invested in 20 companies as of
the end of 2008, among them IntraSoft Technologies, which owns 123greetings.com.
Educational development has been a key focus of Intel’s engagement in India. At the primary
and secondary levels, it has developed teaching tools and materials to interest students in math
and science, assisted teachers with professional development, donated computers to schools, and
funded a Community Education for Youth program for underprivileged children. At the university
level, it has helped train professors in multicore programming and donated computers;
sought out and funded collaborative university research projects; sponsored student internships
and research competitions; and established a rewards program for employees serving as technical
mentors to faculty and students.
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