HCL Infosystems to provide 14,000 units of HCL ME Laptops to final year students in various colleges across Chhattisgarh
HCL Infosystems India’s premier Services and ICT Systems Integration, Distribution and Hardware company today announced the awarding of a contract from Chhattisgarh Infotech & Biotech Promotion Society (CHiPS). HCL Infosystems has been selected for the Government of Chhattisgarh project – Free Distribution of Laptops to final year engineering and medical students of Government-aided and Private Colleges across the state. The project is part of the Chhattisgarh Yuva Suchna Kranti Yojana started by the Chhattisgarh State Government with special initiative of Hon. Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Dr. Raman Singh and will benefit the final year Engineering and Medical students during the year 2013. CHiPS is the nodal agency for procurement of laptops for the project on behalf of the State Government and executing the project in coordination with the Directorate of Technical Education. This is the first phase of the project, where HCL Infosystems is supplying 14,000 laptops.
HCL Infosystems will provide 14000 laptops to the students in different districts comprising of 51 colleges across Chhattisgarh State. HCL enjoys one of the largest installation bases of computer systems backed by the direct support network of 1 Regional Office, 1 Area office and 7 location offices with more than 70 Engineers covering the entire state.
Speaking on the occasion, Aman Kumar Singh, Secretary- Chief Minister, Energy, IT, Biotechnology & CEO CREDA said, “We are glad to partner with HCL which is one of the most reputed IT Company in the country.”
Mr. Neeraj Jaitley, President of Enterprise Solutions, HCL Infosystems Ltd. said, “We have always been committed towards the cause of IT enablement in learning, which we believe will revolutionize the education system in our country. We are really grateful to be associated with this prestigious project initiated by the Government of Chhattisgarh. This is a commendable and encouraging effort of the Government of Chhattisgarh & CHiPS, which will definitely democratize access to technology for students. We look forward to this continued association with the Government of Chhattisgarh.”
The company will also set up its Service Centres in few districts to offer comprehensive maintenance and handle any service requests. The Specifications of the laptops that will be given to the students includes Intel Dual core processor with 2 GB RAM, 500 GB Hard disk and Wi-Fi among other features.
About HCL Infosystems
HCL Infosystems Ltd. with revenue (LTM) of US$ 2.0 billion (Rs 10,401 crores) is India’s Premier Technology Company and offers a wide spectrum of IT Services and Products ranging from Cloud to Learning Solutions. As a complete IT solutions provider the company offers comprehensive offerings in Enterprise Application Services, IT Infrastructure Managed Services, System Integration, Office Automation Products and Services, Distribution and Support Services. The company operates in both the Consumer and the Enterprise space – offering the latest mobility products and operating in verticals like BFSI, Telecom, and Healthcare respectively.
HCL Care, the support and service division of the company has one of the largest and most extensive service networks across the country and provides end to end support services for various IT, Telecom and Consumer Electronics products.HCL Infosystems has one of the largest distribution network of digital lifestyle global brands and an unparalleled robust service network in the country including Tier 2 and 3 cities. Digilife Distribution and Marketing Services (DDMS), a 100% subsidiary of HCL Infosystems focuses on multi brand distribution and offers value added distribution for its partners including strategic consulting services, last mile connect and support in marketing and promotions. HCL Learning a division of the company covers the entire spectrum of education and training requirements across schools, colleges, individuals and enterprises and offers rich learning solutions across these segments. HCL Infosystems MEA (Middle East and Africa), a fully owned subsidiary of HCL Infosystems is part of the emerging markets outreach of the company and focuses on expanding the business in the Middle East and African geographies and provides comprehensive IT solutions to customers across verticals in the region. The company also has robust operations in Singapore with its subsidiary HCL Insys Pte. Ltd. gaining traction in the region with its Enterprise solutions including a strong offering in Infrastructure Managed Services.
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About HCL
HCL is a $6.3 billion leading global technology and IT enterprise comprising two companies listed in India – HCL Technologies and HCL Infosystems. Founded in 1976, HCL is one of India’s original IT garage start-ups. A pioneer of modern computing, HCL is a global transformational enterprise today. Its range of offerings includes product engineering, custom & package applications, BPO, IT infrastructure services, IT hardware, systems integration, and distribution of information and communications technology (ICT) products across a wide range of focused industry verticals. The HCL team consists of over 90,000 professionals of diverse nationalities, who operate from 31 countries including over 720 points of presence in India. HCL has partnerships with several leading global 1000 firms, including leading IT and technology firms.
