27th April’2007, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Sabhagruh, Mangalwar Peth, Pune – Intel received the ‘Manibhai Desai Pratishthan Award’ from Shri Ajit Pawar, Nationalist Congress Party Chief. This award is distributed to organizations and individuals who have displayed immense social responsibility in their thought, leadership and activities.

As a Corporate Social Responsibility, Intel is committed to enhancing lives by accelerating access to uncompromised technology for everyone, anywhere in the world. To this end, Intel’s involvement in education is longstanding and profound. Since 1968, the company has focused on improving teaching and learning all over the world.

Intel received this award for the Intel Teach Program. The Intel Teach program was launched in India in the year 2000. Till date, the program has trained over 7 lakh teachers in India. It has touched over 3500 schools in the state by training 40000 secondary school teachers from 18 districts of Maharashtra.

The award was a salute to the program’s immense contribution towards enabling the teachers and students of Maharashtra- on ICT (Information Communication Technology) in Education. Mr. Rahul Bedi, Director, Corporate affairs for Asia Pacific and Business Operations Manager India and Mr. Anshul Sonak, K-12 Program Manager, India received the award.

Since 2004 Intel has been collaborating with the Principals Association, Pune district in the execution of Mahatma Phule Abhiyan - a joint initiative of Pune Education Department and Pune District Principals Association for bringing in qualitative improvement in the school education system