HCL Infosystems wins laptop order from Chhattisgarh govt

HCL Infosystems has bagged a contract from Chhattisgarh Infotech & Biotech Promotion Society (CHiPS). The company has been selected for the state government 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 state government 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 laptops to the students in different districts comprising of 51 colleges across Chhattisgarh.

Speaking on the occasion, Aman Kumar Singh, secretary- chief minister, Energy, IT, Biotechnology and CEO, CREDA said, "We are glad to partner with HCL which is one of the most reputed IT Company in the country."

Neeraj Jaitley, president, Enterprise Solutions, HCL Infosystems 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.