Intel India will mentor up to 7,000 girls through its Technology and Entrepreneurship Program launched recently in the Capital, says Shelly Esque, vice president at Intel, global director of the company's corporate affairs group and president, Intel Foundation. The programme will be conducted across 50 schools in and around Delhi.
"We felt girls and women were under-represented in technology careers and usage, which is why we initiated this programme," she says. The children would benefit from the programme by discovering their entrepreneurial potential, enhancing the spirit of innovation, creativity and decision-making.
It will also help develop financial and economic literacy and help create an independent identity for the girls, she adds.
Intel India has already received around 15 business plans from about 35-40 girl children so far.
The company has also started an Easy Steps programme, aimed at providing technological literacy to adults and youth across the country. It has tied up with organisations such as Pratham, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan and the Ministry of Youth for this programme, though which nearly 75,000 people have already been trained.
Intel invests about $100 million globally in corporate social responsibility programmes focused on areas such as education, environmental sustainability, community and global relations efforts.
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