Gokul Subramaniam To Charge As Intel India President

Intel Corporation announced the appointment of Intel India President Gokul Subramaniam, a business veteran. He will be in charge of Intel's overall engineering and design activities in India, including driving innovation and product execution from the location. Subramaniam has been with Intel for almost 11 years, serving in a variety of technical and commercial leadership roles in product and systems engineering. He is presently a vice president in the Client Computing Group and the general manager of Client Platforms and Systems, based in Bengaluru.

 

Gokul will take on the new post in addition to his current functional responsibilities as CCG's leader of Client Platforms and Systems.

 

Earlier this year, Intel India head and vice president of foundry services Nivruti Rai left after 29 years with the company. Rai now serves as the head of Invest India - the central government's investment promotion and facilitation agency. Outside of US, India is the largest engineering centre for the chipmaker, as per economictimes.

 

Santhosh Viswanathan, vice-president and managing director of sales, marketing and communications group (SMG) for Intel India, will continue to be responsible for Intel’s whole business in India, including creating new revenue and growth.

 

“As a critical engineering and design centre for Intel, Intel India plays a vital role in our company’s transformation journey and the trajectory towards product leadership. I am excited about the engineering prowess we have at the site and the opportunities it brings to accelerate innovation and advance excellence in execution of our engineering programs," Subramaniam said on his appointment.