Appointments - Current Affairs Questions and Answers for Q. 19930
Q. Who has been named as head of the R&D centre for Intel and managing the Platform Engineering Group of the California based semiconductor company?- Published on 03 Mar 16a. Kumud Srinivasan
b. Nivruti Rai
c. Debjani Ghosh
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Nivruti Rai
The largest silicon chip maker Intel has named Nivruit Rai as its India GM to head the R&D centre in India apart from management of the Platform Engineering Group. The California based semiconductor company has key design sites at Pune and Bengaluru. Rai holds a MSc from University of Lucknow India and MS in Electrical Engineering from Oregon State University. Rai will partner Debjani Ghosh who heads the Intel sales and marketing unit of South Asia. Intel has close to 7500 employees and is the largest non manufacturing site outside of the US in India.