Chennai: HCL Learning, an education and talent development division of HCL Infosystems Ltd., India’s premier hardware, services and ICT System Integration Company today announced the awarding of Rs.40cr (approx) project from Department of Higher Education, Government of Himachal Pradesh. The project entails to set up fully integrated Information and Communication Technology labs and multimedia classrooms in 628 Government Senior Secondary Schools of Himachal Pradesh.

The project involves supply, installation and maintenance of multimedia educational content, computer hardware, software and other allied accessories. In addition, the company will administer refresher courses, monitoring and subsequent reporting. The company will also provide training on usage of the Multimedia Educational Content to a minimum of 6500 teachers across the state.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. J V Ramamurthy, President and COO, HCL Infosystems said, “HCL Infosystems has a legacy of partnering and implementing large nation building projects successfully over the years in the country. It gives us immense pleasure to see HCL Infosystems led consortium given this opportunity to lead the way with the state’s first computer education initiative under the CCEP project. We appreciate the Government’s vision to utilise technology as a driver for growth in education and look forward to a continued partnership in the state’s development”

The project is a part of Himachal Pradesh Government’s initiative to provide avenues of Computer Aided Learning (CAL) for government school students. It is the first-of-its-kind initiative by Himachal Pradesh Government under the Comprehensive Computer Education Project (CCEP) of Government of India.