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India\u2019s current compute consumption per annum is 15 million PCs and\u00a0students accounted for only a tiny portion of it, said Santosh Viswanathan, vice president and Managing Director, India Region Head at an Intel education event, PathAI Ka Future, in Bengaluru on Thursday (September 25, 2025).<\/p>\n
America\u2019s computing consumption was 80 million with the student community\u00a0claiming half of it at 40 million, he said at PathAI Ka Future, an event organised\u00a0to drive computing and technology in India\u2019s learning space.<\/p>\n
Similar trends, that of the U.S, were\u00a0seen in China and Indonesia as well, he said, emphasising the need for enhanced use of computing in India in general and an accelerated adoption in education and learning spaces in particular.<\/p>\n
The country currently has a student population of 418 million. Some 90% of youth in the country have access to\u00a0smartphones, but only 9% own a PC, a device critical for deeper learning,\u00a0creation and collaboration, according Mr. Viswanathan.<\/p>\n
He said, further said, the digital divide ran deep in the country and 57% of schools had functional computers,\u00a0hugely limiting students\u2019 exposure to future-ready skills.<\/p>\n
With AI in education at a tipping point, in India, the opportunity was immense, to shift from one-way content consumption to personalised, two-way learning. True transformation would come not from connectivity alone, but from access to the right device, he added.<\/p>\n
In order to address the access-gap that exist in the education sector in the country, Intel, the Santa Clara-based semiconductor computer circuits manufacturer,\u00a0is currentlty working with the education ecosystem that comprises indepedendant software vendors, EdTech innovations, OEMs across the country to make PCs more accessible, relevant and impactful.<\/p>\n
By pairing powerful devices with cutting edge learning solutions, Intel was trying to turn classrooms into spaces of creativity, collaboration and future ready skills, Mr. Viswanathan stated.<\/p>\n
Gokul Subramaniam, Intel India president and VP of the Client Computing Group said that education was one area where technology\u2019s full potential was yet to be realised, and Intel was seeing immense opportunity to create a meaningful impact of technology in this sector. \u201cFrom personalising learning and supporting vernacular content to addressing mental well-being, enabling reliable AI, and modernising classrooms \u2014 we believe technology can make education more inclusive, accessible, and engaging,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
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