IT company HCL Technologies expects to double semiconductor services business in 3-4 years following capabilities that it will develop around electronic chip plants to be set by its group firm. HCL Group is among the companies that have applied to set up electronic chip plants under the "Scheme for Compound Semiconductors."

HCL Technologies, Applied Materials, Rakon India and Chint have evinced interest in investing a total of Rs. 5,000 crore in Karnataka. Tech firm HCL already has a significant presence in Bengaluru. US-based Applied Materials Inc is involved in semiconductor chips and solar products,Rakon is an electronics manufacturer and Chint Electric makes isolator switches.

The company is providing the District Administration of Coimbatore with vital protection equipment including masks, personal protective equipment (PPE), hand sanitizers and hands-free wash basins. 7,000 PPE kits complying to the SITRA and HLL specifications have already been provided to the district administration.

Setting up new global IT development and training centre spread over 29.86 acre at Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. The implementation is planned in two phases. The first phase includes building R&D Center, which will accommodate 4,000 professionals. The second phase will come up over 20 acre accommodating 3,500 IT professionals.

IT major has entered into a new five-year contract with Aegon, helping them to accelerate innovation by establishing and managing a new multi-vendor ecosystem.

Plans investment towards the `Samuday initiative which works towards the upliftment of rural areas through the use of technology. The project is being implemented in the Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh across 720 villages

India's largest global IT services company HCL Technologies(HCL) has decided to set up a greenfield campus across 27.5 acre of land at an investment of Rs 300 crore as part of Phase-I. The Phase-II investment would be to the tune of Rs 200 crore for the second campus.