Intel Corp. announced the appointment of Santosh Viswanathan as managing director, sales, marketing and communications group (SMG) for the company’s India unit.

Presently, Vishwanathan is a vice president at Intel’s SMG teams.

He will be responsible for the company’s overall business in India, and will look to drive new revenue opportunities for the company in the country. Before being appointed in this new role, Vishwanathan was the MD for Intel’s Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand and Japan units and has worked at Intel for over 18 years and was a sales manager at Wipro before joining the chipmaker. 

"Having started my Intel career in India about two decades ago, this is really an exciting homecoming for me. I am thrilled to be able to lead our operations here to tap into India’s explosive growth at this critical technology inflection point in its digital transformation journey and show how our technology will make a difference to one of the most important markets in the region," Vishwanathan said.