Dham also believes that the model of outsourcing that is fairly large scale in IT services and software can be recreated in other value added knowledge sectors like finance, education, healthcare and legal.

In a Business Week cover story on Intel ’ s new processors, Dham was quoted as the general manager of 586 processor group.

( Ref: Business India 5 – 18 June 1995 ) In 1995, at the age of 45, after spending 16 years at Intel and reaching the top management of the company, Dham had a “ mid -­ life crisis ” and was itching to do something different.

Dham could have hewed to a safe course and stayed at Intel for the rest of his career.

Dham says he was a keen observer of how Andy Grove built the strategy and the organisation for Intel ’ s success in the microprocessor business.

Even at Intel, Dham took chances, such as his prescient decision to work on processors when he was done with being in R & D. By the time Dham quit Intel, he had already built a tremendous brand for himself.

Dham, with his wide -­ ranging Intel experience, turned around NexGen ’ s strategy.

*" The best thing that happened to me was joining Intel and the best thing that happened to me was leaving Intel ," says Dham in one of his vapid sound bites that make him so popular with journalists.

Hiroo Dham Singh ’ s guerilla warfare tactics helped Tibetans in driving away these Chinese marauders.

Hiru Dham Singh was also honored with the title of ‘ Pradhan ’ from the Government of Lhasa.

Located about ten miles from Rajkot, east of Kathiawar, it was called ‘ Vallabhi Dham ’ before it became Valla.

As a young graduate in 1971 Dham worked for Continental Devices India Limited, Delhi, one of India ’ s only private silicon semiconductor start-ups at the time which collaborated with Teledyne Semiconductor in California.

Having learnt that the opportunities for venture backed startups in India will likely revolve more around services required to meet the needs of India ’ s growing consumer class, Dham subsequently co-founded NEA-IndoUS Ventures a cross border India ­ focused fund in 2006 with New Enterprise Associates ( NEA ).

In 93 ’ Dham was named one of the top 25 executives in the US computer industry.

In 1 Jan ' India ’ s premier magazine India Today listed Dham among the Global Indian Achievers.

On 22 April 2011, Dham was given People Choice Award and Special Jury Award in the category of Science and technology by Times of India Group ’ s ‘ Light of India Awards ’; recognising Indian achievers abroad.

* Dham on cell phones usage and its future: “ There is nothing except maybe Excel spreadsheets that you can ’ t do on a cell phone.

For the consecration of the Dham Shri Jagadguru Sankaryacharya Swami Swarupananda Saraswati in the presence of the Chief Minister Shri Pawan Chamling and his wife Smt Tika Maya Chamling did the “ Pran Prastisha ” of the Dham.

The Dham has stay facility for the devotees at “ Yatri Niwas ” which can accommodate more than 90 people at a time.

The Dham has won the National Tourism Awards 2010-11 under the category of “ Most Innovative / Unique Tourism Project ” by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India.

Dham explains, “ The Internet protocol was being used mainly for data and delivering voice over the Internet, which was designed primarily for data transfer and was a tricky problem in terms of technology .” Dham redirected the company to build this new chip to support VoIP ( Voice over Internet Protocol ), among the first in the world at the time.

“ One of the biggest lessons I learnt was that it always helps to start defining your product with very early involvement with customers ,” said Dham.

In the original Char Dham, three of the four sites are Vaishnava ( Puri, Dwarka and Badrinath ) while one is Shaiva ( Rameshwaram ).

Hiroo Dham Singh along with a large number of fellow pilgrims and retainers helped Tibetans drive away the Chinese bandits who were looting and stealing the cattle, horses and sheep.

* The St. Joseph's Church aka Krista Shanti Dham stands as the largest parish in the Archdiocese of Bombay with more than 25, 000 Catholics.

It is well connected and in proximity to popular Himalayan tourist destinations such as Mussoorie, Nainital and Auli and the Hindu holy cities of Haridwar and Rishikesh along with the Himalayan pilgrimage circuit of Char Dham.

Tired and drained after the battle, Vishnu proceeded to Vaikuntha Dham to rejuvenate and meditate in padamaasna ( a yoga posture ) with his head supported by the upper end of his taut bow.

These two along with Badrinath and Kedarnath form the Chota Char Dham, a holy pilgrimage for the Hindus.

Meanwhile, Dham learnt from dealing with several customers that there was an emerging need for developing chips that could effectively transfer voice over the Internet.

Dham, with his partner, was extremely hands on in helping these companies in their day-to-day operations.

Currently, Dham runs IUVP with his two Bengaluru based investment partners.

Dham also donated to and is involved with TeachAIDS where an interdisciplinary team of researchers from the fields of education, public health, communications and medicine have been working together to develop pedagogically grounded, research-based, rich-media applications to promote HIV / AIDS prevention despite numerous social and cultural barriers.

Dham and his wife Sadhana, who is also on the Board of Advisors, have also been long-time supporters of Home of Hope, a charity with a mission to provide the basic necessities of life to orphans and underprivileged children in India.

Badrinath is also one of the four destinations ( with each destination being in different corners of the country ) of the longer Char Dham from which the Chota Char Dham likely draws its name.

The Chota Char Dham included representatives from all three major Hindu sectarian traditions, with two Shakta ( goddess ) sites, ( Yamunotri and Gangotri ), one Shaiva site ( Kedarnath ), and one Vaishnava site ( Badrinath ).

Accessible until recent times only by arduous and lengthy walking trails that repeatedly exceeded 4000 meters, the Chota Char Dham was long dominated by wandering ascetics and other religious professionals, along with a handful of devoted retirees and wealthy patrons who could afford a traveling entourage.

The Shiv Dham is a big temple of Lord Shiva with a pond in the middle.

After spending a year at AMD post-acquisition, Dham joined another startup in April 1998 – Silicon Spice as its President and CEO.

While each of these sites is unique in its own fashion, inclusion in the Char Dham has, over time, caused them be viewed together in popular imagination and in pilgrimage practice.

Lakhisarai is a small town and it is famous for its ancient lord Shiva temple ( Ashok Dham ) and Vermilion ( Sindur ) factory.

The town has blessings of many religious mentors, it includes Dargah of Hazrat Nazmudin, Temple of Do-Janti Balaji Dham ( which is famous for its exterior hand made stone bricks construction and in-side Lord Sun painting ), etc.