IESAVS 2017: Smart phone design and manufacturing in India growing fast

At this year's electronics industry event Vision Summit 2017 , organised by industry body IESA, there was strong message about the growth of mobile phone manufacturing plants in India. Rajiv Bansal, Joint Secretary, MeitY, Govt. of India shared to the audience at the event, how the mobile phone manufacturing is picking up in the country and the way government is supporting. With the news of Apple deciding to make its smart phones in Bengaluru, India's attempt to bring in high-end electronics manufacturing is showing results. With the announcement of Apple's intention to do manufacturing in India, most of the top smartphone brands in the world now have manufacturing facilities in India. It is estimated more than 100 million mobile phones are produced locally in India in 2016. Rajiv Bansal was confident of the good growth continuing for some more years. There is also some progress in the local design of smart phone, where Mediatek has trained electronics design engineers from Indian smart phone OEMs such as MicroMax, karbonn, and Lava on the various practical aspects of smart phone design including, embedded software and sourcing information of various mechanical electronic components required for smart phone design. Under the make in India program mobile phone manufacturing is important due to rise in use of mobile phones among all types of people. Though it's late, th...