The Indian local manufacturing sector has achieved tremendous growth in last 7 years due to the government’s Make in India initiative. It helped the brands to manufacture in India for India. Putting across his views on the initiative’s success, Marthesh Nagendra, Country Manager - India, ME & SAARC, NETGEAR said, “The Make in India initiative is a major national programme of the Government of India, and we at NETGEAR believe and support the initiative and are doing our bit. We see rapid growth in India, As the Indian population is getting more and more affluent, they would demand higher quality networking products to connect to the internet. Make in India initiatives have brought in more inflow of Foreign Direct Investments during the last seven years. Manufacturing sector is making strides in the development of the Indian economy, to make the country self-reliant in variant sectors. The programme helped in ease of doing the business procedures and enhanced skill development. It also helped in forging a partnership between government and industry.”
How Netgear Supports ‘Make in India’
Netgear has a wide range of products which are very advanced and reliable. Commenting on the efforts of Netgear for making Make in India initiative successful, Marthesh Nagendra said, “The Worldwide design & development of our Access points is done at NETGEAR Research Center, Bangalore. We have a large office space of around, 75000 Sqft in Bangalore where we have engineers working on software for our Consumer products, Insight cloud management & hotspots. More than 500+ Engineers both direct & indirect, work for the design and development of NETGEAR products in India. We are also in the process of signing LoI for setting up largest manufacturing unit in Chennai which will make in India for the world.”
