USD103 billion revenues, 1.3 million jobs: Manufacturing prowess in this sector is what India needs

At the NMTronics India MINT Experience Centre in Noida, a manager demonstrates how one of the machines in the PCB assembly line picks up the surface mounted devices from the feeders, tape, and reels to place them on the PCB; image credit: Shobha Mathur

Synopsis

At 30%-plus year-on-year, electronic manufacturing services is one of the fastest growing sectors in India. This is the first step towards making India one of the world’s microchip manufacturing hubs. And the work that is being done in the field of printed circuit boards will help learn the…