India

India has significant potential to impact the global markets and many expect that India to continue growing its scale. By making a use of multi-location strategies, India will remain itself as the leading destination and play an important role in most global sourcing strategies.

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Electronics Industry
Following rapid development in the 1990s – growth of 30% per annum driven by consumer electronics – growth in the Ind ian electronics industry slowed in the 1990s with low single digit growth in real terms (excluding inflation) in the later part of the decade. After holding up well in 2001 whilst most other countries experienced a serious downturn, electronics output increased by 15%, 17%, 7.8%, 7.4% and 22.4% in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively. Growth is forecast to be 16.8% in 2007 and 13.6% in 2008. More importantly the country is setting itself for a period of rapid growth driven by a large, fast growing domestic market, significant foreign investment and an improving regulatory environment. Market report, entitled "Electronics Industry in India" provides information about the Indian economy, industry structure, and electronics production data.

Nanotechnolgy
India has recently announced significant new national investments in nanoscience and nanotechnology. Research in nanoscience is carried out at various research institutions such as the Indian Institute of Science, which established a Nanoscience Research Center, the Indian Institute of Technology, the Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, the University of Pune, the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.