Betting big on R&D: Samsung set to lead IoT and AI in India – The Financial Express
In the just concluded hiring season at the IITs and other top engineering colleges in India, Samsung India picked up around 1,000 engineers. The smartphones and consumer electronics leader will engage these new hires on taking forward its plan to up the game in areas such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Internet of Things (IoT), Natural Language Processing and others and of course on developing India specific innovations like it has been doing for many years now under its ‘Make for India’ programme.
“Samsung is extremely bullish on R&D in India and this focus on R&D has helped us cement our number 1 position in the Indian market. The three R&D centres in India work on several cutting edge technologies. As part of our ‘Make for India’ initiative, R&D centres in India also work on developing innovations that are centred on the needs of Indian consumers and also contribute to innovations for global products,” said Dipesh Shah, managing director, Samsung R&D Institute, Bangalore. Shah was recently elevated to the role of a global senior vice president at Samsung.