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Electronics Bazaar
March 2020 Issue
Vol. 14 No. 1
Industry Report
The growth prospects of the AR-VR market
As AR and VR get adopted in more industries, ranging from gaming and medicine to education and entertainment, the business opportunities in this space will increase. This article gives readers a broad overview of a soon-to-explode segment of the tech industry.
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Brand Licensing
“We believe the brand licensing business in the Indian consumer electronics segment helps generate a revenue of around US$ 1 billion annually”
Rishabh Singla and Pranav Anand, managing partners at LicenseWorks, chat with Mukul Yudhveer Singh, shedding light on the global brand licensing industry, with a focus on electronic products...
| My Story
"Continuous learning and consistent perseverance are fundamental to big wins"
Anku Jain, MD of MediaTek India, one of the most profitable global fabless semiconductor companies, opens up about his journey through the very interesting phases in India’s tech evolution. In a chat with Nijhum Rudra, he discusses the key role he plays at MediaTek India, the turning point in his career, and his major contributions to the industry.
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My Story
“You need courage and commitment to build something of your own”
N.Y. Patil, MD, Kyoritsu Electric India Pvt Ltd, has experienced both the hardships and the joys in life. Being part of a large family with a limited source of income meant he had to fund his college education. He did that successfully by setting up a small business that manufactured and sold liquid soap; later, he managed food canteens along with his brother. The lessons he learnt in the process helped him to set up a successful organisation like Kyoritsu Electric India. His journey proves that each one of us has immeasurable power to bring about positive change in our lives. Here are some highlights he shared with EFY.
| Online Electronics Market
“We have confidence in the future of the Indian electronics market”
The Indian electronics market is full of opportunities and challenges. E-commerce is opening up more opportunities for manufacturers and distributors to connect with their customers worldwide. Jimmy Wong, regional sales supervisor, Mornsun, in a chat with Deepshikha Shukla, talks about the company’s fast service response and the technical support it provides its customers, enabling them to bring their designs to life faster and more efficiently.
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Advisory Panel
Electronics Bazaar Advisory Panel
Thought leaders of India’s ESDM sector, who are advising us on how to facilitate faster growth of electronics industry in India
| SMT Focus
The latest in high-volume pick-and-place machines
The current focus is on compact machines that have high mounting speeds and are more accurate.
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New Products
• Components
• Test & Measurement
• Modules
• Miscellaneous
| Lighting Ahead
India to enter a revolutionary phase with smart LED lighting
With the government vigorously pushing for sustainability and energy-efficient systems, coupled with a new wave of digital innovations, smart LED lighting will soon become mainstream in India.
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LED Lighting
An overview of the LED lighting market
In the past couple of years, the demand for LED lights has grown exponentially. As LED technology has numerous benefits over conventional lighting, it has gained immense traction in both the Indian rural and urban lighting markets. This growth has also been enabled by various government initiatives as well as the increased public awareness about energy-efficient products. This massive shift in technology from electrical to electronics offers immense growth opportunities for emerging companies to provide the solutions, products and components used in LED lighting.
| Integrated Circuits (IC)
"EVs will witness rapid market penetration in the next 15 years"
Incorporated in 2018, Holtek Semiconductor India Pvt Ltd is focused on marketing and sales activities in India. Headquartered in Taiwan, the company has only one branch in India (in Bengaluru), with a technical and a sales team. Holtek is now gearing up for expanding its branches across the country. In an interaction with Potshangbam July, Krishna Chaitanya K., director of Holtek Semiconductor India Pvt Ltd, discusses the company’s business expectations, and his take on the developments in the Indian electronics industry.
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Manufacturing Focus
The importance of ESD safe products
Protecting electronic devices and components that are sensitive to electrostatic discharge (ESD) is very important in manufacturing processes or environments. ESD control products are needed in order to prevent damage from the electrical charges that accumulate during critical manufacturing processes.
| Union Budget
Budget 2020 promises support for the electronics industry, but ignores telecom
Budget 2020 has evinced a mixed response from the industry. While most policies have been welcomed, the general sense is of a Budget that lacks bold moves and could have done better. There are some who are pleased with the new announcements, while others are not so happy.
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Budget Opinion
The central aims of Budget 2020 will be difficult to achieve without telecom
The Budget 2020 has completely ignored the importance of the telecommunications sector.
| Electronic Components
Indian SMEs in the electronics sector need urgent government support
The Indian electronics market is growing rapidly and is now one of the largest in the globe. The government is introducing various policies and initiatives so that, in tandem with the booming market, the domestic electronics manufacturing industry too can flourish, and create vast employment opportunities. The government envisages this sector will play a very pivotal role in the PM’s ambitious plan of making this nation a US$ 5 trillion economy by 2025.
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IoT Business
"Ninety-eight per cent of organisations have already included enterprise IoT in their strategic roadmaps"
In May 2019, Tata Communications launched its Internet of Things (IoT) Marketplace – a first-of-its-kind initiative in India to strengthen and accelerate the country’s growing IoT ecosystem. In an exclusive conversation with the Electronics Bazaar team, Alok Bardiya, head, the IoT business unit, Tata Communications, discusses the company’s journey in the IoT domain, what IoT entrepreneurs should focus on, as well as the need for a standard model that can be integrated with different IoT solutions, to guarantee interoperability, connectivity and security.
| Industry News
India is emerging as the world’s second largest
mobile phone manufacturing hub
India is taking rapid strides in electronics production and has emerged as the world’s second largest mobile phone manufacturing hub, President Ram Nath Kovind said...
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Experts’ Talk
New PV cells will benefit energy harvesting
Even though silicon is fragile and has a maximum efficiency of just 33 per cent, it has become the most widely used material for making PV cells. This article explores how PV cells work and the advantages and drawbacks of silicon, while evaluating the potential of new semiconductors, architectures and assembly techniques.
| ePower Focus
Batteries: The future of renewable energy
Energy storage makes the power network more reliable, secure and cost-effective. Batteries are the most effective storage devices for harnessing renewable energy, and a lot is happening globally to make them more powerful and reliable.
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LED News
10.3 million smart LED lights installed in India to date, resulting in energy savings of 6.97 billion kWh/year
The Ministry of Power has stated that over 361.3 million LED bulbs have been distributed across India, and 10.3 million smart LED streetlights have been installed to date under the UJALA and LED Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) schemes, respectively...
| LED New Products
LED headlight design
Osram, a leading automotive LED supplier, has introduced its ultra-slim headlight design, the Oslon Boost HM...
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