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Micromax Ventures into solar market with 5GW facility, partners with Jinchen
MUMBAI: The sun isn’t just shining-it’s powering the next big leap for Micromax. Once a formidable name in India’s mobile revolution, the homegrown electronics giant is now setting its sights on the solar energy sector. With its latest venture, Startup Energy, Micromax is stepping into the solar panel manufacturing game in partnership with China’s Jinchen, a leading solar equipment manufacturer.
Micromax has inked a strategic contract with Jinchen to establish a 5GW advanced solar module manufacturing line. The project will roll out in multiple phases, integrating automation, precision engineering, and high-efficiency production technologies.
The goal? To deliver cost-effective, high-quality solar panels for residential, commercial, and industrial applications at scale.
Micromax’s latest play aligns perfectly with India’s ambitious renewable energy mission. With the country eyeing 500 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030, and installed solar capacity already surpassing 72 GW as of 2023, the demand for locally manufactured, high-performance solar panels is skyrocketing.
Micromax Informatics MD Rajesh Agarwal elaborated on the company’s vision, “With Startup Energy, we are extending our expertise into the renewable energy sector, making clean power more accessible, reliable, and cost-effective for individuals and businesses.”
Startup Energy’s manufacturing facility will leverage advanced automation and precision engineering, ensuring top-tier efficiency and scalability. But Micromax isn’t stopping there—the company also plans to explore strategic R&D partnerships to drive innovation in next-gen solar technologies. From enhancing energy efficiency to increasing long-term sustainability, Micromax is crafting an ecosystem where affordability meets cutting-edge advancements.
With Startup Energy gearing up to power homes, industries, and the nation, Micromax is proving once again that it knows how to disrupt an industry—this time, under the Indian sun.
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Samsung certifies 1,000 Maharashtra students in AI and coding
The South Korean electronics giant marks its first large-scale skilling push in the state, with women making up nearly half the national programme’s enrolment
PUNE: Samsung has put 1,000 students in Maharashtra through a certified training programme in artificial intelligence and coding, the largest such drive the South Korean electronics company has run in the state and a signal that corporate India’s skilling ambitions are moving well beyond the boardroom brochure.
The certifications were awarded under Samsung Innovation Campus (SIC), the company’s flagship corporate social responsibility programme, which launched in India in 2022 with the stated aim of democratising access to future-technology education. The 1,000 graduates were drawn from four institutions: 127 from Savitribai Phule Pune University, 373 from Pimpri Chinchwad University, 250 from D.Y. Patil University’s Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology and 250 from Anjuman-I-Islam’s Kalsekar Technical Campus. All completed training in either AI or coding and programming, the two disciplines Samsung has identified as the critical pillars of the digital economy.
The programme does not stop at technical training. Soft-skills development and career-readiness modules are baked into the curriculum, a deliberate attempt to close the gap between what universities teach and what employers actually want.
“India’s digital growth story will ultimately be shaped by the quality of its talent pipeline,” said Shubham Mukherjee, head of CSR and corporate communications at Samsung Southwest Asia. “As technologies like AI move from the periphery to the core of industries, skilling must evolve from basic training to building real-world capability. This milestone in Maharashtra reflects how industry and academia can come together to create a future-ready workforce that is both globally competitive and locally relevant.”
The Maharashtra drive sits within a rapidly scaling national effort. Samsung Innovation Campus trained 20,000 young people across India in 2025, hitting its stated target for the year. Women account for 48 per cent of national enrolments, a figure the company cites as evidence of its push for an inclusive technology ecosystem. The programme is implemented in partnership with the Electronics Sector Skills Council of India and the Telecom Sector Skill Council.
Samsung, which is marking 30 years in India this year, runs SIC alongside two other initiatives, Samsung Solve for Tomorrow and Samsung DOST, as part of a broader effort to build what it calls a generation of innovators with both the technical depth and the problem-solving mindset to thrive in a fast-moving digital world.
A thousand certified students is a tidy headline. Whether they find jobs that match their new skills is the harder question, and the one that will ultimately determine whether corporate skilling programmes like this one are genuine pipelines or well-photographed gestures.
