Samsung has completed 30 years in India, marking three decades of investment across manufacturing, research, innovation, employment and skilling.
Since entering India in 1995, Samsung has expanded from manufacturing to building capabilities that support its global operations. Its facilities in Noida and Chennai, along with three R&D centres and a design centre, form the backbone of its India operations. The company has also filed more than 14,000 patents in India.
“Thirty years ago, many global companies came to India because they saw a large market. Samsung came because we saw something much bigger — we saw potential,” said JB Park, President & CEO, Samsung Southwest Asia.
Samsung’s Indian R&D teams are contributing to technologies used globally. Engineers in Bengaluru have worked on language models for Galaxy AI, while Samsung’s Noida research centre has collaborated with IIT Madras on AI for Indian languages, healthcare and generative AI.
“But more importantly, we evolved from bringing technology to India to creating technology with India,” Park added.
The company has also expanded its focus on developing talent. Samsung Innovation Campus has trained more than 26,500 young people in AI, Big Data, IoT and coding since its India launch in 2022. Its DOST programme is supporting youth from underserved communities through retail training.
At the school level, DigiArivu supports STEM learning across government schools in Tamil Nadu.
Samsung Solve for Tomorrow has further expanded its reach, receiving applications from 648 cities this year and conducting design-thinking workshops across 135 cities.
“For us, investing in people is not philanthropy. It is nation-building,” Park said.
