Optiemus Infracom Limited announced it has appointed A. Gururaj as the Managing Director of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Optiemus Electronics Limited (OEL), to focus on a new growth trajectory in telecommunications manufacturing, according to ETTelecom report.
Gururaj has previously spearheaded organizations in India such as Reliance Communications, Flextronics Technologies India Pvt. Ltd, TVS Electronics, Toyota group company and AMP Inc., Palo Alto, California.
Gururaj was also the Managing Director of Wistron India between 2016 and 2019 where he played a crucial role in setting up a large greenfield manufacturing in Bangalore.
He has also been instrumental in setting up the manufacturing greenfield for Flextronics in Sriperumbudur, Chennai, India.
He has also served as an advisor to the various state governments to promote Electronics System Design & Manufacturing (ESDM) in India.
“… We believe that Mr. Gururaj is the right leader to guide the group to new heights of success. We look forward to playing a major role in Telecommunications and IT hardware manufacturing in India and we are confident that Mr. Gururaj’s able leadership and years of experience will immensely boost our team’s capabilities to deliver our objectives,” said Ashok Kumar Gupta, Chairman, Optiemus Infracom .
“Optiemus has a rich legacy of serving the industry with its dynamic approach. I am excited to be a part of Optiemus’s journey at a point when initiatives like PLI have the potential to emerge as significant milestones in shaping the future of the Indian electronics manufacturing industry,” added A. Gururaj, Managing Director, Optiemus Electronics Limited.
Earlier this year in April, Wistron Corporation exited the joint venture with Optiemus Infracom, which acquired Wistron’s 19.91% shareholding in subsidiary Optiemus Electronics Limited. The unit then became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Optiemus Infracom.
Optiemus Infracom is one among 19 companies including Dell, Wistron, Rising Stars Hi-Tech (Foxconn), and Lava that has applied for the Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI) for IT hardware worth Rs 7,325 crore, which was notified on March 3, 2021.
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