Electronics
There are
as many as 1,071 larger companies currently engaged in electronics trade.
The product range in electronics includes: computers, data processing
equipment, electronic components, computer software, computer peripherals,
medical equipment, etc.
121 companies from this sector have invested
in R&D a total of Rs. 688 crores during the previous year
Infosys, Bharat Electronics Ltd., LG ,
Sasken are the major players with substantial R&D in the sector. Other
computer companies such as HCL, CMC, Moser Baer also figure the list of
companies with total R&D expenditure above Rs. 10 crores.
However, for some of these companies the R&D intensity works out to
be too low for any meaningful contribution to their activities.
Major players with R&D in the sector [2007*]
|
|
Rs.
Crores |
||
|
|
R&D
Capital |
R&D
Current |
R&D
Total |
|
Infosys
Technologies Ltd. |
0.01 |
167 |
167.01 |
|
Bharat
Electronics Ltd. |
15.51 |
124.83 |
140.34 |
|
L
G Electronics India Pvt. Ltd. |
0.47 |
48.82 |
49.29 |
|
Sasken
Communication Technologies Ltd. |
17.03 |
22.23 |
39.26 |
|
I
T I Ltd. |
0.01 |
39.19 |
39.2 |
|
3I
Infotech Ltd. |
0 |
38.33 |
38.33 |
|
Electronics
Corporation Of India Ltd. |
0.66 |
35.71 |
36.37 |
|
Tata
Consultancy Services Ltd. |
5.62 |
28.02 |
33.64 |
|
Flextronics
Software Systems Ltd. |
0.3 |
30.5 |
30.8 |
|
Jubilant
Biosys Ltd. |
11.35 |
16.9 |
28.25 |
|
Ramco
Systems Ltd. |
0.47 |
22.47 |
22.94 |
|
Moser
Baer India Ltd. |
19.37 |
1.77 |
21.14 |
|
Samtel
Color Ltd. |
0 |
12.55 |
12.55 |
|
H
C L Technologies Ltd. |
0 |
12.07 |
12.07 |
|
C
M C Ltd. |
0.57 |
11.09 |
11.66 |
|
Shyam
Telecom Mfg. Ltd. |
10.41 |
0.52 |
10.93 |
|
Tata
Elxsi Ltd. |
3.28 |
7.63 |
10.91 |
*Annualized figures
The following graph shows the growth of
R&D investment in the sector:
R&D Investment Trends in Electronics Sector
Software
companies have expended on developing software products like Banking Product
Suite, in the case of Infosys, Grid computing,
research on security related issues, etc.
Bharat Electronics Ltd., the oldest and largest company in the sector, is researching on electronics warfare, radars and other defence related programmes.