Design, IP key to India's factory future: Dixon's Atul Lall at BS Manthan

Last Updated : Feb 26 2026 | 7:09 PM IST

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Can India truly become a global electronics powerhouse? And what will it take to move from assembling devices to owning intellectual property? At Business Standard’s BS Manthan summit, Atul Lall, MD & CEO of Dixon Technologies, said India has reached an inflection point in electronics manufacturing, but the real leap now lies in deepening value addition, building specialised talent, embracing AI and ultimately owning IP. Lall, in the fireside chat on “Industry 5.0: Scaling up India’s factories”, said, “Every crisis creates an opportunity. That’s how Dixon was born.”