Rolls-Royce unveils road map for India

A day after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rolls-Royce CEO Tufan Erginbilgic on Thursday unveiled a strategic road map to scale up the company’s Indian operations across defence, energy and civil aviation domains including plans to co-develop an aero-engine for India’s next-generation combat jets with full intellectual property transfer.

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Under the initiative, Rolls Royce is looking at more than doubling the size of its workforce to approximately 10,000 people in India and a 10-fold increase in local supply chain sourcing with a long-term goal to position the country as a global hub for its high-tech manufacturing.

“As we grow our participation in programmes across India's defence, aviation and energy sectors, we will expand our ecosystem in India, as we have done successfully in other countries,” Erginbilgic said.

Besides meeting the Prime Minister, Erginbilgic also held separate talks with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal.