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Highlights
- Make in India gadgets showcase India’s shift from assembling to manufacturing high-tech products like smartphones, IoT devices, and gaming laptops.
- Government initiatives like the Semiconductor Mission are boosting local production and innovation in Make in India gadgets.
- By 2025, Make in India gadgets will include indigenous chips and advanced electronics, marking India’s rise as a global tech manufacturing hub.
Introduction
Over the last 10 years, the Make in India initiative has evolved beyond the slogan stage, generating production benchmarks in electronics and consumer tech. By the end of 2025, India will be transitioning from being solely a demand market to being a manufacturing centre of gadgets, including smartphones, IoT devices, and major components, including telecom antennas. This article surveys the best gadgets “Make in India” today, reflecting on the successes and challenges, and putting them into the larger context of shifting toward self-reliance within electronics.
The Policy Momentum in Local Manufacturing
The India Semiconductor Mission, i.e., ₹76,000 crore in outlay to incentivize fabs, design houses, and display, was announced. At the Global Investors Summit 2025, the Government revealed that its first indigenous chip will hit the market by the end of 2025. Under the Make in India/electronics manufacturing incentives, various firms (Samsung, Xiaomi, and potential Apple suppliers and local players) are ramping up assembly and component manufacturing. While some firms are re-localizing solely based on assembly, others are expanding upstream to design and packaging.
Outstanding Made in India Gadgets
1. Mobile Devices
Apple / iPhone parts & assembly: More than 15 Indian companies now make up Apple’s supply chain in India. Laptops with high-end GPUs: MSI announced that it will manufacture its RTX 50 Series “Katana” and “Crosshair” gaming laptops in Chennai, in collaboration with Syrma SGS Technology. Telecom antennas: Ericsson announced it will manufacture all of its telecom antennas for the Indian market in Gurgaon (with local supplier VVDN Technologies) by mid-2025.
2. IoT Devices & Smart Home Gadgets OnePlus IoT devices: OnePlus is working with Optiemus Electronics to manufacture IoT products guaranteed to be made in India. LED lighting, smart bulbs, sensors: A cluster of small and medium electronics firms located throughout Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Gujarat is increasing the manufacturing of home automation sensors, smart plugs, and LED lighting modules. (Industry cluster data) Wearables/smartwatches: Local brands and contract manufacturers are ramping up the manufacturing of fitness trackers, watches, and bands for domestic and export markets.
3. Semiconductor & Chip Components Vikram 3201 microprocessor: In 2025, ISRO’s Semiconductor Laboratory in Chandigarh launched a fully indigenous 32-bit space-grade chip. Tata Electronics / TSAT assembly & test: Tata’s new assembly & test facility in Jagiroad, Assam, represents an important local node in chip packaging and test for the market. OSAT and packaging units: Located in Odisha, Punjab, and Andhra Pradesh are several packaging/test units.
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Noteworthy Local Companies: Lava International
A native brand that still designs and manufactures locally. “Design in India” and R&D efforts help keep it relevant locally in smartphones/wearables. Dixon Technologies/contract manufacturers
While not “consumer brands”, these companies are essential components of the backbone to allow other products to be labeled “Made in India”. Barriers and Challenges Upstream integration: Most products are final assembly of imported components (a full local value chain for semiconductors, displays, and advanced packaging technologies is still at an early stage). Logistics, power, infrastructure: Some industrial clusters are experiencing supply chain limitations, partial power outages, and higher production costs than with similar manufacturers in ASEAN (assessing the OEMs).
Skilled labor/workforce and R&D intensity , upgrading design and engineering capabilities, are still the bottlenecks.
Market Competition
Imported devices and the advantages of scale in East Asia are still struggling against competitive forces.
Outlook & What to Look Out for at the end of 2025 / beginning of 2026
A made-in-India semiconductor should be commercially available in late 2025. More packaging / OSAT units will be established, expanding the local chain. More OEMs will likely shift more production to India (e.g., gaming laptops, IoT) to diversify supply risk. Local companies may begin to scale up outside the domestic market, led by other segments of South Asia and Africa.
Conclusion
In 2025, India is steadily evolving from “assembly hub” to “manufacturing hub” in consumer electronics. The synergy between policy push (Semiconductor Mission, Make in India incentives) and market demand has enabled a list of gadgets that are truly made in India— from gaming laptops to IoT devices, and even indigenous chips. The road ahead requires deeper integration of upstream components, higher R&D muscle, and infrastructure leaps, but the momentum is clear.
