Once the poster boy of India’s handsets industry, Micromax Informatics was blown out of the market in 2017 by Chinese brands. After nearly three years, the firm is planning a comeback into the local market with a brand new identity and a comprehensive strategy to regain lost ground. Rahul Sharma, co-founder of Micromax, shares his comeback plan in a candid chat with Arnab Dutta. Edited excerpts:
After bowing out a few years ago, Micromax is coming back into the smartphones market. Why now?
We are coming back into the market because this is need of the hour. Markets across the