Shristi Achar

                       Staff Writer, The Ken 
                        
Shristi tracks the technology manufacturing industry, trying to understand its ever-evolving nature. With a background in economics, she previously covered global stock markets in Reuters.

                       
                    

                                        
                                     

              

           

        

    






  

      

        

          
        

      

    




  






  

   

      

         

            
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06 Jun, 25

						
Why is Genus up 300% when India’s smart-meter rollout is stuck at 5%?

						
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21 May, 25

						
Tata Electronics took a painful bet on the iPhone. Luck is doing the rest

						
Shristi Achar, Sumit Chakraborty

                  	

                  	

                    	                      

                  	

              	
         	 

     	


    
      	

          	

              	
                  	

						
29 Apr, 25

						
Inspired by Nokia, a $3B manufacturer charts a path through Trump’s tariff turmoil

						
Shristi Achar, Seema Singh

                  	

                  	

                    	                      

                  	

              	
         	 

     	


    
      	

          	

              	
                  	

						
28 Mar, 25

						
Kaynes and others want to do for electronics what TCS and Infosys did for IT

						
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12 Mar, 25

						
India lost the solar race to China. Ohmium thinks green hydrogen will be different

						
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20 Feb, 25

						
India’s Foxconn has a dilemma: what happens when Dixon with PLI becomes Dixon without it?

						
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03 Feb, 25

						
Summer is coming. For India’s AC makers, winter is coming

						
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22 Jan, 25

						
HCLTech made a bet 26 years ago—now it will gamble on a payoff

						
Abhirami G, Shristi Achar

                  	

                  	

                    	                      

                  	

              	
         	 

     	


    
      	

          	

              	
                  	

						
03 Jan, 25

						
India wants a thriving semiconductor industry. If only it could keep chip designers happy

						
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09 Dec, 24

						
The Acer brand and Dixon’s factories: Indkal’s rise as the electronics maker that manufactures nothing

						
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21 Nov, 24

						
Tata and ITC are harvesting what small organic-food brands cultivated for years

						
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01 Nov, 24

						
Zetwerk is the $3 billion supplier of factories that no one saw coming

						
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15 Oct, 24

						
The Make in India paradox: how Kaynes Tech hit a $4.3B valuation by hiring fewer workers

						
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24 Sep, 24

						
Tata’s iPhone factory dorms are fully charged. But the talent it wants is out of coverage area

						
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03 Sep, 24

						
Bengaluru’s EV battery-making hopes are draining fast—without ever being fully charged

						
Shristi Achar