SHARP appoints Sujai Karampuri as chairman India

SHARP has announced the appointment of Sujai Karampuri as chairman for its India Business, effective from 1st March 2024. Karampuri will lead the Display Business and work to enhance Sharp’s brand presence in India. His focus will include establishing strategic partnerships for manufacturing and technology transfer of SHARP’s engineering products, components, and solutions.

Karampuri brings a background in strategic business and technology development across sectors like Electronics & Semiconductors, Broadband, and Wireless communications. He will drive SHARP’s efforts to expand its presence in India’s display market, promote its consumer electronics business, and develop strategic partnerships for manufacturing, technology transfer, and the development of smartphone components, camera modules, TV panels, precision engineering solutions, sensors, and semiconductors.

Previously, Karampuri held leadership roles within the State Government of Telangana, including Director of Electronics and Semiconductor, CEO of T-Works, and Managing Director of Telangana Fiber Grid Corporation. His appointment signifies a strategic direction for SHARP in India focused on cooperation, innovation, and growth.

“With appointment of Karampuri as Chairman for SHARP in India, we believe we have renewed our commitment to India, as a long term strategic market for our extensive line of premier consumer products, as a committed partner in manufacturing and transfer of our core technologies to India, and also to serve our immediate strategic interest in India to help setup world class display fab that comes with immense experience and track record of Sharp’s leadership in core engineering and provenness,” Robert Wu, CEO of SHARP, said.

“I am deeply honoured to assume this key role at such a critical juncture for SHARP. With SHARP’s history of driving cutting edge technological solutions across sectors, I am confident that we are poised for success as we embark on our vision. We shall deliver on SHARP’s core values of Sincerity and Creativity, which I believe are essential to India’s own ambition to grow and scale and become a world leader in the domain of electronics, display, semiconductor, precision engineering. We are very keen to work with likeminded partners in India to build long-term relationships,” Karampuri said. Financial Express