Archive · 8 Aug 2026
Centum Electronics to invest Rs 500 crore, create 1,500 Karnataka jobs
A company called Centum Electronics makes special equipment for defence and space.
It has decided to spend 500 crore rupees in a place in India called Karnataka.
The company will spend the money over the next four years.
This will create about 1,500 new jobs for people.
Karnataka's Industries Minister, Mr. M.B. Patil, shared this news on Friday.
The company has already bought land near a town called Devanahalli.
It will start building its new factory there next month.
The factory will make electronics used in defence, radar systems and electronic warfare.
Centum also works with big organisations like ISRO, which sends rockets into space, and DRDO, which helps build defence technology.
The state government wants Karnataka to be the best place in India for aerospace and defence industries.
Defence electronics firm Centum Electronics will invest Rs 500 crore in Karnataka over the next four years.
The investment is expected to generate around 1,500 employment opportunities in the state.
Industries Minister M.B. Patil announced the plan after talks with Joint Managing Director Nikhil Mallavarapu at Khanija Bhavan in Bengaluru.
The new facility at the Aerospace and Defence Park near Devanahalli will focus on advanced electronics, defence electronics, radar systems and electronic warfare, with construction starting next month.
Centum Electronics partners with DRDO, defence public sector enterprises and ISRO and has worked on strategic missile and satellite programmes.
- Who
- Centum Electronics, a Bengaluru-headquartered defence electronics firm, and Karnataka Industries Minister M.B. Patil.
- What
- Centum Electronics will invest Rs 500 crore in Karnataka over four years, creating about 1,500 jobs and building a new defence electronics facility.
- When
- Announced on Friday; the investment will occur over four years, and construction of the new facility is scheduled to begin next month.
- Where
- Karnataka, India, at the Aerospace and Defence Park near Devanahalli, with the announcement made at Khanija Bhavan in Bengaluru.
- Why
- To expand capabilities in advanced electronics, defence electronics, radar systems and electronic warfare, strengthening Karnataka as an aerospace and defence manufacturing hub.
- Investment amount
- Rs 500 crore
- Investment period
- Four years
- Jobs expected
- About 1,500
- Facility location
- Aerospace and Defence Park near Devanahalli, Karnataka
- Announced by
- Industries Minister M.B. Patil
- Company headquarters
- Yelahanka, Bengaluru
- Company operating since
- 1993
- Focus areas
- Advanced electronics, defence electronics, radar systems, electronic warfare