Samsung India Partners with MSME Ministry to Train 1,600 People in Electronics Repair
New Delhi, November 07, 2026: Samsung India has signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) to provide vocational training in electronics repair, maintenance and servicing to 1,600 people in the first year. The programme will be delivered through 15 MSME Technology Centres across the country.
The MoU was exchanged at the Office of the Development Commissioner, MSME, at Kartavya Bhawan, New Delhi, in the presence of Dr. Rajneesh, Additional Secretary and Development Commissioner, MSME; Shubham Mukherjee, Head, CSR & Corporate Communications, Samsung SWA; Junho Jeong, External Communications & CSR, Samsung SWA; Hyunki Min, Field Quality Management, Customer Service, Samsung SWA; and other officials from Samsung and the Ministry.
Under Samsung's CSR initiative, DOST Service, the company will support classrooms and laboratories at participating centres and provide products and tools for practical training. The curriculum will cover repair, maintenance and installation of mobile phones, tablets, smartwatches, televisions, air conditioners, washing machines and Professional Display products.
Shubham Mukherjee, Head, CSR & Corporate Communications, Samsung South West Asia, said, “India’s electronics ecosystem needs skilled service technicians alongside growth in manufacturing capacity. As products become more sophisticated, technicians need practical, regularly updated skills to install, maintain and repair them. Industry can help vocational institutions keep pace through relevant curricula, equipment and workplace exposure. Through this partnership, we are connecting training with service requirements and helping more people build careers in the sector,”
Launched in 2014, Samsung DOST Service provides vocational training in electronics repair, maintenance and installation through government-run MSME Technology Centres and Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs).
Between 2015 and 2023, the programme trained 5,391 students across 12 MSME Technology Centres. Its ITI programme has also trained 10,612 students across 22 government institutions in 16 states.
The latest partnership will include support for instructors through Guru Shiksha, Samsung's Training of Trainers programme, which aims to strengthen their technical capabilities at participating centres. Scholarships will be available to women and specially-abled trainees, while batch toppers will receive merit-based rewards.
Samsung will also facilitate three months of on-the-job training through its service network, with stipend support of ₹12,000 per month. The arrangement is intended to provide trainees with workplace exposure and potential employment pathways in the electronics servicing sector.
The planned expansion will cover locations in Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, along with clusters in other regions.
Through the partnership, Samsung India and the MSME Ministry aim to connect vocational training with industry requirements and expand access to technical skills and employment opportunities in the electronics repair and servicing sector.
