Over 25 years of Apple in India

Story Produced By

Vijetha Rallapalli Krishnamurthy

Intern at News Tap One

This week, as Apple celebrates more than 25 years in India, the company is marking a major expansion with the opening of its first Apple Store locations in the country, along with new environmental initiatives and a key milestone in the rapidly growing community of Indian developers.

“At Apple, our mission is to enrich lives and empower people around the world,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “India has such a beautiful culture and an incredible energy, and we’re excited to build on our long-standing history — supporting our customers, investing in local communities, and working together to build a better future with innovations that serve humanity.”

Apple’s first two retail stores in India will open this week in Mumbai and Delhi,welcoming customers from all over the country and across the world. According to the company, India’s vibrant community of app developers now support more then 1 million jobs.App store payouts todevelopers in the country too are said to have more than tripled since 2018.

At the IOS app Design and Development Accelerator in Bengaluru, Apple works one-on-one with developers to help further enhance their apps. As part of Apple’s commitment to be 100% carbon neutral for its supply chain and products by 2030,all active Indian manufacturing supply chain partners are commited to using 100% clean energy for their apple opperations. Building on its work to expand recycled materials across its products, last week Apple anounced it will use 100% recycled cobalt in all Apple-Designed batteries by 2025.

Apple India Private Limited-How did it come to be?

Apple India Private Limited is a Non-govt company, incorporated on 19 Jan, 1996. It’s a private unlisted company and is classified as’company limited by shares’.

Company’s authorized capital stands at Rs 200.0 lakhs and has 1.75% paid-up capital which is Rs 3.5 lakhs. Apple India Private Limited last annual general meet (AGM) happened on 28 Sep, 2017. The company last updated its financials on 31 Mar, 2017 as per Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA).

Apple India Private Limited is majorly in Community, personal & Social Services business from last 27 years and currently, company operations are active. Current board members & directors are Gaurav Duggal, Richard Stuart Pitceathly, Peter Ronold Denwood, Gene Daniel Levoff and Damon Lee Nakamura.