In November last year, Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and her industrialist husband Raj Kundra entered the smartphone industry when they launched Vivaan Mobile, named after their son Vivaan. Shilpa and Raj entered the smartphone industry through Hindusthan Safety Glass Industries (HSGI).
At the ongoing Make In India expo in Mumbai, Shilpa Shetty and the HSGI officials visited the Make In Telangana stall and held preliminary discussions with the officials of the Telangana Industries Ministry and expressed their interest in setting up their mobile manufacturing unit.
Buoyed by the positive discussions, the ministry officials say that the deal will be inked very soon. Already, leading players in the mobile industry Micromax and Celkon set up their mobile manufacturing units in Telangana.