India Design Talent Lures Volvo Cars

Call it the "Nano" effect. Global automobile giants are taking a renewed look at India's designing and engineering capability.

Sweden's Volvo Cars is the latest to join in.

"We are looking at India's design and engineering excellence.

A pilot project to explore the potential will be set up this year," Magnus Jonsson, senior vice president (research and development) at Volvo Cars Corporation, told Hindustan Times.

Volvo's plan to explore an R&D facility in India assumes significance as it comes at a time when several global players are beginning to move their design and engineering work to India.