Lava International Ltd. (stylized as LΛVΛ) is an Indian multinational

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that is specialized in manufacturing

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, laptops,

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and

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. It was founded in 2009 by Hari Om Rai, Sunil Bhalla, Shailendra Nath Rai and Vishal Sehgal as an offshoot of a

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venture. It is headquartered in

Noida Noida, short for New Okhla Industrial Development Authority, is a planned city located in Gautam Buddha Nagar district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Noida is a satellite city of Delhi and is a part of the National Capital Region (NCR) o ...

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

, India, and has overseas operations in a number of countries.

Structure

Lava is headquartered in

sector 64,

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. The company maintains 6 offices and 3 manufacturing and service facilities throughout

. Lava has a single-layer distribution model, wherein more than 900 distributors across

are directly managed and controlled by the company. Lava is also present in several countries like

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, Middle-East,

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and

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

Research and development

For designing and developing its products, Lava has set up

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facilities in India and abroad, with particular investment in India after the

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's Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat initiatives.

Market share

The company held a market share of 13.4% in the feature phone segment in India in the financial year 2021.

Products

*Agni 5G was officially released on November 9th 2021. *The blaze series was released on November 15th 2022.The official lineup included Blaze 5G, Blaze Pro and Blaze NXT.

Awards and honours

Lava received an award from the

Government of Uttar Pradesh The Government of Uttar Pradesh (ISO: Uttar Pradesh Sarkār; often abbreviated as GoUP) is the subnational government of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with the governor as its appointed constitutional head of the state by the President of I ...

in July 2017 for hiring the most number of apprentices in the state. The company hired 710 apprentices from

in 2016 in keeping with the guidelines laid down in the Apprenticeship Act, 1961.

References

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* * {{Major mobile device companies Mobile phone manufacturers Mobile phone companies of India Manufacturing companies based in Noida Indian companies established in 2009 Indian brands Electronics companies established in 2009 2009 establishments in Uttar Pradesh