India is emerging as an increasingly important destination in the global supply-chain landscape, as companies look to diversify manufacturing and build greater resilience beyond China.

In a recent CNBC interview, CyberMedia Research (CMR) examines how far India has come in building a competitive manufacturing and supply-chain ecosystem, and what it will take to close the gap with China.

CMR Vice President Prabhu Ram discusses India’s growing role in global electronics manufacturing, the expansion of capabilities across components and supply chains, and the structural factors that will determine whether India can emerge as a credible alternative to China at scale.

The discussion also looks beyond manufacturing capacity to areas such as supplier ecosystems, infrastructure, policy support, talent, resilience and the operating environment that global technology companies will consider when making long-term investments.

India has the scale and momentum to become a more significant node in global supply chains. The bigger question is whether it can build the depth, efficiency and ecosystem capabilities required to compete with China.