Toshiba works in India mainly in power transmission and distribution equipment, thermal power services, water treatment and software development. Its Hyderabad subsidiary makes transformers and switchgear for Indian utilities and exports to more than 50 countries, while Toshiba Software India develops IT systems for the group from Bengaluru and Pune.
Ownership and structure
Toshiba holds its India operations through wholly owned Toshiba India Private Limited, set up in 2001, and other group companies including Toshiba Transmission and Distribution Systems India, a subsidiary of Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions.
What India does for Toshiba
India is a manufacturing and export base for Toshiba's power transformers, which have been shipped to more than 50 countries, and hosts a software development operation in Bengaluru and Pune.
Investment and deals
Toshiba Transmission and Distribution Systems India signed an agreement with the Telangana government in April 2025 to invest 10 billion yen, about Rs 562 crore, in its Hyderabad manufacturing over three years from FY2024.
Toshiba's India business
Toshiba opened its first representative office in India in 1963 and set up Toshiba India Private Limited in 2001. Toshiba Transmission and Distribution Systems India signed an MoU with Telangana in April 2025 to invest about Rs 562 crore in its Hyderabad manufacturing.
The expansion raises transformer production capacity by about 1.5 times the 2022 to 23 level over three years. Toshiba Software India employs about 1,200 people across four offices in Bengaluru and one in Pune.
Key moves in India
- 1963: Toshiba opened its first representative office in India.
- 2001: Toshiba set up Toshiba India Private Limited, its first wholly owned Indian subsidiary.
- 2014: Toshiba set up Toshiba Transmission and Distribution Systems India and invested 30 million dollars in new production lines in Hyderabad.
- 2016: New transmission and distribution manufacturing lines were added in Hyderabad.
- 2018: Toshiba formed a lithium ion battery pack joint venture in Gujarat with Suzuki and Denso.
- 2024: Toshiba announced a 10 billion yen investment to raise Indian transformer capacity by about 1.5 times.
- 2025: Toshiba signed an investment agreement for its Hyderabad expansion with the Telangana government in April.
Where it operates
Toshiba runs its India business from New Delhi. It also has a presence in Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Pune.
At a glance
- Home country: Japan
- Global headquarters: Tokyo
- Sector: Manufacturing & Supply Chains
- Business: Energy equipment
- Role of India: Sales market, Manufacturing base, Export base, R&D and engineering hub
- India entity: Toshiba India Private Limited
- India head office: New Delhi
- India offices: New Delhi, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Pune
- India headcount: Not available
- In India since: 1963
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