India has opportunity to create next gen innovative products: Boeing

India has a tremendous opportunity to merge its engineering capabilities with great quality to create the most innovative products of the next generation, Boeing India President Salil Gupte said on Tuesday.

The country's companies must also look at moving up the ladder in value in the global supply chain and cash in on opportunities, he said while speaking at a symposium organised by India Foundation for Quality Management.

"Whether you're talking about the auto sector, whether you're talking about industrial engineered systems, whether you're talking about defence, we have a tremendous opportunity in India," Gupte said.

Elaborating further, he said India has always had, over the last 30-50 years, strong engineering and design capabilities.

"Now, with this quality push in India, especially over the last 10 years, you've seen manufacturing transform. And from that transformation comes the opportunity for India to merge that great engineering with that great quality to create the mos