US, February 18 (Punjab Khabarnama Bureau): Billionaire Elon Musk’s Electric Vehicle (EV) giant Tesla Inc. is hiring in India; a sure sign that it plans to enter the market, according to a Bloomberg report.
This comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Musk in the US as well, along with President Donald Trump last week.
As of now, Tesla has sought candidates for 13 roles, which includes customer-facing and back-end jobs, according to advertisements on LinkedIn.
These roles include that of ‘Tesla Advisor,’ ‘Inside Sales Advisor,’ ‘Customer Support Specialist,’ ‘Consumer Engagement Manager,’ ‘Order Operations Specialist,’ ‘Service Manager,’ ‘Business Operations Analyst,’ ‘Store Manager,’ ‘Parts Advisor,’ ‘Service Advisor,’ ‘Delivery Operations Specialist,’ and ‘Customer Support Supervisor.’
At least five of the positions, including that of service technician as well as various advisory roles were available in both Mumbai and Delhi, while the rest of the openings like that of customer engagement manager and delivery operations specialist, were for Mumbai.
The EV maker had generally stayed away from India so far due to concerns of high import duties, despite having engaged on-and-off for years.
Summary: Tesla starts recruitment in India, hinting at its entry into the market following Elon Musk’s meeting with PM Modi.