Samsung, India’s largest consumer electronics brand, today reinforced its commitment to developing future-ready talent in West Bengal by felicitating 750 students under its flagship Samsung Innovation Campus (SIC) programme at Brainware University, Kolkata.

As part of Samsung’s mission to skill 20,000 youth across India in 2025, the latest batch includes 400 graduates in AI Coding & Programming and 350 in Artificial Intelligence (AI)—equipping young aspirants with industry-relevant digital capabilities that will drive India’s technology future.

The ceremony was graced by Prof. Sankar Gangopadhyay, Vice Chancellor, Brainware University, and Mr. Saroj Aapto, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, Electronics Sector Skills Council of India (ESSCI), along with Samsung leadership and faculty members.

West Bengal Emerging as a Tech-Talent Growth Hub

West Bengal has a rich legacy in engineering and science, and the state is rapidly nurturing a thriving digital economy. Samsung’s skilling initiatives aim to strengthen the region’s talent pool and expand workforce readiness in high-demand technologies.

Expanding Access and Opportunity

Samsung Innovation Campus offers training in Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, and Coding & Programming, aligning closely with the Government of India’s Skill India and Digital India missions.

The programme emphasises inclusivity—with 44% women participation nationally—and strong outreach to aspirational districts and semi-urban areas, ensuring youth from diverse backgrounds can access opportunities in the digital age.

A Larger Mission for Aatmanirbhar Bharat

With events now conducted across 10 states, including recent felicitation in Gorakhpur, the SIC programme is rapidly building a future-skilled workforce in partnership with accredited training organisation ESSCI, ensuring:

• Industry-aligned learning
• Soft-skills development
• Career guidance and placement support

Alongside SIC, Samsung’s DOST (Digital & Offline Skills Training) programme continues to help youth secure frontline retail careers—strengthening employability, entrepreneurship, and innovation.

Samsung, India’s largest consumer electronics brand, has announced it will set up 15 premium experience stores across top metro cities in India by end of 2023, bringing in exciting new technology experiences for consumers and creating a benchmark in premium electronics retail in the country.

The new experience stores will come up at iconic locations across top metro cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Pune and Chandigarh.

These stores will showcase Samsung’s complete product ecosystem through exciting zones such as Samsung SmartThings, Smartphones, Audio, Gaming, Lifestyle Screens, Consumer Electronics, Home Theatre and Wearables, showcasing its multi-device connectivity with SmartThings.

The SmartThings zone will showcase how Samsung’s connected living ecosystem can create convenience for consumers in their daily lives. This includes highlighting how a smartphone, refrigerator, AC, home theatre, TV and other devices can connect to each other and provide convenience to consumers. The SmartThings zone will also include scenarios such as Work from Home to show how a Samsung monitor, laptop, tab and smartphone connect to improve productivity, or how you can switch on your ACs remotely so that the your home is cooled even before you reach, or even a home kitchen experience.

For young gaming enthusiasts, these experience stores will have dedicated gaming zones where they can spend time on their favourite games. They can experience the power of Samsung Galaxy S23 flagship smartphones and Samsung’s premium Odyssey Ark gaming monitors as they play.

“As a brand focused on ever evolving customer’s needs, we have seen that demand for our premium products has increased with nearly two thirds of our consumers choosing a premium device at our Samsung Experience Stores. To tap into this growing consumers demand, we are setting up 15 Premium Experience Stores across India that will offer the widest portfolio of Samsung’s curated premium products as well as experiences such as our SmartThings ecosystem, Gaming, Lifestyle Screens, product customization,” said Mr. Sumit Walia, Senior Director, D2C Business, Samsung India.

“These products and experiences will not only provide our customers with an in-person, immersive look at Samsung technology but also help them engage with the brand more meaningfully,” he said.

Consumers, especially Gen Z and millennials, will have the opportunity to attend the many Galaxy Workshops and activities that will be organized at the premium experience stores as part of the Learn @ Samsung initiative. These Galaxy Workshops will be around photography, video-editing, gaming, music, coding, doodling, baking and many other topics, helping young consumers pursue shared interests as well as learn about Samsung’s innovations and how to use their smartphones and other Samsung products more efficiently.

At the customization counter, young consumers can have a DIY smartphone cover customization experience using stickers and other accessories.

Samsung’s new premium experience stores will also offer a phygital experience through Samsung’s Store+ endless aisle platform. With Store+, consumers can buy any Samsung product, from among 1,200 options across its portfolio, even if they are not available at the stores. Consumers can buy products using a Store+ digital catalogue and it is delivered directly to their home. Consumers can also access Samsung’s digital lending platform Samsung Finance+ and Samsung’s device care plan for Galaxy smartphones, tablets and smartwatches Samsung Care+ at the stores.

Consumers visiting the premium experience stores will also be able to get hassle-free after sales service for their smartphones and book service calls for their consumer electronics products at home.

This season also provides the the shutterbug the perfect picturesque frame to capture on their smartphones.

With the right theme, skill, and technique, you can get outstanding shots, especially with your Samsung Galaxy’s innovative technologies that offer superior camera capabilities. We asked some of our Samsung Members to share the Monsoon photographs that they were busy clicking with their Galaxy. They came out brilliant!

Samsung Member for the past one year, Rohit Gadher is a photography ‘enthusiast and a Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro user. He loves shooting with the Pro mode on his Galaxy smartphone. “The colours and the details that I get to capture using Galaxy smartphone is unbelievable,” Rohit said.

Another Samsung Member and Galaxy Note 8 user, Aditya Mane also shared some amazing shots. “A camera which is capable of capturing a high dynamic range is very important while shooting photos during monsoon and my Galaxy Note 8 helps me a lot during such shooting conditions,” he said.

The morning dew captured by Aditya Mane #withGalaxy

Mumbai Rains captured by Aditya Mane #withGalaxy

Jumping into the rain shot by Aditya Mane #withGalaxy

The mirror image captured by Aditya Mane #withGalaxy

A sky above and a sky below captured by Aditya Mane #withGalaxy

The morning dew on a flower captured by Aditya Mane #withGalaxy

The swing of the bat amid rain captured by Aditya Mane #withGalaxy

Kolkata city lights captured by Rohit Gadher #withGalaxy

Every year, a large number of Durga idols are shipped to Pandals around the world for Pujo celebrations.

It takes the artistry and hard work of thousands of clay artists to give form to awe inspiring idols.

Samsung Newsroom India travelled to Kolkata to capture the creativity, innovations and spirit of artisans who help make Pujo a really grand celebration for billions of people around the world.

We shot the mood in Kolkata’s Kumartoli with Galaxy Note10+.