Manu Jain: News

Manu Kumar Jain is the global vice president of Xiaomi and the managing director for Xiaomi India. Previously, Jain was also the co-founder and managing director of the Indian Fashion and Lifestyle e-commerce portal Jabong.com. Jain has been instrumental in bringing Xiaomi to India, making it the most popular smartphone brand within a few years of its inception. Jain was born on January 25, 1981, in his hometown of Meerut, India. He is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He is currently based in Bangalore, Karnataka. Manu Kumar Jain has been working with Xiaomi since May 2014. Xiaomi is a multinational electronics company headquartered in Beijing, China. The company manufactures smartphones, home appliances, laptops, cameras, bags, shoes, and even makes mobile apps. As of September 2019, Xiaomi claims to have 291.6 million monthly active users for its Android skin called MIUI alone.

30 Jan 2023

Xiaomi

Manu Kumar Jain quits Xiaomi after 9 years

Manu Kumar Jain has resigned from the Xiaomi Group after serving for nine years in various top positions at the Chinese tech giant. He announced his exit today via a Twitter post titled Change is the only constant in life.

03 May 2020

Xiaomi

Xiaomi refutes allegations of mining data via phone software 'backdoors'

Xiaomi has refuted the data mining allegations leveled by two popular security searchers.

17 Jan 2020

Xiaomi

Xiaomi makes POCO an independent company: What does it mean?

In a major surprise, Xiaomi has announced the decision to spin off POCO, a smartphone sub-brand it launched nearly two years ago, into a standalone company.

15 Jan 2019

India

Watch out! Fake Xiaomi 'deals' circulating to fool people

Manu Jain, the Global VP and India head of Xiaomi, has raised alarms over a scam that could fool unsuspecting fans of the Chinese company.

28 May 2018

Xiaomi

Now, you can take instant loans from Xiaomi: Here's how

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has launched Mi Credit, an instant personal loan feature exclusively for MIUI users.

14 Mar 2018

India

Xiaomi plans to launch 6 new smartphones in India

Xiaomi plans to launch six more smartphones in India and expand its non-smartphones portfolio in the country says Manu Kumar Jain, Xiaomi Global VP, and India Head.

25 May 2017

India

Xiaomi to launch Mi Max 2 tablet in China

Xiaomi has unveiled the Mi Max 2 phablet, the successor to the Mi Max phablet at an event in China today.