FirstBuild to Open at T-Works, India’s Largest Makerspace
GE Appliance’s FirstBuild signed an agreement with the state of Telangana and T-Works to establish FirstBuild India at T-Works. This is in continuation to the agreement signed in December last year where both sides created a task force to work out the details.
This marks the beginning of a new partnership between the state of Telangana, T-Works, India’s largest prototyping centre and makerspace and FirstBuild, a global co-creating community backed by GE Appliances, a Haier company. The partnership begins with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in the presence of K.T. Rama Rao, the Honorable Minister for Information Technology for the state of Telangana, and Melanie Cook, COO for GE Appliances.
The MOU, signed by Sujai Karampuri, CEO of T-Works, where FirstBuild will be located, and Chandramouli Vijjhala, CIO for GE Appliances India, is aimed at bringing smart products and appliances to market faster through open product innovation that engages India’s growing maker community.
FirstBuild has already engaged thousands of makers in person and online to invent a new world of appliances. The new location in India further strengthens the FirstBuild community by creating a place for the country’s greatest designers, engineers and innovators to develop working prototypes, measure market feasibility, and then build and deliver innovations for the home.
