Nagpurruns on a handful of strong industries. If you’re job-hunting or weighing a move, here’s where the opportunities (and the big-name employers) are.
Top industries & employers
Aviation, logistics & MRO
Air India MRO at MIHAN, Indamer, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport, Solar Industries
MIHAN — the Multi-modal International Cargo Hub and Airport — is built around Nagpur's position at the geographic centre of the country, and the Air India wide-body maintenance facility here is among India's largest.
IT & business services
TCS, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, HCLTech, Persistent
Almost all of it inside the MIHAN SEZ south of the city rather than scattered through it, which makes the commute question unusually simple: either you are on the Wardha Road corridor or you are not.
Government, law & administration
Vidhan Bhavan, Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court, divisional commissionerate, MahaMetro
Maharashtra's second capital hosts the winter legislative session and a permanent High Court bench, which supports a large legal and administrative economy on top of the divisional headquarters functions.
Defence, mining & heavy industry
Ordnance Factory Ambajhari, Western Coalfields, MOIL, Solar Industries, Ashok Leyland
Western Coalfields and MOIL — India's largest manganese ore producer — are both headquartered here, and the coal and mineral belt of eastern Vidarbha is the region's older economic base.
Agri-processing & the orange trade
Nagpur mandarin growers and packhouses, Haldiram's, Patanjali food park at MIHAN
The GI-tagged Nagpur mandarin anchors a regional citrus economy, and Haldiram's — now one of India's largest snack food companies — was founded in this city in the 1930s.
Higher education & research
IIM Nagpur, AIIMS Nagpur, VNIT, IIIT Nagpur, NEERI, Nagpur University
NEERI is the national environmental engineering research institute, and the IIM, AIIMS and IIIT are all recent additions that have measurably changed the city's professional population.
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