Bengaluru, Jan 15 (IANS): Xiaomi on Wednesday announced that it has generated employment for over 50,000 individuals in India.

This has been built over the last five years since 2014 - and comprising of partners from manufacturing, after sales, offline sales, logistics and corporate employees.

"In 2014, when we began our journey - it was a one person team where Manu did everything. As we scaled up - we hired and trained talent, and worked closely with our partners to build a strong ecosystem of people to work for Xiaomi. Today, we are so proud of the fact that over 50,000 people's lives have been touched because they work with Xiaomi directly or indirectly," Muralikrishnan B, Chief Operations Officer, Xiaomi India said in a statement.

Xiaomi's manufacturing partners contribute over 30,000 employees of which more than 95 per cent are women, followed by authorised service center engineers, repair factory engineers and customer care executives.

The third biggest contribution comes from offline stores support followed by logistics partner support who dedicatedly work for Xiaomi. Xiaomi India employs 1000+ people across its corporate HQ in Bengaluru and over five regional offices.