ROHTAK: Apparently buoyed by the surging Indian automobile industry, leading carmaker Maruti Suzuki has decided to scale up its research and development (R&D) infrastructure in India.

The foundation stone of the upcoming R&D centre, which is being set up on 600 acres land in the industrial modern township (IMT) in Rohtak, was laid on Monday. Speaking on the occasion, MD and CEO of Maruti Suzuki India limited Shinzo Nakanishi said that the company was planning to pump in investment of Rs 2000 crore in setting up the R&D facilities.

A company official informed TOI that this is the second R&D of Suzuki centre, and first outside Japan which is being set up in India obviously given the volume and future of the market. “We are selling around 12 lakh cars annually which are likely to reach 20 lakh by 2015. As per the market trends and experts opinion the market is expected to touch 40 lakh figure in next three years of which we hope that half will be Maruti Suzuki’s share”, the official said.