India, May 9 -- Emerson acquired NI in Oct. 2023, a leading provider of software-connected automated test and measurement systems, at an equity value of $8.2 billion. Baskar Ceri, MD, tells us more in an interview. Excerpts

DQ: How has the former NI's journey been in India? How has the organization grown?

Baskar Ceri: Emerson's Test and Measurement business, formerly National Instruments (NI), started its India operations in 1999 with only three employees. In a couple of years, we set up our first R&D centre. Since then, we have expanded to a team of around 400 employees that focuses both on R&D as well as sales.

We are headquartered in Bangalore with a couple of facilities, NI Labs for the R&D and the Engineering Innovation Center for...