Electronics Manufacturing Partners
Founded in 2019 by Ishwar Kumhar and Nikita Kumawat, Brandworks Technologies offers design-led OEM/ODM electronics manufacturing, integrating R&D, engineering, and scalable production.
Ishwar Kumhar & Nikita Kumawat, Co-founders, Brandworks Technologies
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When Ishwar Kumhar and Nikita Kumawat look back at their journey, they frequently describe it as two parallel paths that slowly merged into one shared vision. Kumhar led R&D and created solutions with a focus on usability and functionality during his more than 15 years in the consumer electronics industry. Throughout his career, Kumawat combined leadership and entrepreneurship, co-founding a platform to support entrepreneurs and launching India’s wearable technology brand.
While working on overlapping assignments, they kept arriving at the same thought. “India needed design-led, innovation-focused hardware companies,” they said. That belief led to the founding of Brandworks Technologies in 2019, headquartered in Mumbai.
Brandworks was created to address a gap in the hardware ecosystem. Many brands had strong ideas but lacked execution capability, while manufacturers often lacked design depth. “We saw brands struggling to find partners who could take ownership from product design to scalable manufacturing,” Kumhar, Co-founder and CEO explained. Their solution was a design-led OEM/ODM approach that integrates engineering, R&D, and execution.
Supportive customers and ecosystem partners played a key role in the early days. “They trusted our thinking and gave us space to experiment and improve,” Kumawat, Co-founder and Executive Director shared. That trust helped the brand grow from a small power-bank unit into a full-scale electronics manufacturing partner working with 40+ brands.
“Today, Brandworks has 1,200+ people across locations, including 800+ contractual manufacturing staff and 270+ core team members in Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Taiwan. Over 70% of the workforce are women. Inclusivity has always been a foundation for us, not merely an HR mandate,” Kumawat said.
The journey has not been without challenges. Supply-chain disruptions and capacity decisions tested their resilience. “Manufacturing leaves very little margin for error,” Kumhar mentioned. As co-founders, they rely on clear role division—Ishwar leads growth and R&D, while Nikita oversees operations and compliance—while strategic calls are taken together.
Reflecting on their partnership, they said, “Clear ownership, mutual respect, and resilience have shaped both our business and our journey as couplepreneurs.”
When Ishwar Kumhar and Nikita Kumawat look back at their journey, they frequently describe it as two parallel paths that slowly merged into one shared vision. Kumhar led R&D and created solutions with a focus on usability and functionality during his more than 15 years in the consumer electronics industry. Throughout his career, Kumawat combined leadership and entrepreneurship, co-founding a platform to support entrepreneurs and launching India’s wearable technology brand.
While working on overlapping assignments, they kept arriving at the same thought. “India needed design-led, innovation-focused hardware companies,” they said. That belief led to the founding of Brandworks Technologies in 2019, headquartered in Mumbai.
Brandworks was created to address a gap in the hardware ecosystem. Many brands had strong ideas but lacked execution capability, while manufacturers often lacked design depth. “We saw brands struggling to find partners who could take ownership from product design to scalable manufacturing,” Kumhar, Co-founder and CEO explained. Their solution was a design-led OEM/ODM approach that integrates engineering, R&D, and execution.
