Giesecke & Devrient MS India Pvt. Ltd.

Giesecke & Devrient MS India Pvt. Ltd. Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is a leading international technology provider. It is a technology group with roots in Germany and global operations. The G&D Group, based in Munich/Germany, comprises over 65 subsidiaries and joint ventures across 30 countries, employing more than 10,500. Founded in 1852, today G&D is a global market leader and pioneering innovator in banknote production and processing, smart card solutions for telecommunications and electronic payment, and security documents and identification systems. From the very start, G&D innovations-including the first smart card in 1968-have helped to ensure the security of electronic payments. In the field of telecommunications, the company delivered the worlds first commercial SIM cards for a GSM network in 1991. Then as now, the Group plays an active role in all the main card standardization organizations, enabling customers worldwide to benefit from interoperable products and solutions. The R&D Centre at Pune in India is the second largest global R&D center in the world for G&D.The Centre provides End to End Solutions for Contact, Contactless, and dual interface Smart Cards for Mobile SIM, Credit, Debit cards, mobile payments and automotive smart card solutions. The R&D center in India proudly plays a leading role for G&D as one of the worlds leading producers of SIM cards for cell phone systems and a major global provider of chip-based credit and debit cards for electronic payment. In addition, the products in India are certified by MasterCard, Visa, and other major chip card associations.