Steve Jobs postpones India visit

Senior Correspondent

BANGALORE: Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computers is learnt to have postponed his first official visit to India till September 2006.

CyberMedia News had earlier reported that he was likely to visit India in the first week of April.

“Recruitments for the Apple's R&D center and technical support facility are (still) going on. It might take some more time to complete this exercise,” sources familiar with Apple Inc. said.

Jobs is said to be keen on having Apple's R&D center in Bangalore functional before his visit.

The company has plans to hire 3000 people in India by 2007.

Jobs has special affinity to India. He had spent four years in the 1970's as a “hippie spiritual tourist” visiting holy places in the country.

Jobs admires India as one of the fast growing economies in the world. The company currently accounts for just around four percent market share in India for its products.

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