To accelerate innovation and expand Frontiers of Science.
Agilent announced the opening of its first-ever India Solution Centre at its LEED Platinum-certified office in Manesar, Haryana. Designed to provide integrated solutions, the strategic investment marks a major milestone in Agilent’s global journey, highlighting a strong focus on India as a high-growth, innovation-driven market. The facility was inaugurated in the esteemed presence of key opinion leaders and decision-makers from diverse sectors and markets that Agilent serves throughout India, who joined the ceremony to experience the centre firsthand.
The centre brings together Agilent’s expertise across different disciplines to deliver holistic end-to-end solutions in sectors such as GLP-1 analysis, emerging food and environmental contaminants analysis, and PFAS detection.
“India is a strategic market for Agilent,” said Jonah Kirkwood, Chief Commercial Officer, Agilent. “This facility is designed to provide our India customers with the resources and collaboration they need to address critical scientific and health challenges. By offering holistic and specialised workflows—from sample preparation to smart and fast results reporting—we aim to boost lab efficiency, support automation, and promote sustainable practices. Our goal is to help labs meet their financial, scientific, and sustainability objectives”.
Spanning 12,500 square feet, the facility offers the development of analytical workflow methods and novel applications, as well as proof-of-concept demonstration and collaborative R&D and training. With dedicated zones for chromatography, mass-spectrometry, spectroscopy, genomics, cell analysis and lab informatics, the centre aims to address critical areas such as pharmaceutical quality control, biopharmaceutical development across modalities, food safety, environmental monitoring, cell biology, and cancer research. The centre will also align with national initiatives such as Make in India to advance the country’s scientific and healthcare ecosystem.
“Our goal is to support our customers not only with cutting-edge technologies but also with personalised experiences that drive scientific progress and business growth,” added Bharat Bhardwaj, Vice President, APAC region, Agilent. “The centre embodies our focus on customer partnership, end-to-end solution delivery that offers practical and tangible benefits and enables innovation throughout the research and development lifecycle.”
