Speaking at the "Design and Engineering Summit", junior IT Minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar has said that the pandemic brought an irreversible change in the way products are designed and engineered. Adding that Engineering, R&D generates over $31B in revenue, he said that over 1000 companies have set up R&D centres in India. He also lauded the response the PLI scheme has received, with $22B revenue to be generated over the next 4 years.