Previously, he held key leadership positions at Nothing India (Vice President and General Manager) and Samsung India (Vice President and Head of Product Strategy), where he played a crucial role in developing and implementing successful go-to-market strategies.
Sharma, son of former Union minister Venod Sharma, was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by the Delhi High Court in December 2006 for the murder of Jessica Lal.
Model Jessica Lal was shot dead by Manu Sharma after she refused him a drink at a high-profile restaurant in south Delhi almost 19 years ago
The Government's demonetisation drive and subsequent appeal to people to adopt cashless transactions using mobile phones has encouraged them to buy smartphones, said Manu Sharma, Vice-President (Mobile Business), Samsung India.
While launching 'My Galaxy' app here today, Sharma said that the company would be investing Rs 2,000 crore at its Noida plant for increasing smartphone manufacturing capacity and other products.
Samsung has launched two devices under the range -- On5 and On7, priced at Rs 8,990 and Rs 10,990, respectively.
"The Galaxy J2 is an affordable 4G handset which has, for the first time, an ultra data saving mode. This is the first handset from Samsung with the new data saving facility developed in India," Samsung India director mobile business Manu Sharma said.
Five days after he was granted a 5-day parole, Delhi model Jessical Lall's killer Manu Sharma walked out of jail on Monday.
Manu Sharma, serving life sentence for shooting dead model Jessica Lall in 1999, today got a five-day parole from the Delhi High Court to attend his brother's wedding later this month but was barred from visiting any night club or discotheque during this period.
Manu Sharma, who is serving life imprisonment for killing Jessica Lall, has a history of misuing parole conditions.