PM Modi Is All Set To inaugurate first Semicon India Conference

Semicon India conference will be inaugurated on April 29!

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all ready to inaugurate the first Semicon India Conference in Bengaluru on April 29, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said.

This Semicon India Programme of the Centre was announced in December last year, 2021. The initiative aims to implement various measures to set up Greenfield semiconductor and display fabrication plants, and develop research, development and design capabilities, to take India on a large scale and reduce the dependency on export.

Semicon India 2022, will be held over three days and will deliberate on ways to make India a leader in electronics manufacturing, semiconductor design, manufacturing, and innovation.

Speaking about the India Semicon Mission, Chandrasekhar said that PM Modi's vision is to make India a significant player in the global semiconductor value chain. "For the first time in the last 75 years, rapid decisive strides have been made in this space," he said.

Government statement said, "Semicon India 2022 conference will attract the best minds from across the world from the semiconductor industry, research and academia and will act as a big step in fulfilling the PM's vision of making India a global hub for electronics manufacturing and the semiconductor industry."

Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra, Cadence CEO Anirudh Devgan, Indo-Us venture partners Founder Vinod Dham, SEMI President Ajit Manocha, Emeritus Stanford Professor Arogyaswami Paulraj are expected to participate in the event.