PM to Inaugurate 3day Semicon India 2022 Conference in Bengaluru on 29th April
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the
first ever Semicon India 2022 Conference at 11:00AM, 29th
April 2022 in Bengaluru, announced Mr. Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for
Electronics & Information Technology and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship.
Semicon India – 2022, a 3 day conference, is being organized
to take forward the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that is to make India
a leader in the electronics manufacturing , semiconductor design, manufacturing
& innovation.
Mr Parag Naik, CEO Saankhya
Labs Pvt Ltd, Prof Kamakoti
Director , IIT Delhi and Ms. Nivruti Rai, Country Head
Intel India shared their thoughts on the occasion and welcomed the announcement
of the Semicon India conference.
The steering committee includes a mix of Startups,
Academia and Global Industry Leaders demonstrating the Government’s collaborative
approach towards powering India’s Semiconductor & electronics manufacturing
ambitions.
Semicon India 2022 Conference will be organised
by Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology from April 29 – 01 May 2022
at ITC Gardenia, Bengaluru around theme of - Design and Manufacture in India,
for the World: Making India a “Semiconductor Nation”. Few names that are expected
to participate in this conference are Sanjay Mehrotra,
CEO Micron, Anirudh Devgan,
CEO, Cadence, Vinod Dham, Founder Indo-Us venture partners, Ajit Manocha, President, SEMI, Prof. Arogyaswami
Paulraj, Prof. Emeritus, Stanford. Mr Chandrasekhar also informed that the Ministry looks forward
to number of MoUs to be signed during the three day conference
forging partnerships & alliances in the semiconductor space.
This conference will serve as the first roadshow
in the series of roadshow that Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology
will be organising.
India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) has been setup
as an Independent Business Division within Digital India Corporation having administrative
and financial autonomy to formulate and drive India’s long term strategies for developing
semiconductors and display manufacturing facilities and semiconductor design ecosystem.
Envisioned to be led by global experts in the Semiconductor and Display industry,
ISM will serve as the nodal agency for efficient, coherent and smooth implementation
of the schemes.