India is projected to face a shortage of nearly 3 lakh semiconductor professionals by 2027. Without a coherent talent strategy, states risk creating infrastructure without a workforce to operate it.
India has used a $10 billion fund to fuel its chip programme, helping to bring about assembly, packaging and testing ventures. But it still lags far behind industry leaders Taiwan, South Korea, US, China and Japan.
To meet India’s goal of becoming a semiconductor powerhouse, IITs and IISc are rejigging curricula, launching short courses, and hosting online classes. Focus is on fabrication, not just design.
International media also looks at India's semiconductor deal with US sparking new tech rivalry with China. India is emerging as a key player in semiconductors and IT services, it notes.
While addressing Semicon India 2024, PM Narendra Modi says India's favourable policies have helped attract investments more than Rs 1.5 trillion in this sector.
Speaking at Indo-Pacific Economic Framework Family Photo, US President announces advancements in crucial initiative proposed by the US and supported by 13 APEC partners, including India.
The facility will be separate from the current sprawling campus near Chennai where Foxconn assembles Apple's iPhones and employs more than 35,000 people.
At inauguration of flagship event SemiconIndia2023 in Gandhinagar, the PM detailed reforms and tax exemptions the government has undertaken to bring in more investment in the sector.
Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.
With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.
If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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