Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated SEMICON INDIA 2024 at India Expo Mart, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Prime Minister Modi visited the exhibition on the occasion. The three-day conference, from September 11 to 13, will showcase India’s semiconductor strategy and policy, aimed at making India a global hub for semiconductors.
Semicon India Conference
- Semicon India 2024 was co-located with electronica and productronica India, creating the largest single event for electronics manufacturing in South Asia.
- Electronica and Productronica India are South Asia’s leading trade fair for electronic components, systems, applications and solutions.
- It offered comprehensive exhibitions, insightful programs, and unmatched networking opportunities.
India’s Vision for the Semiconductor Industry
- India is poised to play a pivotal role in shaping the global semiconductor industry and spearheading efforts to establish a robust and resilient global supply chain.
- India aspires to expand its electronics sector from the current USD 150 billion to over USD 500 billion by the end of the decade, with the goal of generating over 6 million employment opportunities in the process.
- India has become the eighth nation globally to host a congregation of the international semiconductor industry, marking a significant milestone in the country’s growing prominence in this strategic sector.
- India’s strength is anchored in its threefold power which is a reform-oriented government, a growing manufacturing sector, and a technology-driven, aspirational society and market.
- India, with its talent pool, growing research investments, rising data centre demand, and green transition efforts is set to become a global semiconductor powerhouse.
- It aims to train 85,000 engineers and technicians over the next decade through strategic partnerships with 113 educational and research institutions.
- Uttar Pradesh is emerging as a semiconductor design hub and a leader in consumer electronics.