PM Modi holds semiconductor roundtable with global industry leaders
New Delhi, Sept 16 (TNT): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday chaired a semiconductor roundtable with leading global industry executives at Seva Teerth and called for closer collaboration between the government and industry to strengthen India’s semiconductor and technology ecosystem.
During the meeting, Modi highlighted India’s talent pool, technology adoption and infrastructure and urged greater industry participation in skilling, innovation and emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing.
Referring to the target of training one crore people in AI, the Prime Minister said India’s talent pool, combined with the experience and capabilities of global industry leaders, could create significant opportunities.
He said India should aspire to be among the early leaders in emerging technologies and noted that the semiconductor sector had moved from foundational efforts to a phase of greater scale and opportunity.
Modi reiterated the government’s commitment to maintaining a predictable and responsive policy environment and said policies should evolve in line with technological advancements and industry requirements.
He invited industry leaders to share suggestions on policy and administrative measures to further strengthen the sector and encouraged them to participate actively in the next phase of India’s semiconductor growth.
The CEOs appreciated the government’s efforts to develop India’s semiconductor capabilities and noted progress in manufacturing, design, infrastructure and talent development.
They expressed confidence in the opportunities emerging under ISM 2.0 and India’s potential to build capabilities across the semiconductor value chain, including manufacturing, research and development, advanced technologies and supporting industries.
The industry representatives also expressed their commitment to contributing to India’s emergence as a globally competitive semiconductor and technology hub.
The meeting was attended by CEOs, heads and representatives of organisations including SEMI, Micron, Infineon, Applied Materials, ASML, Merck, Tokyo Electron Ltd, Fujifilm, AMD, Intel, Tata Electronics, Lam Research, Rapidus, NXP, Foxconn, Semiconductor Devices, Advantest, Celesta Capital, CG Power and IBM Research, among others.
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