The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has launched the curriculum designed for B. Tech Electronics VLSI Design & Technology and Diploma in IC Manufacturing. This course will provide variety of employment roles featuring outstanding salary incentives for Indian students in global companies as well as Indian companies. VLSI sector is a high-paying industry and immune to automation and it will create an environment for Semiconductor ecosystem for setting and scaling up.
The ‘Semi-conductors are playing a critical role in the world in more ways than we can imagine. It is our collective aim to establish India as one of the key partners in global semi-conductor supply chains’ – PM Shri Narendra Modi.
‘We are investing heavily in skilling and training young Indians for the needs of the 21st century. We have an exceptional semiconductor design talent pool which makes up to 20 per cent of the world’s semiconductor design engineers. Almost all of the top 25 semiconductor design companies have their design or R&D centres in our country’ – PM Shri Narendra Modi
Semicon India program (with a total outlay of 76,000 crore) is aimed at the development of semiconductor and display manufacturing ecosystem in India.
The programme provides for financial support to companies investing in semiconductors, display manufacturing and design ecosystem.
In line with Semicon India program, the Chips to Startup (C2S) programme aims to train 85,000 engineers (Bachelors, Masters and Research level combined) qualified in ESDM disciplines over a period of 5 years. Necessary tie-ups with 82 technical education institutes have been made.
IIT Hyderabad had launched B. Tech (Electronics Engineering) specialization in IC Design and Technology last year.