PM Modi inaugurates SEMICON India 2026

Semiconductor electronics indry global leaders, investors, innovators, researchers. Ladies and gentlemen, before we step into today's proceedings, let's pause for just a moment. That phone alarm that woke you up in this morning, the car or metro that brought you to Yashobi, the smartphone in your hand, and even the microphone carrying my voice right now. At the absolute core of every single one lies a microscopic hero, a silicon chip. Something smaller even than your fingernail yet powering human progress on a global scale. Transistors policies investmental semiconductor ecosystem microchips. technological powerhouse to set the go global perspective into motion. It is my absolute privilege to invite Mr. Ajit Manoa, president and CEO of semi to deliver the welcome address and share his perspective on India's rising stretcher in the global semiconductor landscape. Help me welcome sir. Good morning and namaste. Honorable Prime Minister Modi G, Shiri Ashi Vashno G, Jatan Prashad G, Krishna G, Amit Saj and all leaders from the country, industry colleagues, industry leaders. Welcome to Seamicon India 2026. I can start with a first my word. Wow. I think so. This is the third semicon that we're hosting here and I remember in the last two semicons I described the entire industry with two words exponential and unprecedented. I'm sure most of you remember that and I so I have to make a confession. First confession. Last year at this semiccon I said this industry is growing so rapidly will be 1 trillion by 2030. I was wrong. Actually we already crossed 1 trillion end of last year. We'll be two trillion by 2030. And after all we talked about the exponential law of growth. Modi G's exponential law of growth. So why not everybody is listening? So the industry is listening. Last year was a remarkable year. Lot of things happened. I'm not going to recast the news of last year. The memory companies went through the roof. The AI companies are going through the roof. The whole industry is growing is on fire. So 1.3 trillion or 4 trillion this year and two trillion by 2030. And uh yes as uh the the MC mentioned about the 12 projects were approved in the under semicon 1.0 and all I know is that everything is going on track. All this really reflects the the vote of confidence of the government and the investors that things are going on track. I personally have worked in done a lot of green field projects in my life but things are going much better than anybody expected and I'm say give a round of applause to the to the support of the government in making this happen. At the same time the consumption of semiconductors in India is doubling whereas the rest of the world is going at the rate of 60% or so. That's a great sign. Yes, we're going to be consuming more. Yes, there will be trade imbalance in the in the beginning. But when we start making more in this country, it will be trade surplus. So that's the right track. So u at the same time what is the role of semi? Semi role is to really help enable the ecosystem in many countries and now India. India is the is the term for term time for India for semiconductor growth. When I presented this data last year, I showed that we are doubled from 2024 semicon to 2025 and we are on the same track. Actually, the reason of showing this data is this. Semi has been in existence for more than 56 years and the countries which are now big powerhouses, it took 13 14 years to come to the semiccon scale. What has happened in two to three years in this country? Again thanks to the uh your support and your belief and your commitment to to the to making this country a semiconductor nation and we're on the right track. So number of booths 1,800 booths still there are many other countries we have lot less than 1,800 booths and the international exhibitors about 300 that shows the confidence of the international companies in India as India as the next destination for building the India as a powerhouse for semiconductors and again the number of exhibitors doubled and tripled from 24. Well thank thanks a lot for all your support. So well the I introduced two words. People ask me what is the word for this year. Now I think this year the word is indispensable. Why indispensable? As you heard seamicon 2.0 O covers the whole entire span span of span of ecosystem from design to materials to equipment and R&D assembly and test wafer fabs everything and with AI era the ecosystem ask is ecosystem play is becoming even more critical. So I think going forward the the competition between the countries is not going to be how many fabs country A has versus country B has. The ecosystem play will be the the the leverage for competition. So who what are the areas of this value chain that you make yourself expert in and you make yourself indispensable for the world that becomes the leverage and I think my message to to the fellow Indians here is pick your value chain elements you cannot be expert in everything pick what makes sense and become indispensable so word third word indispensibility actually it rhymes very well with India and India indispensable So I think that's the third word and we'll probably stick with this word for for for a while. So so again I think we are on the right track for unprecedented and exponential growth and leading towards indispensibility for India. With that I will say thank you very much. Enjoy the semicon show. Thank you. Thank you Mr. Manocha for setting such an inspiring backdrop for today's session. With one of the fastest growing electronics markets in the world, we now invite the leaders shaping the global semiconductor frontier to share the brief perspectives. May I invite Mr. Sanjay Mhotra, CEO of Micron Technology, a trailblazer whose landmark investment spearheaded India's commercial assembly and packaging journey to share his insights. Welcome sir. >> Namaskar. Honorable Prime Minister Modi G, honorable minister Vashnner, government dignitaries, distinguished guests and friends. When I was a student in Delhi, I used to carry a mechanical drawing board and a tea that goes with it onto a crowded bus to get to my school every day. That board was big. It was awkward. It was the only way to bring my work with me. I'm standing in that same city today talking about memory and storage that Micron designs in Bangalore and Hyderabad, assembles in Gujarat and ships to customers on every continent. That is how far India has come in one working lifetime. For decades, people have talked about India's semiconductor potential. I have been in many of those conversations. Potential does not ship products. What I see in India today is execution. Micron has been here for 7 years. We employ more than 7,000 people in India directly and our work supports tens of thousands more jobs across the value chain. Let me tell you why this matters far beyond our company. AI is the defining technology of our time and AI begins with data. There is no model without data and data cannot move, scale or turn into an answer without memory and storage. Every time a model gets bigger, the demand for memory gets even bigger. The world is going to need memory that is faster, denser, and far more efficient with power. And Micron builds that memory. Earlier this year, we began commercial production at Sonnand. It is the first semiconductor assembly and test facility here in India and the first project under the India semiconductor mission. Finished DM and NAND products are now leaving Gujarat for customers around the world. Carrying a label this country has waited a long time to put on a memory chip. Made in India. Our current production capacity already exceeds the memory required for India's entire laptop market. This year we will assemble and test tens of millions of chips at San. Next year hundreds of millions of chips. And three years ago that site was just open ground. Our engineering in India began long before the factory did. Our centers in Hyderabad and Bangalore are now a core part of Micron's global technology network. Our India teams have contributed to more than 3,700 patents, inventions and disclosures. I'm very proud of that. Building on that foundation, Micron Research Labs recently announced led from the US will now extend its global research network here in India. Bringing together Micron, government, academia, customers, startups and research organizations to drive breakthrough that make AI more powerful, scalable and sustainable. An ecosystem is only as strong as the people in it. Through the University Research Alliance at Micron, we work with 20 universities across the country on sponsored research and creditbearing design courses so that students arrive in industry having already done the work. Through the Micron Foundation, our chip camps, STEM labs, and AI for all programs, we reach children, tens of thousands of childrens long before they they are in a university. In 2047, India marks 100 years of independence. The engineers who will carry this industry then are sitting in those Indian classrooms today. Our job is to make sure that they are ready and none of this would have happened without the government of India. The India semiconductor mission and now ISM 2.0 gave this industry a foundation it did not have before. Prime Minister Modi Gi, your vision set the direction and under the leader of Minister Ashi Vashnoji, the teams at Matei and ISM have worked shoulderto-shoulder with industry to make it real. On behalf of Micron, thank you. The theme of this year's conference is silicon to systems. India is doing exactly that. Moving from potential to scale, from silicon to systems, from possibility to impact, from innovation to execution. Four decades ago, a student carried a drawing board onto a Delhi bus because that was the only way to carry his work. Today a student in Delhi Delhi can carry an idea into a design center in Bangalore into a chip at Sanand and into a data center on the other side of the world. The bus ride got shorter. The ambition did not. Micron is proud to build this with you. Together let us accelerate intelligence to enrich life for all. Danal thank you very much Mr. Maherotra it is now my pleasure to call upon Mr. Yohan Hanbach, CEO of Infinion, driving semiconductor solutions for power systems decarbonization and smart mobility worldwide. Welcome, sir. Dear Prime Minister Modi, dear distinguished guests, valued industry partners and customers, dear colleagues, it's a pleasure for me to be here today at Semicon India. Prime Minister, thank you for your commitment to strengthening India's semiconductor ecosystem and for bringing together industry, government, academia and innovations from across the country and around the world. India semiconductor story is entering an exciting new chapter. The country's economic growth, technological capabilities, and industrial ambitions are creating great opportunities. Companies are investing in digitalization, electrification, automation, and new business models that will shape the industries of the future. For Infinian, India is a market of tremendous importance. Today we work with more than 1,200 customers across the country ranging from startups to some of India's largest and most successful companies. What impresses me most is the pace of progress across the Indian ecosystem. Across many sectors, India is creating solution for its own market while increasingly contributing to innovation on a global scale. Infinian has been present in India for more than 25 years and our commitment continues to grow. Today more than 2,800 employees across locations such as Amdabad, Bengaluru and Hyderabad contribute to global technology development and support customers around the world and we continue to strengthen our presence and innovation footprint in India. We have expanded our global capability center in Ahmedabad. We have also strengthened our R&D presence in Hyderabad and are establishing a new state-of-the-art campus in Bengaluru. All in all, we have increased our workforce in India by 28% over the last year. But success in semiconductors is never the result of one company acting alone. We believe that powerful semiconductor ecosystems are key to success and that they are built through strong partnerships. That is why we work closely with government institutions, customer startups, universities and industry associations today. Together we will accelerate progress and help develop the talent needed for the long-term success. Investing in talent is especially important. The next generation of engineers, researchers and entrepreneurs will play a defining role in India's technology future. Yesterday, together with Nillet, we launched a new center of excellence to help prepare the next generation of semiconductor engineers with the skills needed to the industry's future. This is an important step and I'm convinced that a strong ecosystem is first and foremost built on motivated and skilled people. Looking ahead, our confidence in India has never been stronger. We continue to expand our presence and deepen customer relationships. We see great potential for India to strengthen its position across the global semiconductor value chain. Events like Seicon India demonstrates how much progress has already been made. They bring together talent, technologies, partnerships and ideas which will shape the future of our industry. Infinion is proud to be part of this development. We remain committed to our customers, our partners and India's long-term success. Thank you very much. [applause] Thank you very much, Mr. Henbeck. Please join me in welcoming Dr. Randir Takur, CEO and MD of Tata Electronics, spearheading India's breakthrough into high-tech commercial fabrication. Welcome sir. Honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi GI, Honorable Minister Shri Ashni Vashnav GI, Honorable Minister of State Shir Jetan Prasad Gi, Government dignitaries, our customers, my fellow industry colleagues and the youth of India gathered here and across the country. Today is a blessed occasion. Across India, we celebrate Visharma Puja in honor of the divine architect Lord Vishukarma. It is a beautiful coincidence that we celebrate the architect of New India, our honorable prime minister whose vision and leadership have laid the foundation of India's rise as electronics nation. Five years ago, India semiconductor mission was formed. Today there are 12 factories which are under different stages of completion and we are already exporting made in India chips to customers globally. Honorable prime minister manufacturing power friends this year's theme for seamicon India is silicon to systems building the ecosystem. The question of whether we can make chips in India has changed to how fast and how deep can we build the semiconductor ecosystem in India. The answer is deeper than anyone would have thought and sooner than anyone could have predicted. This is bhat velocity of electronics innovation. In just 12 years, India's electronics industry has grown from 2 lakh cr in 2014 to over 13 lakh cr in 2026. Semiconductor manufacturing has three key processes deposition, printing and etching. We deposit material on wafers. We print circuits and we etch away what is not needed. Under honorable prime minister's leadership, the government of India is in perfect sync with the semiconductor industry. The government is printing condesive policies, depositing the foundational layer of a vibrant ecosystem and etching away the barriers. Thank you. The recently announced semiconductor 2.0 policy championed by honorable minister Vashnau and his team will act as catalyst for localization of semiconductor ecosystem in India galvanizing both our customers and partners at Tata Electronics alone. There is rapid progress across our green field projects. The FAB in Derera and the packaging facility in Assam are on track to meet the scheduled commitments we have made to the government. Across Stata Electronics, we have created over 1 lakh 50,000 direct jobs. Each semiconductor job creates 10 10 jobs in the ecosystem and there are thousands of ecosystem jobs being created by Tata Electronics. We have 65% women in our workforce, many from remote villages and marginalized communities across this country. In Derera, we have brought together more than 450 ecosystem partners to build the fab spanning construction, equipment, chemicals, and material partnerships. A few months ago, we signed a partnership with ASML, the global leader in lithography in our pres in your presence. Thank you, honorable prime minister, for personally elevating our partnerships to the global stage at this semicon. Tata Electronics will be signing 16US. There are companies like Nexperia and Bassie from Europe. JSR, Fujifilm, Sumitomo, Sojits and Inomoto from Japan, Kellington from Malaysia, Ascendas, First Space from Singapore, LNT Semiconductors, Inox Air Products, Semiconductor Laboratory, and Gati Shakti Vishvidal from India and other partners from US, Europe and India all specializing in different parts of the semiconductive value chain in Dera. and Jagi road there is rapid progress in building worldclass industrial and social infrastructure creating a strong foundation for our global partners to grow with us in India to my young friends semiconductor is the industry of the future and you are the future of this industry let me share with you when I was a student there was no semiconductor industry in India My young friends, you are very fortunate to have the opportunity to work in this fascinating industry. As we speak, we have 300 fresh graduates from leading universities in India getting trained in our partner PSMC's FAB in Taiwan. So, the real beneficiary of the India semiconductor mission is this country's youth. The factories we are building today will become your workplace tomorrow. The chips we are making today will power the technologies you will create tomorrow. And the ecosystem we are building today will give you the platform to compete on the global stage. From classroom to clean room, from ambition to assembly lines, India's talent is poised to provide technology and manufacturing leadership step by step, wafer by wafer and now chip by chip. Let us build this with speed. Let us build this with passion. And let us build this together. Bhat is ready to write the next chapter of the semiconductor story. Thank you very much. [applause] Thank you very much Dr. Takur. May I now invite Mr. Toshiki Kawawaii, CEO of Tokyo Electron, a global pioneer providing the advanced precision equipment powering modern chip production. Welcome, sir. Honorable Prime Minister Modi, honorable minister Banish and this distinguished guest. My name is Tony Kawawaii from Tokyo Electron. This is the third time of semicon India and I'm very happy to see that increasing energy yearby year also I am confident that Indian semiconductor ecosystem is growing based on the strong support by prime minister modisan government and effort of private companies. Under such circumstances, Tokyo Electron want to contribute to the semiconductor industry in India utilizing our expertise such as largest install best in the world and largest patent in the semiconductor equipment industry. In particular, de developing semiconductor talent including future f engineers and equipment engineers is critically important for the sustainable growth of the in industry in India. That's why in partnership with the government of Japan, a Tokyo Electron plan to establish a training center in Goja next year. Thank you. As Modis said, semiconductors are the digital diamonds. We look forward continuing to work together with India and contributing to the growth of its semiconductor ecosystem and the realization of make in India. I will do my best. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Mr. Kavay. It is my privilege to now welcome Mr. Benjamin Hayne, CEO of Merc Electronics, supplying the cuttingedge higherformance materials that feed every clean room. Welcome, sir. Namaskar. Honorable Prime Minister Modi Gi, honorable ministers, Darjit, fellow industry leaders, it's a real pleasure to be here with such a distinguished group of government representatives, customers, partners, and fellow innovators. We all united by one shared aspiration to build the next generation of the semiconductor ecosystem that will power the next decade of technology. Before we talk more about where the industry is headed, let me say a word about where we come from. Me is a global science and technology company today. We started out as a pharmacy in 1668 and just celebrated actually two weeks ago our 358th anniversary. So lots of history. In fact, by the way, that was around the same time the Taj Mahal was built. Today we operate three business sectors. Electronics which is why we're here today, healthcare but also life science business. We're proud to have been a partner to India for nearly 60 years. Today that means more than 4,500 employees and associates operate across several manufacturing sites, offices and R&D labs across the country. Our long heritage has carried us through the introduction of many new technology eras. So that's exactly what we witness today as we entered the AI era. Producing a single chip relies on more than 500 specialty chemicals, 50 gases and many of them requiring requiring purity levels beyond 99.999%. To put that into some perspective, that is like trying to find a small key anywhere across the entire state of Delhi. I had the chance earlier in my life to do some research at IIT in Kpur and traveling for that research across northern part of India. So I know how difficult that task could be. That is the scale of purity and precision at which the industry operates today and even the smallest deviation can affect yield, performance and reliability of devices. So that is why progress in semiconductors requires more than a single breakthrough. It takes integrated workflow solutions which means many disciplines working in harmony from the materials to the metrology and ultimately the data integration. This is where MAC plays its part. We offer one of the broadest portfolios of innovation critical materials in the industry. We are also a strategic partner in Fab Construction itself delivering the systems and services that move those materials safely which is very important reliably and also at a large scale with over more than 30 years of experience in that space. So why does that all matter for India today? As we discussed, India is evolving from a major chip consumer and chip design hub more into a full stack global semiconductor powerhouse. As the local ecosystem takes shape, resilient localized supply chains will matter as much as any single fab. That means safe and efficient materials handling strong local partners capable of managing semiconductor grade chemicals and gases and the technical knowhow to keep it all running reliably. So that is exactly and precisely the experience that we bring not just as a supplier but as a partner to help build the industry together. So my message today to all of you is very simple. None of this happens in isolation. India's path from opportunity to action will be shaped by partnerships formed in this room. Our company MEA is here to partner, contribute our expertise and solve complex problems together with all of you. We very much look forward to helping realize the vision of making India with all of you under the strong leadership of honorable prime minister Modi. So thank you very much and danyat. Thank you Mr. Hayne. May I now call upon Dr. Prabu Raja, president of the semiconductor products group at applied materials, unlocking the atomic scale innovations of tomorrow's computing. Welcome sir. Good morning honorable minister Sri Modi GI honorable ministers and distinguished guests. Thank you for inviting applied materials back to Seamicon India. Last year I spoke about speed. The government has shown us what speed looks like in policy and in helping companies execute. We see it and we appreciate it. I also spoke about inventing India for the world alongside making India that matters even more today. Artificial intelligence has one defining challenge. Far more computing power using far less energy that demands more powerful more energy efficient chips. Applied materials technologies are foundational to how these chips are made. To solve this big challenge, we must innovate. How we innovate? Traditional sequential development takes too long and no one company can do it alone. We need a new parallel model enabling high velocity innovation and high volume manufacturing. This requires equipment makers, customers, suppliers and universities to work as one unit. India has the talent base to lead this model if we continue to inspire it, develop it and connect it to the advanced technology labs and training. Today we are announcing applied materials India vision 2035 a5 billion5 billion US investment for the next decade to accelerate and integrate India's semiconductor ecosystem into the global value chain. It has a three-pillar approach. One, deepen our R&D in India. Two, accelerate the ecosystem in India. Three, grow future talent in India. The first deepen our R&D in India. Applied was among the first to establish semiconductor engineering capability center. In 2024, we ordered India's first 300 mm lab. Today we are committing to a new 140 acres advanced semiconductor research park bringing together clean room capabilities, engineering expertise and collaborative R&D with customers and suppliers on one side. Second, accelerate the ecosystem in India. Inventions done here must scale globally. By 2035, we aim to grow our Indiabased supply chain capacity 10 times, creating opportunities for Indian suppliers and bringing global suppliers here. This helps us broaden our geographic footprint and compete globally. Third, grow future talent in India. Our India team has grown more than four times in a decade over to over 7,000 people today. By 2035, we plan to double our India R&D workforce and expand university partnership and talent development. For over a decade, applied material has been part of India's semiconductor journey and we believe the greatest opportunities are still ahead. Make in India for the world. Invent in India for the world. Integrate the ecosystem in India for the world. Thank you. [applause] Thank you very much Dr. Raja. Would now like to invite Mr. Sesha Vid Rajan, Chief Operating Officer of Lamb Research, championing advanced deposition technology and massive engineering skill development. We welcome you sir since I had the longest walk here. Hopefully uh it'll be a good talk for you guys. So firstly, honorable prime minister, distinguished ministers, industry leaders, esteemed guests, it's a real privilege for me to be here as part of Semicon India 2026. Firstly, Lamb Research would like to thank the government of India for their comprehensive vision, leadership and commitment to building a competitive ecosystem here. This sustained commitment through the ISM 1.0 and 2.0 do programs is critical for achieving the ambitions of the country. As an industry, we are at a very critical moment. AI is driving a new wave of innovation and it's creating tremendous opportunities for growth and it's across all aspects of the value chain. This year's theme silicon to systems captures the scale of the opportunity and the importance of advancing engineering, manufacturing, supply chain and talent together and could not have come at a better time. First about lamb research in India. We've been here for more than 25 years and India's played an increasingly critical role for our company in terms of both innovation and operations. What began as a small engineering center has now grown to a full-scale advanced R&D center that spans all aspects of what we do as a company. Today our India center for excellence supports customers globally from here not only in providing design solutions but also in helping testing validation and next generation technology development. We are here talking about semiconductors and obviously it all begins with silicon. Few people may know that while silicon is what the chips are made on, it's actually also a critical part of the equipment that's used to build chips. With that in mind, I'm pleased to announce the next phase of growth for Lamb in India. Lamb Research plans to invest approximately 10,000 crores in India to establish our first silicon component manufacturing facility in the country. This manufacturing facility will support vertical integration process spanning ingot production and processing for advanced semiconductor technologies. This investment reflects our approach to invest across key aspects of the ecosystem here and will serve as a base for manufacturing and export globally. With this foundation, we are increasing our partnerships with suppliers across India in specialized materials, precision components, gases, chemicals, metrology and manufacturing services. It's precisely this value creation that comes when you start siting a manufacturing base in this country. These partnerships will help local companies develop capabilities needed to not only help Lamb in our goals but also participate globally in value creation. uh several of the my colleagues who spoke before me talked about the need to address the talent gap and with that in mind I'm very pleased to give you an update on the semiverse initiatives that lamb announced two years ago as part of this initiative we are working with Indian of science and India semiconductor mission to expand access to semiconductor manufacturing education in India the goal was to train 60,000 students in the coming years. And I'm pleased to report that in 2026 alone, over 99 universities are participating in this goal. And Lamb will deliver on our goal earlier and with stronger numbers than what we committed. Taken together, our journey in India mimics exactly what the semiconductor mission for India is, which is an end-to-end commitment from silicon to systems. Thank you very much and we are very proud. Thank you very much Mr. Varat Rajan. And to conclude our global address series, may I invite Mr. Wen Allen, executive vice president of ASML, representing the absolute frontier of lithography. Welcome, sir. Honorable Prime Minister, honorable ministers, esteemed government representatives, distinguished guests and industry peers, it is a privilege to join you here today at Semicon India. This gathering comes at an important moment in India's technology journey. On behalf of ASML, I would like to thank the honorable prime minister and all dignitaries present for the leadership, the ambition and commitment that they are helping advance India's global semiconductor industry. It's simply impressive. All ingredients for success are already here. A large growing market, an exceptional talent pool, a solid position in chip design, and a strong foundation in semiconductor research and development. India is home to long-established packaging companies and major global R&D and design centers. Turning this potential into sustainable success will require more than individual investments. It will require supportive and predictable government policies, continued workforce development, worldclass infrastructure, and innovation in both technology and manufacturing processes. Above all, it will require long-term strategic partnerships, as many of my colleagues have already mentioned earlier, among companies, government, and academia to develop a semiconductor ecosystem. Government, industry, universities, research institutes, customers, and suppliers each hold part of the answer. Collaboration that brings these strains together will help accelerate innovation, build technological expertise, and develop a resilient local supply chain. No single company or institution can build a future proof semiconductor ecosystem alone. India's opportunity also extends beyond chip manufacturing. Under the right conditions, India will become increasingly important globally. ASML is working with industry peers to better understand India's supply landscape and identify local capabilities that can support semiconductor value chain. This includes exploring opportunities to broaden supply chain competences and to strengthen engineering capabilities and support of existing semiconductor suppliers as they continue to mature in quality, efficiency and scale. We are approaching this journey with commitment and humility and frankly we're just getting started. We are learning from the broader ecosystem. Discussions with peer companies, suppliers and customers are helping us understand what is needed to scale successfully in India and where ASML contribute can contribute the most effic effect effectively. Our announced partnership with Tata Electronics is a very important milestone. ASML will also support Tata, excuse [clears throat] me, Tata's upcoming 300 millimeter fab in Dolora and we are highly committed to supporting its semiconductor manufacturing roadmap with our holistic lithography product solutions. ASML is committed to teaming up with India and actively contributing to its long-term semiconductor manufacturing ambitions. As stated in Semicon 2.0, know together we can build the capabilities, partnerships and innovative ecosystem needed to turns India's enormous potential into lasting progress. I look forward to our collaboration and thank you. Thank you very much, Mr. Ellen. And thank you to all our global leaders for your shared vision and positive insights. Dhanyal. Ladies and gentlemen, behind every breakthrough policy lies a leader translating strategy into tangible silicon reality. Please put your hands together for honorable union minister Shri Ashwini Vashnav. Sir, welcome sir. Bat karma yogi mantri narendra modi g or karma architect semicon subject. For many decades, India wanted to have a semiconductor industry. But only under the visionary leadership of our Prime Minister Shindarendra Modi G, we could build this foundation of the foundational industry in the in the semicon 1.2. 0 we could make that beginning. We started with a very measured and a very calibrated program. The program which was focused on making sure that the industry can set the base in our country and the focus was very much on getting the right talent making sure that the ecosystems ecosystem builds in our country. That was the beginning. That is the foundation we have been able to lay in the first 12 years of our prime minister Shindarendra Modi G's leadership of this country. Now we have to build the building over this foundation. I'll talk very briefly about the next round of semicon the semicon 2.0. Semicon 2.0 O will build the semiconductor industry over six pillars. Pillar number one is design. Semicon 1.0 may we had lots of startups trying to begin trying to see how we can design the chips. We had good success. More than 105 105 startups could participate in it and about 20 of them got VC funding of about 800 cr rupees. But that was just the beginning. This time our ambition is much bigger. We would be targeting at least 200 startups and companies which design chips in India across the spectrum of semiconductor requirements. The pillar number two is machines and materials. We have so many ecosystem partners present here and I'm very happy to see more than 28 countries participating in this conference today. Every aspect whether it is capital equipment, whether it is maintenance facilities, whether it is chemicals, whether it is gases, every part of the ecosystem is part of the semicon 2.0. And that's where I recall five years ago when we started this program prime minister very clearly told us guided us don't think short-term think long term don't think fab think ecosystem and that is what has continuously guided us in this program and that is reflected in the way we have designed the entire semicon 2.0 Semicon 2.0. The second pillar will be machines and materials. And I thank Prabu for announcing the $5 billion investment that you have announced. This will go a long way in generating employment in our country. Pillar three will be more display memory silicon compound and logic fabs. More the merrier. The ecosystem runs over that, builds over that. That has the multiplier impact. Pillar four will be more advanced packaging units. We already have a 3D packaging unit coming up in Odisa. We would like to have much more progress in the advanced packaging because that is a very important part of the entire value chain. Pillar five will be research and development. This time we'll take up projects where some really cutting edge industry required R&D can be taken up and this will be fully driven by the industry and academia absolutely working in harmony in synchronization. It won't be a isolated kind of R&D. It will be very applied kind of R&D that we would be looking at and I'll request the industry participants present here to suggest the projects that you would like to take up. We have very strong academia in our country, very strong base we have. We would like to present that to you. The pillar six is about talent. In the semicon 1.0, to we promised that we will train 85,000 design engineers over a period of 10 years. Happy to report that in four years itself we have been able to train 70,000 design engineers and many of those students today presented their chips to honorable prime minister and not just the big cities throughout the country from Rahul Kila to uh Jammu to Puducherry to Megal every part of the country today more than 400 100 universities have world's latest EDA tools from CAD from seammens from synopsis all these EDA tools are today available to the students they are designing their chips they are converting their ideas to real practical projects and we are using a semiconductor laboratory at Mahali for taping out those chips and making sure that the student gets the confidence from idea to execution and it's a rare capability. I thank honorable prime minister Shinar Narendarendra Modi GI you gave that vision to us you gave that target of absolutely industry oriented talent development and we have been able to deliver on that and in semicon 2.0 0 we will take a big task for developing the technician talent the clean room talent the factory floor talent and we will be targeting 100,000 one lakh talent to be developed which will straight away be employed in the factories which are coming up in India and it will be a global pool of talent talent which will be available. So that will be a very big goal for us in the semicon 2.0. This is a long journey. We have taken the first step. We are now taking the second step. We have built the foundation and this is what is going to be the foundation and the journey which takes us to developed nation. Vixit bar. Thank you very much friends. Bat mataki. Harat Mataki. >> Thank you honorable minister sir for highlighting how India's semiconductor mission is accelerating under the prime minister sir's guidance. Friends, history is forged when visionary policy translates into the heartbeat of manufacturing on the factory floor. Semicon India 1.0 Micrones or CG or projects commercial production is league sham taking our national nations tally to five operational commercial facilities. Adding to this milestone, Suchi Semicon in Surat, Gujarat and CDIL Semiconductor in Mojali, Punjab are officially launching commercial production for automative, EV and industrial application chips. Digital projects commercial production plaques virtual unveiling >> [music] >> Heat. Heat. >> [music] >> Commercial production is officially live. Suchi semicon or CDI team is Sajjie, representing our nation's remarkable leap from raw silicon wafer to advanced chip packaging. This special momento integrates the actual commercial produced chips from all five of India's operational plants. Man, Pradhan Mantri Gar Micron can CG semi CDI and suchi semicon produced chips is momento. Honorable Prime Minister sir, this momento encapsulates India's remarkable journey from wafer to packaging. Davo Semiconductor. This is the right time to be in India. Global semiconductor. Man, I swag. [cheering] Happy birthday. Happy. [cheering] >> Thank you. Ashini Gitin Prasad GI Opasti Sabi industry leaders CEOs delegates or virtually universities or institutes. Davo semicolon India edition. Vishma Bhagavan Vishma India. Technology or vision. Friends, commitment. Kiss Mumbai Global Fintest Agentic AI. tokenization or quantum technology. Inclusive finance 18 kilome dedicated freight corridor operational freight movement logistic manufacturing quarterly GDP reporting period 7.8% growth Yeah. or Japan credit rating agency sovereign rating rating upgrade economy. bricks. 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Honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi GI, thank you sir for gracing this event and we request everyone to kindly