PM Modi to inaugurate India's first Semicon Conference on April 29

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the first Semicon India 2022 Conference in Bengaluru on April 29 Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar announced on MondayAs per a press release from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Semicon India 2022 a 3day conference is being organised to take forward the vision of PM Modi to make India a leader in electronics manufacturing semiconductor design manufacturing and innovationSpeaking about the India Semicon Mission at the event Chandrasekhar said that PMs vision is to make India a significant player in the global semiconductor value chain First time in last 75 years rapid decisive strides have been made in this spaceSemicon India 2022 conference will attract the best minds from across the world from the semiconductor industry research and academia and will act as a big step in fulfilling PMs vision of making India a global hub for electronics manufacturing and the semiconductor industry the release statedSemicon India 2022 Conference will be organised by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology from April 29 till May 1 at the ITC Gardenia Bengaluru around the theme of Design and Manufacture in India for the World Making India a Semiconductor NationFew names that are expected to participate in this conference are Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra Cadence CEO Anirudh Devgan IndoUs venture partners Founder Vinod Dham SEMI President Ajit Manocha Emeritus Stanford Professor Arogyaswami PaulrajChandrasekhar also informed that the Ministry is looking forward to a number of Memorandums of Understanding MoUs to be signed during the threeday conference forging partnerships and alliances in the semiconductor spaceAs per the release this conference will serve as the first roadshow in the series of the roadshow that the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology will be organisingGlobal experts from industry and academia involved in semiconductor design and manufacturing and key representatives from Government are proposed to participate in the eventIn order to give greater visibility strength and success to the India Semiconductor Mission ISM Rajeev Chandrasekhar unveiled its logo during the event in presence of steering committee members that had joined virtuallyThe logo has been created by Prashant Mishra from Varanasi who participated in a crowdsourcing competition organised by MyGov The logo signifies a handshake signifying a collaborative approach and forms the shape of an S which stands for semiconductor It is placed on a wafer sheetIndia Semiconductor Mission ISM has been set up as an Independent Business Division within Digital India Corporation having administrative and financial autonomy to formulate and drive Indias long term strategies for developing semiconductors and display manufacturing facilities and semiconductor design ecosystem the release statedIt further added that envisioned to be led by global experts in the Semiconductor and Display industry ISM will serve as the nodal agency for efficient coherent and smooth implementation of the schemesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever