Bharat Semiconductor Research Centre soon: Union Minister
CHENNAI: Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Monday said the Bharat Semiconductor Research Centre, a government-private sector partnered institution, will be announced soon.
Addressing the inaugural session of All India Research Scholars’ Summit (AIRSS) 2024 virtually, the minister said, “The crowning development, within the context of this summit, is going to be the soon-to-be-announced Bharat Semiconductor Research Centre.”
Assuring that it would be an institution built on global standards created initially with the Semiconductor Complex Limited as an institution, he added: “Soon, it will have the ability to be spun off into an independent semiconductor research organisation that will compete with and cooperate with IMEC, MIT Microelectronics, USA, ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute), Taiwan, and establish itself in the coming years as one of the principle poles of semiconductor research in the coming decade.”
The holy grail of semiconductors, process, manufacturing know-how and technologies are beginning to come to India, he stated. “You’re seeing proposals from Tower Semiconductor, Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation of Taiwan, Micron and other companies setting up characterisation testing and manufacturing units in India. In a lot of ways, we’ve made up for 75 years of lost opportunities in the last two years,” noted the minister.
For his part, Prof V Kamakoti, director, IIT-M said, “For Viksit Bharat in 2047, it’s important that state-of-the-art research is pursued in India resulting in technological solutions for issues we face. This summit will pave the way for strong research collaborations among our vibrant research community.” AIRSS 2024 is being held at IIT-M and will go on till March 7.
A key objective of the event is to explore the latest advancements in various research domains submitted through oral presentations, poster sessions, and product/prototype showcases.