Govt aims to setup the Bharat Semiconductor Research Centre in 2024

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Friday announced the setting up of the Bharat Semiconductor Research Centre next year, in collaboration with industry experts and academia. The research facility will be created in public-private partnership (PPP) mode.

The announcement was made after the India Semiconductor R&D Committee—an expert panel of officials, industry experts, and academicians—submitted its report to the Ministry on Friday.

“This institution will be a core institution in India’s growing capabilities in semiconductors. It will be the Indian equivalent of IMEC, Nano Tech, ITRI and the MIT Micro-electronic Labs, which have been the pioneers of every cutting-edge technology in the world,” said Rajeev Chandrashekhar.