Sundeep Kumar Makthala highlighted opportunities for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in India’s expanding semiconductor ecosystem at SEMICON India 2026. He proposed a “SEMICON Telangana” industry platform and called for greater collaboration among companies, investors, academia, startups and talent across the two states
India accounts for nearly 20 per cent of the global semiconductor design workforce, IT Secretary S Krishnan said, adding that the government is training about 85,000 design engineers and will encourage domestic and multinational companies to invest in the sector
IIT Hyderabad and Kaynes Semicon have signed an MoU to strengthen collaboration in semiconductor research, talent development and industry exposure. The partnership will involve training, workshops, academic programmes and curriculum development focused on emerging semiconductor and packaging technologies.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate SEMICON India 2026 at Yashobhoomi in New Delhi on Thursday. The three-day event will bring together global semiconductor companies, policymakers, investors, researchers, start-ups and academia to showcase India’s expanding semiconductor and electronics capabilities.
