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1.25L enggs needed to fulfil Semiconductor Mission of India

A dedicated policy for electric vehicles in Madhya Pradesh and the Medical Devices Park near Indore, a Home to leading automobile and pharmaceutical companies, has accelerated the hunt for a technical talent pool to support industries said VLSI Society of India (VSI) roping in and academic partners to skill 10,000 workforce in the state in very large scale design engineering.

At the launch of the Madhya Pradesh Chapter of VSI society in IIT, Indore on Sunday, the society working to promote research and semiconductor manufacturing, announced to mentor 100 startups of Madhya Pradesh and collaborate with 25 colleges of the state to start BTech in Electronics and VLSI program already approved by Education“>All India Council for Technical Education. Dr Satya Gupta, President, VLSI Society of India said, The government has announced policies and invited investments, now the need is to create Infrastructure and a talent pool to support the industrial Growth. We plan to train 10,000 vlsi design engineers in MP in the next 5-6 years and work as a facilitator for around 100 startups of the state working in the field of semi-conductor.

The government of India has launched the India Semiconductor Mission with a financial outlay of Rs 76,000 crore for setting up semiconductor chip fabrication, display fabs and design link incentives. To contribute to the mission, the Madhya Pradesh government is also focusing on electronics and semiconductors to improve the economy and VLSI technical skills in the state.
Gupta said India requires around 1.25 lakh engineers to support the countrys ‘India Semiconductor Mission’ that needs a pool of talent and skilled engineers.