7 October 2026 – Water technology company Gradiant is expanding its presence in India with a new country leadership appointment, five new design-build contracts across semiconductor, printed circuit board (PCB) and solar manufacturing, and plans to increase its India workforce by more than 40% this year. The company has appointed Hari Prasad as Managing Director, … Read more
September 22, 2026 | New Delhi, India – India’s semiconductor programme stopped being a promise in 2026. Three plants are shipping commercially, twelve projects are approved, and a ₹1.27 lakh crore second phase is now funded. Here are the people behind it. From files to factories At SEMICON India 2026 in New Delhi this September, … Read more
September 19, 2026 | 8:53 PM IST – L&T Semiconductor Technologies Limited (LTSCT) and Tata Electronics have announced a strategic partnership to expand indigenous manufacturing of market-leading semiconductor products in India, with an aim to serve both domestic and global customers. The collaboration brings together LTSCT’s fabless semiconductor design and engineering capabilities with Tata Electronics’ … Read more
New Delhi, September 19, 2026 Tata Electronics is expanding its semiconductor ecosystem through strategic partnerships with Enomoto Co., Ltd., Kelington Engineering Pte Ltd and Sumitomo Chemical, targeting critical areas including semiconductor packaging, fab infrastructure, materials, localisation and supply-chain resilience. The collaborations cover Tata Electronics’ two major semiconductor projects — its 300mm semiconductor fab in Dholera, … Read more
New Delhi, September 18, 2026 | 10:56 AM IST Day 2 of SEMICON India 2026 saw 25 strategic announcements and collaborations across India’s semiconductor value chain, as companies and institutions stepped up efforts around manufacturing, materials, advanced packaging, logistics, chip design, power electronics and workforce development. The second day followed a strong opening, with nearly … Read more
Sep. 16, 2026, Delhi – Lam Research Corporation has announced plans to invest approximately ₹10,000 crore in India to establish its first silicon component manufacturing facility in the country and expand its advanced research and development (R&D) operations. The announcement comes ahead of SEMICON India 2026 and represents a new phase in Lam Research’s long-term … Read more
At 23, Jyothis Indirabhai left India for Japan to work as a design consultant for Hitachi. Two decades and several semiconductor companies later, including a nearly ten-year stint at Intel from 2005 to 2014 as a design manager and micro-architect, he made the opposite journey: back to Thiruvananthapuram, the city where he once studied electronics … Read more
A decade ago, Startup India was a bet that the country could build companies, not just consume products. Today the bet has matured into something more ambitious: Atmanirbhar Bharat, a push to build the sovereign capability — in chips, rockets, batteries, and quantum machines — that a rising power can no longer afford to import. … Read more
New Delhi: In a major push towards making India a global semiconductor manufacturing and design hub, the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved Semicon 2.0, the next phase of the India Semiconductor Programme under the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM). The initiative comes with a total budget outlay of ₹1,27,500 crore, aimed … Read more
New Delhi: Magnachip Semiconductor Corporation has appointed Chae Lee as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective July 1, 2026, as the company strengthens its leadership team to accelerate growth across high-value semiconductor markets. Lee is also expected to join the company’s Board of Directors, while Camillo Martino, who has served as Interim CEO since … Read more
India is preparing to enter the next phase of its semiconductor journey with the launch of Semicon 2.0, a strategy designed to strengthen the country’s position in the global semiconductor industry by focusing on chip design, semiconductor equipment, materials, research, and talent development. The initiative marks a significant evolution of the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM), … Read more
Silicon Box, a leading semiconductor packaging and chiplet integration startup, has secured S$100 million (approximately US$77.5 million) in debt financing from a consortium of global institutional investors. The funding package also includes an option to increase the facility by an additional US$75 million, providing the company with greater flexibility to support future growth. The investment … Read more
