Micron Govt Discusses Plans to Bolster Chip Manufacturing in India With PM Modi

Micron Technology Chief Sanjay Mehrotra known as on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday and mentioned plans to bolster the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem inside India. The Micron Technology Chief met the Prime Minister in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar. 

He is in India to attend the three-day ‘SemiconIndia 2023‘ convention, which kicked off right here on Friday.

The convention, its second version, organised by India Semiconductor Mission in partnership with trade and trade associations, is aimed to make India a worldwide hub for semiconductor design, manufacturing and know-how improvement. SemiconIndia was held in Bengaluru final 12 months.

The theme of the Conference is ‘Catalysing India’s Semiconductor Ecosystem’.

Regarding the assembly between the Micron Technology CEO and PM Modi, the Prime Minister’s Office tweeted, “Mr. Sanjay Mehrotra, President and CEO of @MicronTech, met PM @narendramodi in Gandhinagar. They discussed Micron Technology’s plans to bolster the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem within India.”

It shouldn’t be the primary time that PM Modi has met the Micron CEO. Earlier in June, when PM Modi visited the US, the 2 had a wonderful assembly.

“I had an excellent meeting with PM Modi. I am very impressed with the vision that he has for India and the advances that India is making. We discussed a wide range of topics and we really look forward to greater opportunities in India,” Mehrotra mentioned at the moment.

Micron Technology, throughout PM Modi’s US go to final month, introduced its India funding plans. Micron Technology dedicated that it’ll make investments as much as $825 million (roughly Rs. 6,800 crore) to construct a brand new semiconductor meeting and check facility in India with assist from the Indian authorities.

Micron had mentioned it chosen Gujarat’s SANAND Industrial Park (Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation – GIDC) on account of its manufacturing infrastructure, conducive enterprise setting and agency expertise pipeline.

Meanwhile, India and the US have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) not too long ago on establishing the Semiconductor Supply chain throughout the India-USA fifth Commercial Dialogue 2023, which will help India understand its long-nurtured dream of changing into a hub for digital items.

The MoU seeks to determine a collaborative mechanism between the 2 governments on semiconductor provide chain resiliency and diversification in view of the US’s CHIPS and Science Act and India’s Semiconductor Mission.

The US and China are giants in chip manufacturing. So, this pact with the US to strengthen cooperation within the semiconductor sector to facilitate business alternatives and the event of innovation ecosystems is probably going to assist India immensely.

It will help India align right into a extra central function within the world electronics provide chain. The crunch in semiconductors provide started throughout COVID-19 and went on to accentuate in 2021.

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