India now accounts for nearly 20 per cent of the world’s chip design engineers, strengthening its role as a key player in the global semiconductor design ecosystem, a recent report has highlighted.
Global technology leaders such as Qualcomm, Intel, Nvidia, Broadcom, and MediaTek have set up major research and design centres in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Noida. This strong presence has made India one of the leading hubs for chip design. The report explained how work is divided across the world. Engineers in the United States define the high-level chip architecture, deciding the type of chip, its use, features, and launch strategy. Indian teams then take on the critical execution tasks such as converting architecture into logic, simulating and testing chips, optimising performance, writing drivers and firmware, and refining electronic design automation tools.
The report clarified that this is not a “boss versus worker” setup but a complementary partnership between US and Indian teams.
India’s policy push has also been significant. The government launched the Semicon India Programme in 2021, offering incentives worth about Rs 76,000 crore to attract global manufacturers. Semiconductor consumption in India is expected to grow sharply. “We consume about $24 billion worth semiconductors and it is expected to rise to upwards of $100-120 billion by 2030. When India starts to produce those chips, our share will definitely rise,” said Sandeep Kumar, CEO of L&T Semiconductor Technologies and chairman of the Semiconductor Product Leadership Forum.
The Forum, launched by the India Cellular and Electronics Association, aims to create an ecosystem for product design, intellectual property creation, and innovation. It is targeting the launch of around 100 new companies by 2035, expected to employ nearly five lakh people, including a large number of engineers.
Recently, India rolled out its first domestically produced chip at CG Semi’s Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test facility in Sanand, Gujarat. Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who inaugurated the facility, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will “soon” dedicate the country’s first chip produced there.
So far, the government has approved 10 semiconductor manufacturing projects worth more than Rs 1.60 lakh crore across six states. Work is also in progress on Semicon 2.0, the next stage of India’s semiconductor mission.
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