Why is it in the news?
→ Government released performance outcomes highlighting enrolment, shared wafer runs, student-designed chips and patents.
→ Programme progress reviewed for semiconductor capacity building.
Category: S&T
Important Points
- Launched in 2022 by MeitY with ₹250 crore outlay for five years.
- Targets development of 85,000 industry-ready professionals.
- Aims to incubate 25 startups and enable 10 technology transfers.
- Targets training of one lakh students and generation of 50 patents.
- Supports at least 2,000 focused research publications.
- Shared wafer fabrication done at Semi-Conductor Laboratory, Mohali using 180 nm technology.
- ChipIN Centre at C-DAC Bengaluru aggregates designs and provides technical support.
- Over 4,855 support requests were resolved.
- Uses ASIC, SoC and IP core workflows with advanced EDA tools.
- NIELIT SMART Labs provide infrastructure support.
- The programme integrates academic instruction with industry-led training and R&D.