PM Narendra Modi opened the fifth edition of SEMICON India 2026 at Yashobhoomi in New Delhi, kicking off a three-day convention focused on India’s semiconductor and electronics manufacturing ecosystem.
Themed ‘Silicon to Systems: Building the Ecosystem,’ the event has attracted over 600 companies, including 300 from abroad, with delegates from 52 nations and more than 150 speakers.
The inauguration fell on PM Modi’s 76th birthday and Vishwakarma Jayanti, a coincidence he referenced in his speech while connecting India’s craftsmanship traditions to its technology push.
In the run-up to the event, PM Modi met global semiconductor CEOs at a roundtable, where Japan’s Fujifilm announced an ₹800 crore investment in a new semiconductor materials plant in India.
India aims to grow its semiconductor market to $200 billion, with 12 projects already approved and three units under the earlier Semicon 1.0 phase already producing commercially.
More than 600 exhibiting companies, including over 300 international firms, are participating across 15,000 square metres of exhibition space, with delegates from 52 countries and over 150 speakers.
The event includes six country pavilions and twelve state government pavilions, along with a Startup Pavilion featuring 40 emerging semiconductor and electronics startups.
Around 400 academic institutions and 105 startups are being given access to electronic design automation (EDA) tools as part of the initiative to build domestic chip-design capacity.
The government has approved 12 semiconductor projects under the Semicon India Programme so far, with three units under the initial Semicon 1.0 phase having already commenced commercial production.
Twenty-four startups have been approved under the Design Linked Incentive scheme, which supports Indian companies developing semiconductor chip designs.
The government has also approved a Semicon 2.0 phase of the programme, structured around six pillars aimed at deepening India’s semiconductor ecosystem.
Ahead of the inauguration, PM Modi chaired a roundtable with global semiconductor CEOs, emphasizing close collaboration between government and industry on skilling, innovation and emerging technologies such as AI and quantum computing.
Semiconductor wafer on dicing tape (representative image), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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