India is set to establish its maiden Precision Manufacturing Institute along with a structured pathway for building talent, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Railways, Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw said.
Speaking at a fireside chat during Semicon 26, the minister described precision manufacturing as a foundation that feeds into mobile handset production, aerospace, defence and semiconductors, and stressed the case for backing it.
Under Semicon 2.0, curriculum revision will be a priority, with the emphasis moving away from chip design towards system design.
Semicon 1.0 wrapped up in four years against a six-year target, and Semicon 2.0 is expected to meet its goals early too.
Semicon 2.0, cleared recently with an outlay of Rs 1.275 trillion, rests on six pillars covering design, materials and machines, new fabs, added ATMP capacity, research and development, and talent.
India is set to establish its maiden Precision Manufacturing Institute along with a structured pathway for building talent, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Railways, Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw said.
Speaking at a fireside chat during Semicon 26, the minister described precision manufacturing as a foundation that feeds into mobile handset production, aerospace, defence and semiconductors, and stressed the case for backing it.
"In a sense, we should be able to take a young person who is like a high school passed…and (provide) that person over a period of time will have different levels of skills, equivalent to a good B.Tech engineer from any other part of the world," Vaishnaw said.
A skilling structure with roughly five tiers is under consideration. "The level one course will be about 240 hours, level 2 course will be bigger than that," he added.
Under Semicon 2.0, curriculum revision will be a priority, with the emphasis moving away from chip design towards system design. "System design would mean that the students who pass through that course will be extremely sought after in the industry," he said, pointing to strong demand for trained hands.
The goal of training 100,000 technicians under ISM 2.0 may be revised upward given that demand, the minister said.
On risks, he flagged rising borrowings in advanced economies. "The global debt which has got accumulated in the rich world, if that unravels in a very disorderly fashion, then what will happen to the investments which are about to come?" Vaishnaw said.
He noted that a 20-year roadmap has been drawn up for the sector. Semicon 1.0 wrapped up in four years against a six-year target, and Semicon 2.0 is expected to meet its goals early too.
"It's like a classic S-curve. Once you are able to move on, initially you have to put in a huge effort. But then once that momentum begins, then the effort is much less," Vaishnaw said.
Semicon 2.0, cleared recently with an outlay of Rs 1.275 trillion, rests on six pillars covering design, materials and machines, new fabs, added ATMP capacity, research and development, and talent.
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