Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 4 stated that India wants to become a “chip maker from a chip taker” during the inauguration ceremony of the Digital India Week-2022.
During the first day of the event, Modi announced the first cohort of 30 institutions to get assistance through the “Chips to Startup” (C2S) programme.
The C2S Programme aims to train 85,000 Specialized Manpower in the area of VLSI and Embedded System Design over the course of five years and leapfrog in the ESDM space. It also serves as a catalyst for the growth of Startups engaged in fabless design.
The key objectives linked to this initiative are:
- Generating industry-ready manpower in System/ SoC design area for creating a vibrant fabless chip design ecosystem.
- Promote industry-led R&D translational research and strengthen Industry-Academia collaboration, which is required to boost the start-up growth pattern in India.
- The culture of developing reusable IP Cores and developing ASIC/SoC/Systems for societal/ strategic sectors.
- Broaden the base of ASIC/ IC design in the Country by accommodating more academic institutions, and start-ups for the design of Ips/ ASICs/ Systems/ SoCs.
- Protection of intellectual property generated etc. and to inculcate the culture of entrepreneurship among students and researchers by way of incubating startups.
With a goal of developing cost-effective solutions to societal problems, it is anticipated that projects will be launched under the program me in areas such as energy and healthcare, disaster management, safety and security, emerging technologies, as well as an intelligent transport system.
The C2S Programme aims to train 85,000 Specialized Manpower in the area of VLSI and Embedded System Design over the course of five years and leapfrog in the ESDM space. It also serves as a catalyst for the growth of Startups engaged in fabless design.
The key objectives linked to this initiative are:
- Generating industry-ready manpower in System/ SoC design area for creating a vibrant fabless chip design ecosystem.
- Promote industry-led R&D translational research and strengthen Industry-Academia collaboration, which is required to boost the start-up growth pattern in India.
- The culture of developing reusable IP Cores and developing ASIC/SoC/Systems for societal/ strategic sectors.
- Broaden the base of ASIC/ IC design in the Country by accommodating more academic institutions, and start-ups for the design of Ips/ ASICs/ Systems/ SoCs.
- Protection of intellectual property generated etc. and to inculcate the culture of entrepreneurship among students and researchers by way of incubating startups.
With a goal of developing cost-effective solutions to societal problems, it is anticipated that projects will be launched under the programme in areas such as energy and healthcare, disaster management, safety and security, emerging technologies, as well as an intelligent transport system.
According to the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, “The programme would be implemented at about 100 academic institutions/R&D organizations across the country.”
“Besides them, startups and MSMEs can also participate in the programme by submitting their proposals under Academia-Industry Collaborative Project, Grand Challenge/ /Hackathons/RFP for development of System/SoC/IP Core(s).
