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Govt Schemes To Shape India Into An Export Hub: IT Secretary

New schemes introduced by the government will focus not only on manufacturing of electronics in India, but also positioning the country as an export...

Tamil Nadu to Unveil Electronic Hardware Manufacturing Policy Soon

The state would also set up a Centre of Excellence for Emerging Technologies O Panneerselvam,Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister has recently announced that they will...

Interim Budget ’19-’20 : Who Are The Real Winners?

Overall, ESDM industry has shared positive thoughts about the interim budget. However, startups and solar sector are not so impressed. --By Baishakhi Dutta The Indian electronics...

Tamil Nadu to Announce Electronics Policy in February

The electronics policy draft of TN government is almost ready, final touches being made before the announcement The Tamil Nadu government is pushing to make...

India Imposes Custom Duty On Li-Ion Cells & PCB Assembly

Lithium-ion cell and PCB assembly to face 5 per cent and 10 per cent customs duty respectively. The government has announced basic customs duty...

Electronics Makers Seek Rs 1,000 Crore Seed Fund : Budget 2019

The association has urged the government to provide support to create 50 intelligent electronics incubators collaborating with industry in various technology. With the 2019 interim...

Tamil Nadu Releases Startup & Innovation Policy 2018-23

The policy aims to create at least 1 lakh high-skilled jobs in the startup ecosystem, and develop 500 technology startups Tamil Nadu government has released...

US Team To Meet MeitY; Lobby For Roll-Back Of Import Duties On ICT Products

Meeting scheduled with officials from the Ministry of Electronics and IT on January 24. A team of US officials will be in India later this...

DGFT Prohibits Import of Electronics & IT Goods Without BIS Registration

Without BIS registration, any import of new electronics and IT goods would be re-exported by the importer. Recently the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)...

Gujarat Govt Eyes 2.20 Lakh Crore Investment In Renewable Energy

The Gujarat government is eyeing cumulative investment of Rs 2,20,000 crore during the next 10 years in the renewable energy sector. Boosting solar and wind power generation projects in the...

MNRE to Issue a List of Eligible Solar Manufacturers for Government Projects

The MNRE has stated that the projects for which tenders have not been finalised before the decision will be allowed to source outside the...

MNRE Extends Deadline for BIS Certification of Solar Inverters to June 30

The inverter manufacturers will be allowed self-certification without submitting samples to test labs as the series guidelines for submitting samples to test labs are...

Industry's Buzz

Infineon

Infineon and Skeleton Partner on AI Data Centre Power Solutions

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Semiconductor firm Infineon teams up with energy storage specialist Skeleton Technologies to develop high-efficiency power architectures for data centres running heavy AI workloads.  Semiconductor manufacturer...
NVIDIA

Nvidia Acquires Hugging Face for $13BN

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Semiconductor giant expands software footprint with multi-billion-dollar deal for open-source AI platform, reassuring developers the ecosystem will remain independent.  Semiconductor titan Nvidia has agreed to...
SK Hynix

SK Hynix Considers Japanese JV to Meet NAND Demand

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South Korea’s memory giant looks across Japan for chip-manufacturing sites with reliable power and water to ease global artificial intelligence supply bottlenecks. South Korean...
Bluehill.VC

Bluehill Backs Makr In Rs 102 Million Semiconductor Metrology Deal

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Bluehill.VC has led a Rs 102 Million seed round in Makr Microsystems to develop nanoscale subsurface metrology for advanced chip packaging, 3D architectures and...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi

India, Belgium Expand Semiconductor And Defence-Tech Cooperation

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India and Belgium will deepen semiconductor cooperation by linking IMEC with India’s semiconductor ecosystem, while expanding defence-electronics manufacturing and technology partnerships. Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

Learn From Leaders

India Needs Not a Hundred, But Thousands of Chip Diversified Companies 

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Can India build a semiconductor ecosystem beyond fabs? Indiesemic believes thousands of diversified chip companies are needed to make that possible. India’s semiconductor push is...
L Venkata Subramaniam, CEO, Qbit Force, Andhra Pradesh

“We Aim To Make Quantum Computing More Visible, Understandable, And Open To Build On”...

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From building India’s first open quantum hardware ecosystem to assembling a working quantum computer in just four months, Qbit Force is redefining how deep...
(L-R) Nikesh Gondchawar, Strategic & Technical Advisor – Robotics Manufacturing; Shrikrushna Kakade, Founder Partner; Nikhil Kakade, Senior Technical Advisor – Robotics & Control Systems, SlightGen Solutions LLP

“A Made-In-India Robotic PCB Soldering System That Automates The Through-Hole Soldering Process!” – Shrikrushna...

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Electronics manufacturing is complex, and automation often comes at a high cost. To bridge this gap and offer a more affordable solution in India,...
Navdeep Narula, Executive Director, Client and Endpoint Solutions, Ingram Micro, India

“Enterprise Computing Is Shifting From CPU to GPU And Now Toward NPU-Based Systems ”...

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The shift from CPU to GPU to NPU-based computing is redefining today’s enterprise endpoints. In an exclusive conversation, Navdeep Narula from Ingram Micro discusses...

India’s Robotics Push Opens New Hardware Opportunities

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How do you build India’s physical AI future when critical robot components still come from overseas? Niqo Robotics reveals where the gaps remain.  India’s push...

Startups

Nopo Nanotechnologies’ Carbon Nanotubes Turn ‘Not Possible’ To ‘Now Possible’

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Can single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) significantly improve EV batteries? This startup says it has turned what was once considered ‘not possible’ into ‘now possible.’ An...

L&T Technology Services Launches LTTS FARM to Accelerate Deep-Tech Startup Commercialisation

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The initiative is also expected to expand LTTS’ Engineering Intelligence ecosystem by bringing together startups, engineering talent and industry stakeholders L&T Technology Services (LTTS) has...
(R to L) Hetendra Singh Rathore, Founder, Sri Kusulu Devalla, Co-Founder and CTO, and Vijay Pratap Singh, Co-Founder, Segritech

Segritech’s Compact And Portable Automated Machine Sorts Fruits And Vegetables At Farm level

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This startup has developed a computer vision-based machine that inspects fruits, grades and sorts them by quality, and identifies and separates defective produce directly...

Red Balloon Aerospace Develops India’s First Stratospheric Super-Pressure Balloon

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Based in Andhra Pradesh, deep-tech startup Red Balloon Aerospace develops next-generation lighter-than-air platforms for communication, surveillance, and research… Founded by Dr Chakravadhanula Venkata Sai Kiran...
L Venkata Subramaniam, CEO, Qbit Force, Andhra Pradesh

“We Aim To Make Quantum Computing More Visible, Understandable, And Open To Build On”...

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From building India’s first open quantum hardware ecosystem to assembling a working quantum computer in just four months, Qbit Force is redefining how deep...