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The Union authorities has undertaken assorted measures, including a argumentation push, to beforehand heavy tech successful India, said Amitesh Kumar Sinha, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), and CEO of the India Semiconductor Mission, successful Chennai connected Monday (April 6, 2026). He was addressing the assemblage during the inaugural ceremonial of The Hindu Deep Tech Summit 2026 hosted by The Hindu Group, successful relation with the SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST).
“Semiconductors signifier an manufacture with galore verticals. Though India accounts for astir 20% of the world’s plan engineers, we don’t person our ain plan companies which is simply a challenge. The India Semiconductor Mission has a fewer verticals to address, and we started with design, manufacturing, and packaging,” Mr. Sinha said. “To further deepen this conversation, we are present moving towards processing a implicit ecosystem nether the India Semiconductor Mission 2.0. This volition grow beyond the archetypal signifier to see materials, probe and development, chemicals, gases, instrumentality manufacturing, and skilling,” helium added.
L.V. Navaneeth, CEO, The Hindu Group, said heavy tech is nary longer confined to laboratories and probe papers. He said it is shaping economies, redefining industries, and influencing the mode radical live, enactment and think. “From semiconductors and artificial quality to precocious materials and abstraction technologies, the adjacent decennary belongs to those who tin technologist the future, not conscionable ideate it,” helium added.
C. Muthamizhchelvan, vice-chancellor, SRMIST, said that the universities person been sending retired talented graduates but not ever solutions. He said that the functioning of universities needs to beryllium shaped from an academia perspective. “A heavy tech acme similar this volition yet span the spread betwixt intelligence imaginable connected campuses and the expected impactful solutions for the planetary challenges. The question we request to inquire is, ‘Are we truly equipping our students however to build, what to think? Do we person capable infrastructure for laboratories for students and faculties to research beyond what is prescribed successful the program and are we opening up to industries?’” helium said.
Panneerselvam Madanagopal, CEO, MeitY Startup Hub, (MSH), Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, said that the request for industry-academia collaboration is highly critical. “Mentoring, marketplace access, and wealth are the enactment that we supply astatine MeitY Startup Hub. But the situation contiguous successful India is we person a batch of me-too start-ups. We request to look for fundamentally beardown companies which are worthy of investment, solving existent problems, and driving alteration successful the ecosystem,” helium added.
B. Govindarajan, CEO of Royal Enfield India, spoke astir the relation of heavy tech successful the automobile industry. He besides said that determination was immense accidental for micro, tiny and mean enterprises (MSMEs) too, with astir six crore MSMEs performing good successful India. “For the young minds who are into probe and innovation, backing is not a situation – some Indian industries and the authorities are acceptable to enactment ideas that lick real-world problems,” helium said.
The Industry spouse for the lawsuit is Madras Management Association. The Knowledge partners are IHFC, Technology Innovation Hub of IIT Delhi, Ivy Club – Chennai, Sathguru Catalysing Success, 2C Stem Steering Technology Management, BIRAC, Bio-Nest, Niti Aayog Atal Innovation Mission, and DPIIT #startupindia. The Ecosystem spouse is Startup Singam.
