Bharat Semiconductor Research Centre to be announced soon: Rajeev Chandrasekhar 

A key objective of the event is to explore the latest advancements in various research domains presented through oral presentations, poster sessions, and product/prototype showcases.

Bharat Semiconductor Research Centre, a global standard academia-Government-private sector-start-up partnered institution, will be announced soon, reiterated Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India, during All India Research Scholars’ Summit (AIRSS) 2024 at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras.

‘All India Research Scholars’ Summit (AIRSS) 2024 is being held from March 4 to 7 and is conducted by the Research Affairs Council of IIT Madras. It brings together researchers from diverse disciplines across India.

“The crowning development, in the context of this Research Summit is going to be the soon-to-be-announced Bharat Semiconductor Research Centre, which will be a really a global standard academia-Government-private sector-start-up partnered institution that will be created initially co-located with the Semiconductor Complex Limited as an institution and, down the road, with the ability to be spun off into an independent semiconductor research organization that will compete with and cooperate with IMEC, MIT Microelectronics, USA, ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute), Taiwan, and establish itself in the coming years as one of the principle poles of semiconductor research in the coming decade and under which there will be this vibrant ecosystem of top notch universities and colleges of India working and collaborating on research in a diverse set of areas from materials to physics to science to transistors to devices to packaging to system innovation, among other areas,” said Rajeev Chandrasekhar.

A key objective of the event is to explore the latest advancements in various research domains presented through oral presentations, poster sessions, and product/prototype showcases.

A Panel Discussion on ‘Research and Development: Catalysts for India's Global Academic Standing’ was held featuring Dr V Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, Dr Govindan Rangarajan, Director IISC Bangalore, Dr B S Murthy (Virtually), Director IIT Hyderabad, Dr Aghila, Director, NIT Trichy, and Dr DVLN Somayajulu, Director, IIITDM Kurnool.

Technical Workshops, Hackathons and Competitions were organised to test the research and technical skills through expert-led sessions and competitions. Another key objective was to foster Industry-Academia Integration and contribute to the vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat.

“For Viksit Bharat @ 2047, it is very important that state-of-the-art research is pursued in India resulting in Technological solutions for the diverse set of issues faced by our citizens. I strongly believe that this summit, the first of its kind, will pave way for strong research collaborations among our vibrant research community,” said Professor V Kamakoti, Director of IIT Madras.