{"id":4407,"date":"2023-06-26T13:49:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T13:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=4407"},"modified":"2024-07-03T14:02:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T14:02:18","slug":"purdue-and-semi-convene-semiconductor-partnership-meeting-in-washington-d-c-with-top-indian-government-officials-and-industry-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/Q2\/purdue-and-semi-convene-semiconductor-partnership-meeting-in-washington-d-c-with-top-indian-government-officials-and-industry-leaders","title":{"rendered":"Purdue and SEMI convene semiconductor partnership meeting in Washington, D.C., with top Indian government officials and industry leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —<\/p> \n

Purdue University President Mung Chiang on Friday (June 23) joined top U.S. and Indian government officials and technology industry leaders in Washington, D.C., for the inaugural meeting of the U.S.-India Semiconductor Collaborative, aimed at growing the relationship between Purdue and the South Asian nation. The roundtable event, co-hosted by Purdue and SEMI, a global industry association serving the electronics design and manufacturing supply chain, coincided with the first official state visit to the U.S. of Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Attendees at the semiconductor collaborative\u2019s launch event included U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-Indiana); Congressman Jim Baird (Indiana-D4); India\u2019s Union Minister for Electronics and IT, the  Honorable Ashwini Vaishnaw; Assistant Secretary of State, the Honorable Ramin Toloui; Deputy Director of NIST\u2019s CHIPS R&D Office Eric Lin; SEMI CEO Ajit Manocha; India Semiconductor Mission CEO Amitesh Sinha; and the Director of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, V. Kamakoti. Senior executives from leading U.S. technology companies including Micron, Intel, IBM, Texas Instruments, MediaTek, GlobalFoundries, Microsoft, Marvell, Synopsys, Cadence, NVIDIA, and others also participated in the meeting and shared their ideas and support for a strong semiconductors partnership between the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are opportunities of complementary and coordinated semiconductor partnership between the U.S. and India,\u201d Chiang said. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to bring together such a high-level collaboration of academic, government, and industry partners during Prime Minister Modi\u2019s visit in Washington D.C., as Purdue has a special role to play in workforce as in research innovation in CHIPS.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manocha said, \u201cSEMI member companies across the global semiconductor ecosystem recognize the critical importance of expanding industry workforce development programs and partnerships with academia and governments to address our talent gap and support robust growth. The collaboration between Purdue and India, with the full support of SEMI\u2019s comprehensive workforce development program and industry connections, will contribute to the global semiconductor industry talent pipeline and the growth of the ecosystem in India.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In May,\u00a0Purdue entered into a landmark international agreement with the government of India<\/a>\u00a0to advance workforce development, research and development, and industry partnerships in semiconductors. With that announcement, Purdue was established as a key collaborator with India and the India Semiconductor Mission in skilled workforce development and joint research and innovation in the burgeoning fields of semiconductors and microelectronics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vijay Raghunathan, Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of Semiconductor Education at Purdue University leads the discussion during the inaugural beeting of the \u201cUSA-India Semiconductor Collaborative\u201d in Washington D.C. (Purdue University photo\/Pooja Chaudhary)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think it sends a very strong message and is a reflection and a recognition of Purdue being not just America\u2019s leading university in semiconductor workforce and R&D but also blazing a trail globally in terms of academic institutions putting together international partnerships,\u201d said Vijay Raghunathan, director of semiconductor education at Purdue and a professor in the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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