Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi chaired a Semiconductor Roundtable with leading global CEOs at Seva Teerth on September 16, 2026, focusing on India's semiconductor growth strategy. The PM emphasized the importance of government-industry collaboration in shaping India's technology future and highlighted India's strong foundation of talent, technology adoption, and infrastructure. He specifically called for greater industry participation in skilling, innovation, and emerging technologies such as AI and Quantum Computing, referencing the target of training one crore people in AI.
PM Modi stated that India should aspire to be among the early leaders in emerging technologies and noted significant progress made in the semiconductor sector, with the ecosystem now moving from foundational efforts to a phase of greater scale and opportunity. He reiterated the government's commitment to a predictable and responsive policy environment that evolves with technological advancements and industry requirements. The PM invited industry leaders to share suggestions on policy and administrative measures, assuring them that their inputs would be given due consideration in further strengthening the sector.
The CEOs appreciated the government's sustained efforts to develop India's semiconductor capabilities, noting progress in manufacturing, design, infrastructure, and talent development. They expressed confidence in the opportunities emerging under India's Semiconductor Mission (ISM 2.0) and in India's potential to build capabilities across the entire semiconductor value chain, including manufacturing, R&D, advanced technologies, and supporting industries. The industry leaders acknowledged the progress achieved in recent years has created a strong foundation for further participation and expressed commitment to contributing to India's emergence as a globally competitive semiconductor and technology hub.
The meeting was attended by CEOs, Heads, and representatives from SEMI, Micron, Infineon, Applied Materials, ASML, Merck, Tokyo Electron Ltd, FujiFilm, AMD, Intel, Tata Electronics, Lam Research, Rapidus, NXP, Foxconn, Semi Conductor Devices, Advantest, Celesta Capital, CG Power, and IBM Research among other organizations.