Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will open SEMICON India 2026 at Yashobhoomi in New Delhi on September 17, closing a week that included a high‑level CEOs roundtable on deeper industry‑government collaboration.
- Organisers say the exhibition features more than 600 exhibitors, roughly 300 international companies, about 15,000 square metres of floor space and over 150 speakers, plus country and state pavilions and a new 'Sand to Silicon to Systems' value‑chain experience.
- The government has approved 12 semiconductor projects under the Semicon India programme, three projects from the first phase have begun commercial production, and the Union Cabinet has cleared the expanded Semicon 2.0 package to broaden fiscal support across design, fabs, packaging, equipment, R&D and talent.
- Modi urged global chipmakers to deepen ties on skilling and innovation at a CEOs roundtable attended by leaders from firms such as ASML, Micron, Applied Materials, IBM Research and Tata Electronics.
- The event will spotlight workforce and startup measures — a dedicated Workforce Development pavilion, hackathons and AI matchmaking — and organisers expect the show to produce partnership deals and order announcements that supply already approved projects.