HYDERABAD: The Telangana government will start a VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) design centre in the city in the near future, said Telangana Minister for IT, KT Rama Rao.
He said that the project will be on a PPP (Public Private Partnership) model and appealed to the IT industry to collaborate with the government in setting up the centre. He said that the institute will be a first-of-its-kind in the country which can provide employment to a large number of youngsters.
Manufacturing in India
Mr. Rao was speaking at the VLSI-Design international conference that was held in the city on Monday. The conference was attended by Embedded Systems experts, academicians and students.
The inaugural keynote address was delivered by member NITI Ayog VK Saraswat who underlined the need for manufacturing electronic components in the country. He said that the he was closely involved in national supercomputing mission and the biggest challenge for the team was to acquire every device that is manufactured within the country. Mr. Saraswat said that Indian industry experts should look at making mother boards to cooling systems domestically. Mr. Saraswat spoke on a host of topics including affordability and growth of VLSI, Internet of Things and cyber security.
Sanjay Jha, CEO, Global Foundries highlighted the rise of IoT and the Cloud and spoke about how they are fuelling the emergence of new market segments that are shaping our way of life. The three-day conference will include panel discussions, cultural programs and an awards ceremony.
