India requires 13,000 talent resources for chip manufacturing by 2027

Bengaluru, Mar 18 (KNN) There will be a need of 10,000-13,000 Human Resources to meet chip manufacturing requirements by 2027, said a Meity official on Friday.

As per internal report, the official said that there are no skilled talent available to handle it in plants. 

Ministry of Electronics and IT Scientist ‘E’ Prashant Kumar said that India has a big pool of semiconductor design engineers, but to handle semiconductor plants, talents will initially come from overseas, and gradually resources will be developed in the country. 

He was speaking at a panel discussion on Electronics Sector Skill Council foundation day. 

Citing the task force report, he said semiconductor manufacturing, other than Strategic Works, SCL etc we do not have skilled manpower readily available in India.

“There will be around 10,000-13,000 kinds of requirements for semiconductor manufacturing," he said.  (KNN Bureau)