The two day international colloquium will facilitate the setting up of advanced semiconductor FAB facilities in India and to develop ecosystem to enable the Indian semiconductor industry to meet in country demands and to participate as a globally competitive entity for comprehensive Electronic System Design and Manufacturing.

Among the eminent personalities to grace the two day international colloquium is Dr. V.K. Saraswat, Member of Niti Aayog. Dr. Saraswat would be the chief guest for the two day programme.

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Saurabh Gaur, Joint Secretary (Electronics), MEITY, Government of India will be the honored guest.

Industry and registration
The international colloquium is designed specifically for the industry, Public Sector Units, Central/State, Government Policymakers, Academic Engineers, Scientists, Postdoctoral Research Fellows, Advanced level Science and Engineering students and Faculty members.

International colloquium will provide a forum for presenting methodologies, approaches, and technology required for readiness of a blueprint in preparation for getting fab units in the country and achieving a world-class semiconductor manufacturing platform.

Interested participants can register through the following webpage ‘https://ictfab.in/’ The last date to register is 10 November 2021.

‘To the best of my knowledge this is the first such Semicon fab technology event in India.’ Based on my international experience and having worked with the only fab in India, it is possible for India to fast track a medium level fab to meet in country demands for Semicon requirements, said Professor Kenneth.

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This can be achieved within a reasonable time frame. This is a critical technology for India, he said. Professor Kenneth is formerly distinguished professor at IIT Mandi and also chair chief organiser and convener of ICTFAB 2021.

Electronics industry
The Indian electronics industry is highly dependent on the import of economically significant 65/45/32/28 nm technology node chips and this import demand is expected to rise manifold by 2025.

India has one of the best chip designers as well as excellent academic institutions but the collective wisdom to convert this knowledge into a vibrant fab ecosystem is still lacking.

To address this, ICTFAB-2021 (international colloquium) will pave the path for developing an ecosystem to enable the Indian semiconductor industry to fulfill country demands and participate as a globally competitive entity for comprehensive Electronics System Design and Manufacturing.

➢ FAB in India: Present and Future

➢ MUV (365 nm) & DUV (248 nm) Technology

➢ 193 nm/193i Technology/SADP/SAQP

➢ Extreme Ultraviolet 13.5 nm Technology

➢ Device Fabrication 28 nm and Lower Nodes

➢ 65/45/32 nm Patterning and Device Fab Technology

Platform
International colloquium (ICTFAB 2021) will provide a platform to interact with several global leaders and domain experts of various advanced nanopatterning technologies, including 193/193 nm immersion/SADP/SAQP technology, and 13.5 nm EUVL.

One key aspect of this international colloquium is to highlight semiconductor fabrication in India at the 28 nm and lower technology nodes, considering immediate and future needs of India.

Higher technology nodes 65/45/32 will also be considered as being technology appropriate in the Indian scenario. Existing fabs in India have the expertise to evolve into these nodes and will be involved in the international colloquium.

● Professor Burn Lin, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

● Dr. Ralph Dammel, Chief Technologist, EMD/MERCK, USA

● Professor Jinho Ahn, Director, EUV-IUCC Korea

● Dr. Patrick Naulleau, Director CXRO LBNL, Berkeley USA

● Dr. Indira P Seshadri, IBM, New York

Interaction
International colloquium will promote interaction among well-known semiconductor professionals across the globe and develop a strategic relationship to establish semiconductor fab-line(s) in India to achieve manufacturing excellence and improve global competitiveness.

About IIT Mandi

IIT Mandi has four Academic Schools and three major Research Centers. The Schools are: School of Computing and Electrical Engineering, School of Basic Sciences, School of Engineering, and School of Humanities and Social Sciences.

The Centers are: Advanced Materials Research Centre (AMRC; set up with an investment of Rs. 60 crores), Centre for Design and Fabrication of Electrical Devices (C4DFED; has Rs. 50 crores worth of fabrication tools), and BioX Centre (has acquired research equipment worth Rs. 15 crores).

The unique, project-oriented B.Tech. curriculum is centred around its 4-year long Design and Innovation stream. From August 2019, IIT Mandi started 3 new and unique B. Tech. programmes in Data Science and Engineering, Engineering Physics, and Dual Degree in Bioengineering.

Since the inception of the Institute, IIT Mandi faculty have been involved in over 275 Research and Development (R&D) projects worth more than Rs. 120 crore.

IIT Mandi set up the IIT Mandi iHub and HCI Foundation (iHub; a section-8 company) on its campus at Kamand with significant funding of INR 110 crores from the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.

IIT Mandi is the only second-generation IIT to be featured at rank no. 7 in the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements of the Innovation Cell, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India.

Delhi CM Atishi on Thursday inaugurated a 131-room school in Sunder Nagri in northeast Delhi, where 7,000 students will study in two shifts, the officials said. “I am very happy to inaugurate this school. When we visited the schools in this area after our government took office in 2015, every classroom had 100-150 students with some children sitting on the floor.”.

Even the most efficient teachers could not deliver quality education in that kind of a situation, Delhi CM Atishi said at the event, according to a statement issued by the Aam Aadmi Party. The Sarvodaya School with 131 classrooms, seven laboratories, one library, two multi-purpose halls, and one conference room shall operate on two shifts and impart all three streams of arts, commerce, and science, said Atishi.

Around 7,000 students are to be accommodated at Sunder Nagri, Nand Nagri, Mandoli, and Harsh Vihar, as stated in the statement. The land for the school was achieved back from illegal land mafias with the support of the Delhi government, she said, adding that Manish Sisodia laid its foundation stone in January 2023, and now the five-storey school stands there.

Statement given by the Delhi CM at the inauguration ceremony of the new school

“This land was allotted by the Delhi Development Authority to the education department in 2003 to construct a school. But since the previous governments didn’t take any interest in the education of common children, the land slipped into the land mafia’s hands.”.

“But after the AAP government led by Arvind Kejriwal came into power we fought for taking over the land and constructing the school,” Atishi said, in a statement. The Delhi CM also said that if the people of Delhi want good schools for a bright future for their children, then they must again choose a government that puts education at the top, it added. The Assembly elections in Delhi are scheduled for early next year.