The Minister of Electronics and Information Technology of the Union, Ashwini Vaishnaw, said that Indian electronics manufacturers benefit from reliability and respect the intellectual property rights (IP) of foreign companies. “In the last ten years, production [of electronics] In India, he has increased five times, to ₹ 11 Lakh Croe, “said Mr. Vaishnaw.
The minister was in Manesar for much of the day to inaugurate the VVDN Technology (SMT) technology line of Surface Mount, a company that works in assembly operations such as servers, laptops, printed circuit plates, CCTV camps). And printed circuit). SMT is a technology to integrate smaller components into PCB. The company has more than 5,000 employees in Manesar to work in electronic manufacturing.
In India, “we have talent that can be used in design capabilities,” said Mr. Vaishnaw, pointing out VVDN’s workforce. “Three levels of workforce are required in the manufacture of electronics,” said the minister: workers on the site that can be rapidly trained from scratch, precision tool engineers and, finally, designing advanced components.
During the last bit, said Mr. Vaishnaw, the electronic design automation (EDA) tools had been acquired by the Government and at no cost to 240 universities.
Published – April 18, 2025 08:11 PM IST