122 design tapeouts by 46 Institutions across the country in 5 MPW Shuttles organized in past one year

175 Lakh hours of EDA tools usage by over 380+ organizations supported by the ChipIN Centre

‘This kind of large-scale semiconductor development ecosystem is unique to India’, says Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, handed over 28 chips fabricated at Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL) Mohali (including 600 bare dies & 600 packaged chips) by students from 17 academic institutions under the Chips to Start-up (C2S) Programme. The chip handover ceremony was organized during his visit to the Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL), Mohali, on 28 November 2025 to review the progress of work and ongoing modernisation activities.

During the ceremony, the Minister stated that India is rapidly emerging as a distinctive leader in the global semiconductor landscape. Today, institutions across the country have access to some of the world’s most advanced design technologies, creating a large-scale semiconductor development ecosystem that is unique to India.

The ChipIN Centre collects chip designs created by students from C2S Programme institutions. Every three months, these designs are grouped together and sent to SCL Mohali for fabrication using 180 nm technology. The ChipIN Centre conducts fab-compliance checks, working closely with students and institutions through iterative feedback and design revisions. Once approved, the designs are combined onto a single mask (MPW reticle) by ChipIN Centre, which saves both time and cost by manufacturing multiple designs in a single run. SCL Mohali then fabricates, packages, and delivers the chips back to the students.

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Source – Press Release