India Looks To Singapore For Semiconductor Expertise
India is planning to send a group of people to Singapore for training, and have the group import the knowledge acquired domestically to boost semiconductor manpower in preparation for the booming industry.
According to Business Standard, in an effort to build talent for the semiconductor industry in India, the India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) is planning to send a batch of people — from industry to academics — on deputation to Singapore in the coming months. This is part of the recently-announced memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Singapore Semiconductor Industries Association (SSIA).
Ashok Chandak, President, IESA told the media,
“What we are looking at is sending some of the people on deputation to Singapore and the SSIA would support. These people will spend three to six months in some of the fabs, get some training, come back and implement that in India. So, this is how the overall skill and talent development concept is going to work.”
A study by TeamLease Degree Apprenticeship revealed India’s semiconductor industry is expected to face a shortage of 250,000-300,000 professionals across various verticals by 2027. These include research and development (R&D), manufacturing, design, and advanced packaging. The collaboration between IESA and SSIA will have professionals and experts cross visit to train domestic talent.
Ashok added the Indian semiconductor is reportedly also exploring a similar partnership with its Taiwanese counterparts. However, Singapore is preferred since it has an advantage in terms of language and connectivity.
He explained English-speaking Singaporeans smoothens communications between both nations, but can’t say the same with Taiwan, despite the attractiveness of its semiconductor manufacturing prowess.
“One of the challenges we face with Taiwan is the language barrier, particularly at the lower-operator level. At the senior level, most people are proficient in English, so there is no problem there. However, at the operator level, this barrier can be more pronounced. In contrast, this is not a big issue in Singapore, as more people speak English there,” Ashok noted.
Under the partnership with SSIA, the two main priorities will be skills-training and the technology know-how partnership between Indian and Singaporean firms, said Ashok.
“There are several companies in Singapore which have the knowledge and technology at multiple value-chain levels of semiconductor manufacturing. This is right from design to testing to wafer fab, assembly test marking operations, logistics and distribution. They have got a very good amount of talent and knowledge experience. We want to bring that as part of the partnership. Priority-wise, number one is the skill training, and then business-to-business technology cooperation, technology transfer and joint venture arrangements in the future,” he added.
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