SEMICON India 2026, the fifth edition of India’s flagship semiconductor conference, concluded on September 19 at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi, highlighting the country’s growing capabilities across the global semiconductor value chain. Held from September 17 to 19 under the theme “Silicon to Systems: Building the Ecosystem,” the three-day event brought together semiconductor companies, policymakers, investors, academia and start-ups.
The event featured more than 600 exhibitors, including around 300 international participants, with representatives from 52 countries and more than 150 speakers. Six country pavilions representing Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Singapore and Sweden, along with 12 state pavilions, showcased capabilities across different areas of the semiconductor ecosystem. The event recorded 51,656 registrations and around 40,000 cumulative footfall.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated SEMICON India 2026 highlighting India’s progression from policy discussions and project planning to commercial semiconductor production. During the inauguration, the Prime Minister virtually inaugurated commercial production lines at CDIL Semiconductor in Mohali for discrete semiconductor devices and Suchi Semicon in Surat for semiconductor packaging. The two facilities added to India’s operational commercial semiconductor units under the Semicon 1.0 programme.
As a major outcome of SEMICON India 2026, a total of 56 MoUs, announcements and strategic initiatives were announced across areas including semiconductor design, fabrication, advanced packaging, equipment, materials, power electronics, AI, R&D, startups and talent development.
