{"id":83188,"date":"2026-01-19T12:30:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T07:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=83188"},"modified":"2026-01-20T16:41:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T11:11:53","slug":"chips-to-start-up-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/chips-to-start-up-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Chips to Start-Up Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Chips to Start-Up Programme Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Chips to Start-up Programme has delivered measurable outcomes across capacity building, infrastructure access, and hands-on chip design enablement.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Chips to Start-Up Programme<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an umbrella <\/span><b>capacity-building initiative<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> launched by the <\/span><b>Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(MeitY) in 2022.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Funding and Tenure:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Total outlay of <\/span><b>\u20b9250 crore over five years<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Target:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It targets the development of <\/span><b>85,000 industry-ready professionals<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> across undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral levels.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It aims to catalyse the incubation of 25 start-ups and enable 10 technology transfers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Features of Chips to Start-Up Programme<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It seeks to provide <\/span><b>access to SMART lab facilities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>train one lakh students<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, generate <\/span><b>50 patents<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and support at least 2,000 focused research publications.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>supports innovation, enhances employability<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and enables academic institutions to play a more active role in India\u2019s semiconductor value chain.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Programme Approach and Implementation<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The C2S Programme adopts <\/span><b>a comprehensive approach<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, providing <\/span><b>students with hands-on experience<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in chip design, fabrication, and testing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is achieved through <\/span><b>regular training sessions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in collaboration with industry partners, combined with mentorship and practical support.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students gain access to <\/span><b>advanced chip design tools<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>fabrication facilities,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and testing resources, including state-of-the-art EDA software and semiconductor foundries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These opportunities also include <\/span><b>implementing R&amp;D projects under<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the C2S Programme to develop working prototypes of <\/span><b>Application-Specific Integrated Circuit<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (ASICs), Systems-on-Chip (SoCs), and Intellectual Property (IP) Core designs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2215755&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chips to Start-Up Programme is an umbrella capacity-building initiative launched by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). 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