SEMICON India 2026: 25 MoUs signal India's chip ecosystem push
Tata Electronics, Kaynes Semicon, NIELIT, and global partners like Nexperia and Sumitomo Chemical struck 25 deals at SEMICON India 2026, covering materials, power modules, logistics, and semiconductor workforce training.
SEMICON India 2026, running September 17 to 19 at Yashobhoomi in New Delhi, has turned into a platform for a wide sweep of partnerships across the chipmaking value chain. The event's first day alone saw the government flag close to Rs 1 lakh crore in investment commitments and roughly a lakh jobs in the pipeline, with officials framing the moment as India's shift from policy paperwork to actual factory floors. Tata Electronics led the pack of dealmakers, tying up with global names such as Nexperia, INOX Air Products, and Sumitomo Chemical to build out domestic capacity in gases, chemicals, and packaging for its fabs in Dholera and Jagiroad.
By September 18, that momentum had produced a list of 25 MoUs and announcements spanning private companies, research institutions, skilling bodies, and government departments. Here is the full rundown.
Tata Electronics: supply chain localisation
- Tata Electronics and INOX Air Products Limited: to build a localised supply chain for high purity gases used in semiconductor manufacturing in India.
- Tata Electronics and Sumitomo Chemical Corporation Ltd.: to build a localised supply chain for high purity chemicals for semiconductor manufacturing.
- Tata Electronics and Kelington Engineering Pte Ltd: a partnership on gas distribution systems, high purity piping, and process tool hookup for Tata Electronics' fab in Dholera, Gujarat.
- Tata Electronics and Enomoto Co. Ltd: for advanced semiconductor packaging capabilities and localisation of lead frame manufacturing in India.
Materials and power electronics
- C-MET and Hindalco Industries Ltd.: for collaboration and indigenous development of critical materials for the semiconductor industry.
- Announcement on indigenous Silicon Carbide power modules for Voltage Source Converter based high voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission systems.
L&T Semiconductor Technologies
- L&T Semiconductor Technologies Limited and Virtual Forest Pvt Ltd.
- L&T Semiconductor Technologies and Newen Systems Pvt. Ltd.: to develop Silicon Carbide (SiC) power modules for next generation renewable energy systems.
- L&T Semiconductor Technologies and Fimer India Pvt. Ltd.: to develop Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBT) for next generation renewable energy systems.
- L&T Semiconductor Technologies and Capital Power Systems Ltd.: for development of IoT modules for smart meters.
Investment and skilling infrastructure
- India Deep Tech Alliance (IDTA) announced an investment of $236 million across 56 deep tech companies.
- Establishment of the India Semiconductor Academy, a collaboration between SEMI and IDTA.
- India Semiconductor Mission and NIPPON Express Group: a strategic cooperation MoU on semiconductor logistics infrastructure in India.
Product launches and packaging partnerships
- Launch of SC VEGA SOM, India's first indigenous System on Module, integrating C-DAC's VEGA Thejas32 processor with IndieSemiC's globally certified LoRa RF module.
- Kaynes Semicon and IndiesemiC: a partnership for semiconductor package qualification, assembly, and testing.
- Kaynes Semicon and Microchip Technology: for eMeter SoC packaging and manufacturing.
- Kaynes Semicon and United BC Team: collaboration on intralogistics and lights off automation.
Workforce development and academia
- Lam Research and the Electronics Sector Skills Council of India: a collaboration on skilling.
- NIELIT and Siemens EDA Pvt. Ltd.: to strengthen and enrich NIELIT's M.Tech programme in Electronics and Semiconductor Design, along with other academic programmes.
- NIELIT and Tata Electronics: to design and develop content for diploma and certificate programmes in Assembly, Test, Marking, and Packaging (ATMP).
- NIELIT and Singapore Polytechnic International: for cooperation in skill development, capacity building, and emerging technologies.
- Launch of the SCL 0.8 Micron open source PDK on the NIELIT eChipHub platform.
- NIELIT and IESA: for semiconductor workforce development, training, and education across the country.
- NIELIT and SEMI University: to explore cooperation in semiconductor workforce development, training, and education in India.
Design tools and research
- C-DAC and Silvaco Inc.: a research collaboration offering Silvaco's EDA tools, TCAD, and IPs through the ChipIN Centre.
The bigger picture
Taken together, the list reads less like a single company's deal sheet and more like a map of what India still needs to build to move from chip assembly to a full domestic ecosystem: high purity gases and chemicals, power semiconductor modules for the renewable energy push, logistics infrastructure, design tools, and a pipeline of trained engineers coming out of NIELIT, SEMI, and IESA programmes.
Tata Electronics and Kaynes Semicon show up repeatedly across the list, reflecting how much of India's semiconductor buildout is currently anchored around a small set of large private players working alongside government bodies like C-DAC, C-MET, and NIELIT.