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Country’s future lies in AI, semiconductor and electronics research: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, and Jal Shakti, has said India’s future lies in the growth of the start-up ecosystem driven by artificial intelligence, semiconductors and electronics.

He was speaking while inaugurating the country’s first Digital India FutureLABS Centre at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) on the Technopark campus here on Tuesday. The second Digital India FutureLABS Summit was also held on the occasion.

Emphasising on the country’s potential in the semiconductor industry, the Minister said the country has received investment proposals worth ₹2.5 lakh crore in the semiconductor domain during the last two years. “We are now creating an ecosystem that encompasses manufacturing, packaging, innovation, design, skills and research,” he said.

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