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Pune: Pune has consistently been at the forefront of high technology innovation and with its deep talent pool and robust global industry ties, it is ideally positioned to shape the future of this critical sector in India, said Greg Prado, spokesperson of the US Consulate in Mumbai, on Friday. "This roundtable reinforces the US and India's shared commitment to fostering technological ingenuity and building a resilient, secure semiconductor ecosystem under the TRUST initiative," he said while speaking at a conference organised by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce for advancing the semiconductor industry in India. The US and India in Feb signed the ‘Transforming the Relationship Utilizing Strategic Technology' initiative for critical and advanced materials and emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and semiconductors.
The roundtable conference was earlier held in Mumbai and Nagpur and then in Pune on Friday, where govt officials, including principal industries secretary P Anbalagan, Shailesh Rajput, joint director industries, Pune, and Ajay Srivastava, Software Technology Parks of India's Pune director, were present. Industry and academia stakeholders informed the officials and the chamber of various pain points that need to be addressed to advance the semiconductor industry in the state. The chamber will present a discussion paper to govt suggesting policy changes based on the inputs received during the roundtable.
Speaking of the transformation of Pune from a sleepy town to a thriving metro, Prado said the journey of the city is similar to that of Austin in Texas, the US. "Austin used to be a small laid-back university town. Now, you have Texas Instruments, you have Tesla, you have most of the major corporations there.
And so, every time I visit Pune, I think of Austin," he said. Incidentally, Pune and Austin signed an MoU for cultural exchange back in 2018. Pune: Pune has consistently been at the forefront of high technology innovation and with its deep talent pool and robust global industry ties, it is ideally positioned to shape the future of this critical sector in India, said Greg Prado, spokesperson of the US Consulate in Mumbai, on Friday.
"This roundtable reinforces the US and India's shared commitment to fostering technological ingenuity and building a resilient, secure semiconductor ecosystem under the TRUST initiative," he said while speaking at a conference organised by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce for advancing the semiconductor industry in India. The US and India in Feb signed the ‘Transforming the Relationship Utilizing Strategic Technology' initiative for critical and advanced materials and emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and semiconductors. The roundtable conference was earlier held in Mumbai and Nagpur and then in Pune on Friday, where govt officials, including principal industries secretary P Anbalagan, Shailesh Rajput, joint director industries, Pune, and Ajay Srivastava, Software Technology Parks of India's Pune director, were present.
Industry and academia stakeholders informed the officials and the chamber of various pain points that need to be addressed to advance the semiconductor industry in the state. The chamber will present a discussion paper to govt suggesting policy changes based on the inputs received during the roundtable. Speaking of the transformation of Pune from a sleepy town to a thriving metro, Prado said the journey of the city is similar to that of Austin in Texas, the US.
"Austin used to be a small laid-back university town. Now, you have Texas Instruments, you have Tesla, you have most of the major corporations there. And so, every time I visit Pune, I think of Austin," he said.
Incidentally, Pune and Austin signed an MoU for cultural exchange back in 2018. Stay updated with the latest city news , Air Quality Index (AQI), and weather updates for major cities like Delhi , Mumbai , Noida , and Bangalore on Times of India ..
