In the wake of increasing demand for Semiconductor production in India and due to the lack of skilled professionals in the semiconductor industry, the AICTE has launched two new courses pertaining to Semiconductors from this academic year 2022-23. The AICTE has directed all the Engineering colleges across the country to introduce courses in IC Manufacturing and Very Large-Scale Integration (VLSI) Design and Technology from this academic year.Â
The main aim of these two courses is to develop the quality and skilled manpower to boost the production of semiconductors in the country. The AICTE further stated that the institutions would have to satisfy the conditions according to the Approval Process Handbook (APH), 2022-23 for starting the new courses.
Dr. M. P Poonia Vice Chairman AICTE stated that these courses will help the expansion of the semiconductor industry by teaching cutting-edge technology for production of microprocessors. The students pursuing these courses would get employment in IC Design companies, Artificial Intelligence (AI) tech domain and smartphone companies.
Further, Dr M.P. Poonia stated that these courses have been approved to produce trained manpower in the field of semiconductors and display manufacturing which will be instrumental in making the country self-reliant in both these domains. The two courses are in tune with the demands of Industry 4.0. and the VLSI Design and Technology will be taught to Electronics and Communication Engineering students.
He further added that the students would be taught 18 to 20 extra credits related to VLSI Design and Technology. Subjects like design, fabrication and knowledge related to the requirements of semiconductors will be taught as part of the two courses. As part of the course curriculum, students would also have to do six months of internships in IC manufacturing units, which will provide industry exposure to students, adds Poonia.
He further added after the completion of the course, in VLSI Design and Technology, students would be able to get employed as Design Engineer, Testing & Verification Engineer, Front-end designer – ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit Design) /FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Arrays) and DFT (Design For Test) Engineer.
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