India's semiconductor mission paves way for digital sovereignty

In a significant stride towards establishing digital sovereignty, the central government's ambitious semiconductor mission is being hailed as a transformative step in securing the country's control over its digital infrastructure.

- CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI

In an exclusive conversation with ANI, experts stated that this initiative lays the groundwork for India to become self-reliant across the entire digital technology stack, from chip manufacturing to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cloud applications.

At the heart of this initiative lies the understanding that all mission-critical digital infrastructure, whether related to artificial intelligence or cloud computing, fundamentally depends on semiconductor chips.

"When you are talking about a completely digital sovereignty, it starts at the chip level. Whether it is a complete AI stack or a complete cloud stack on which any mission-critical applications of government or enterprises are running, it always starts from the ground level, which is the chip. From chip level, we end up making equipment," Sunil Gupta, Chair, ASSOCHAM National Council on Datacenter, told ANI.