New Delhi: Over 3,000 participants from academia, government, and industry have converged here at Bharat Mandapam, for Emerging Science, Technology and Innovation Conclave 2025, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Rs 1 Lakh Crore RDI Scheme Fund. DRDO is leading pivotal sessions here on electronics and semiconductor manufacturing, revealing significant advances in 4-inch Silicon Carbide wafer and Gallium Nitride transistor technologies.
As one of the key organisers of the ESTIC 2025, DRDO is leading the thematic session on ‘Electronics & Semiconductor Manufacturing’ that will be held on Nov 05.
The conclave, themed ‘Viksit Bharat 2047 - Pioneering Sustainable Innovation, Technological Advancement, and Empowerment’, was inaugurated by PM Modi on November 3, 2025. It is jointly organised by 13 Ministries and Departments of the Government of India under the guidance of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government.
During the inaugural session, Modi launched a Rs 1 Lakh Crore Research Development and Innovation Scheme Fund aimed at promoting a private sector-driven research and innovation ecosystem and accelerating India’s transformation into a global science and technology hub. He emphasised that efforts are being made to promote research and development in the private sector as well.
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DRDO will be be organising the thematic session on ‘Electronics & Semiconductor Manufacturing’. Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman, DRDO Dr Samir V Kamat will chair a Technical Session on Electronics & Semiconductor Manufacturing on November 5, 2025.
Semiconductors play a major role in modern technology ecosystems, powering critical systems in healthcare, communications, transport, defence, and space. DRDO has made significant progress in semiconductor technology by developing indigenous methods for producing 4-inch Silicon Carbide wafers and fabricating Gallium Nitride High Electron Mobility Transistors (GaN HEMTs) up to 150W.
Distinguished Scientist and Director General, Micro Electronic Devices, Computational Systems & Cyber Systems, Smt Suma Varughese; Director, Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad, Dr Ramalingam Balamuralikrishnan; and Scientist-G at Solid State Physics Laboratory, Delhi, Dr Somna Mahajan, are among the DRDO officials participating in various panel discussions during the conclave.
The deliberations during ESTIC 2025 focus on 11 key areas: Advanced Materials & Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, Bio-Manufacturing, Blue Economy, Digital Communications, Electronics & Semiconductor Manufacturing, Emerging Agriculture Technologies, Energy, Environment & Climate, Health & Medical Technologies, Quantum Science & Technology, and Space Technologies.
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