Lam Research To Upskill Future Semiconductor Workforce, Signs An MoU With ISM, IISc
Lam Research signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) on Monday for the broad deployment of semi verse solutions aimed at developing India’s semiconductor manufacturing workforce.
Initially declared as part of a ‘Joint Statement’ and ‘Fact Sheet’ issued by the governments of the United States and India at the White House in June 2023, this MoU signals the successful completion of the pilot in partnership with IISc and establishes a framework for expansion to multiple universities across India.
In a statement, Rangesh Raghavan, Corporate Vice President and General Manager at Lam Research India, said, “Lam is donating nearly USD 29 million (Rs 241 crore) in software licences over the next two years to enable 2800 students, while ISM is supporting the establishment of infrastructure and operational costs.” He emphasised that IISc will ‘Train the Trainers’ at the selected universities, while Lam will deploy a dedicated team of employees to support the expansion across the country.
Raghavan stressed, "As India takes bold steps to establish a semiconductor industry, a virtual-physical fabrication world will be made possible with semi verse solutions that will be critical to rapidly scale a workforce to meet industry demand." In a similar vein, Professor Srinivasan Raghavan, Chair of the Centre for Nano Science and Engineering at IISc, shared that "With two of the pilot’s participants already placed in a global tier-1 semiconductor manufacturing company, we are confident about the broad rollout of the course and its impact.” Lam Research is a global supplier of innovative wafer fabrication equipment and services to the semiconductor industry. The company's equipment and services allow customers to build smaller and better-performing devices.
