According to N Chandrasekaran, chairman of Tata Sons, Tata Electronics’ Rs 27,000 crore Assam chip facility will be operational by 2025.
The groundbreaking ceremony for Tata Electronics’ chip assembly and testing facility in Jagiroad, Assam, was place on Saturday.
“Given our desire to move quickly, we are trying to accelerate the building of this factory and we hope sometime in 2025 we will be able to complete part of the facilities and quickly start our operations,” Chandrasekaran said in his speech during the event.
According to him, the company has employed roughly 1,000 local talent for the facility.
We are employing Assamese locals in order to prepare. We already employ one thousand people from Assam, who are trained and working at various facilities in Bangalore and other parts of India,” he continued.
The semiconductor unit is anticipated to create 15,000 direct jobs and 11,000–13,000 indirect jobs once it is operational.
N Chandrasekaran, the chairperson of Tata Sons, and Himanta Biswa Sarma, the chief minister of Assam, were in attendance at the groundbreaking event.
Union Minister for Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw expressed optimism for the project, stating that the construction of the Assam plant will enhance the environment in the area as a whole.
The Minister stated in a statement that “because the ecosystem is so complex, whenever a semiconductor unit comes, there will be many more downstream employment opportunities created and many upstream opportunities too.”
He added that the plant’s talent would be developed in collaboration with numerous regional academic institutions, including NITs.
According to Vaishnaw, talent development for the facility will involve seven NITs from various northeastern states.
The proposal for Tata’s semiconductor unit in Morigaon, Assam, as well as for Tatas’ fab plant in Dholera and the CG Power facility in Sanand, Gujarat, was accepted by the Union Cabinet in February of this year.
Of these, the greenfield facility in Assam will cater to sectors such as automotive, mobile devices, artificial intelligence (AI), among others.
“It is strategically located with access to abundant water and green power and proximity to current semiconductor packaging and test hubs in countries like Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Singapore,” said the company in a statement.