Centre working on funding technology development in public and private sectors: Satheesh Reddy

Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister G. Satheesh Reddy on Tuesday said India in general and Hyderabad in particular were well on the way to become global hubs for innovation, design, development and manufacture of semi-conductors and embedded systems.

The Centre, he said, was working on funding technology development in the public and private sectors. This apart, the synergy between academia, research and development facilities and the industry per se would be the key driver to propel India into the space of technological excellence. “India will emerge as a very bright design centre but we need to work out modalities clearly, create the eco-system, have foundries and trained manpower too,” he said.

Mr. Reddy was speaking at a curtain raiser for the 30{+t}{+h}international conference on VLSID (Very Large Scale Integration Design) and the 16{+t}{+h}conference on Embedded Systems scheduled here between January 7 and 11, 2017 on the theme ‘Technologies for a secure and connected world: Cloud Computing and IOE (Internet of Everything). This is the 5{+t}{+h}time that Hyderabad will be playing host to such a conference, after 1997, 2006, 2008 and 2012.

The ace avionics scientist said Hyderabad was acquiring fame as an important hub in the VLSI space. Already, most of the avionics was designed, developed and produced here, including chip design and manufacture, he said, adding that focus was required on strategies to showcase India and Hyderabad to the world. An investment of a whopping Rs. 30,000 crore to Rs. 45,000 crore was being projected in this space, he pointed out.

Secretary-IT, Telangana, Jayesh Ranjan said the fact that Hyderabad was hosting such a prestigious conference for the fifth time reaffirmed that it was acquiring a name for itself as a centre for innovation, apart from thriving in the VLSI space.

General Chair of VLSID, Dasaratha R. Gude, a serial entrepreneur who has founded over half-a-dozen companies in niche technology areas said he was excited at the City of Pearls being propelled into becoming the electronics hub of the world at the VLSID-2017. Software and hardware were siblings with an inseparable bond and the VLSID was expected to bring together about 1,500 to 2,000 delegates, including about 400 from abroad, apart from at least 3,000 to 4,000 students and researchers, he said.