IESA Vision Summit 2015 will focus on ‘Make in India'

BANGALORE, INDIA: India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) will focus on the theme of ‘Make in India - Vision to Reality’ for its upcoming IESA Vision Summit 2015, which will take  place in Bangalore from February 2-3.

The event will see participation of over 40 speakers, 700+ industry and academia participants, industry experts, government officials, strategists, policy makers and business leaders, offering their views on ‘How India can dominate the world of Electronics and semiconductors in the coming decade’.

Ashok Chandak, Chairman, IESA and Sr. Director, NXP Semiconductors said, “Building on IESA’s vision of ‘Innovation Led Design, Design Led Manufacturing’; the 10^th edition will focus on the strategies which will enable us to realize the ‘Make in India’ vision a reality for ESDM sector, SPEED UP policy implementation and garner large scale investments to contribute to economic development of India.”

Realizing the potential of India’s ESDM sector, country delegations from UK and Singapore have confirmed their participation while Japan and Taiwan have tentatively confirmed their interest to be a part of the event.

M.N. Vidyashankar, President, IESA said, “We are introducing a speed dating session between VCs and start-ups and hosting a special investment promotion zone. Emerging Opportunities in Smart Cities, enabling Start Up ecosystem and scope and challenges of setting up of Fab’s would also be points of curiosity.”

The event is supported by Dept. of Electronics and IT (DeitY) and Department of Telecommunication (DoT), Govt. of India. There is high level participation from the Govt. of India and various state governments including Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Orissa., IT Secretaries of these state governments.