ICEA and GSA Announce Strategic Collaboration to Strengthen India’s Semiconductor Ecosystem
Bengaluru: India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) and Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) today announced a landmark strategic collaboration aimed at accelerating India’s integration into the global semiconductor value chain. The announcement was made at a joint press conference in Bengaluru, coinciding with the India Semiconductor Leadership Roundtable co-organised by ICEA and GSA.
This collaboration represents a significant step in aligning India’s rapidly growing domestic ecosystem with global semiconductor value chains. It seeks to leverage India’s expanding talent base, evolving fab and OSAT infrastructure, and strong policy support to attract global fabless companies and innovators to co-create in India.
By combining ICEA’s deep engagement with India’s policy and manufacturing ecosystem and GSA’s extensive international network of semiconductor leaders, the partnership aims to facilitate cross-border collaboration, strengthen supply chain diversification, and advance India’s position as a key contributor to the global semiconductor industry.
India Semiconductor Leadership Roundtable 2025
As part of this collaboration, ICEA and GSA jointly convened the inaugural India Semiconductor Leadership Roundtable at the Leela Palace, Bengaluru, a closed-door dialogue, among global and Indian semiconductor leaders, and senior policymakers, designed to: Explore how global fabless companies can leverage India’s growing fabrication, OSAT, and ATMP ecosystem; Building Indian semiconductor design champions and strengthening the fabless ecosystem to converge seamlessly with emerging domestic manufacturing; and Identify opportunities to grow domestic silicon consumption by linking design with local manufacturing across automotive, consumer electronics, and industrial segments; and
India Semiconductor Leadership Summit 2026
Building on this collaboration, ICEA and GSA will jointly organise the India Semiconductor Leadership Summit in 2026 (date to be confirmed). The Summit will bring together the global fabless ecosystem, design innovators, and technology leaders to engage directly with India’s emerging fabs and OSAT/ATMP units, showcasing India’s expanding semiconductor manufacturing base and design leadership.
Under the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM), the Government of India has approved an outlay of Rs. 76,000 crore (approx. USD 10 billion) to build semiconductor and display manufacturing ecosystems. Around ten projects with investment commitments of nearly Rs. 1.6 lakh crore about (USD 18.2 billion), including a fabrication unit, ATMP/OSAT facilities, and compound-semiconductor initiatives have already been sanctioned, signalling strong implementation momentum.
The ICEA-GSA collaboration will strategically complement these initiatives by fostering global visibility and design leadership – pillars critical to the success of these investments.
