# PM Modi to open SEMICON India 2026 on September 17 2026-08-19T20:04:06+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the fifth edition of SEMICON India 2026 on September 17 in New Delhi. The three-day conference and exhibition, themed 'Silicon to Systems: Building the Ecosystem,' will run until September 19 and is expected to host more than 500 exhibitors, including over 240 international companies, with delegations from over 40 countries. The event is jointly organised by the India Semiconductor Mission under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the global industry association SEMI. It will bring together global semiconductor firms, policymakers, researchers, startups and students to discuss developments across the semiconductor and electronics value chain. India has recently approved Semicon 2.0 to boost domestic chip manufacturing and supply-chain capabilities. Under Semicon 1.0, 12 projects have been approved and three have begun commercial production. The programme will include country and state government pavilions, a startup pitch competition, a student hackathon and a workforce development pavilion. ## Indian Opinion Analysis SEMICON India has become a key annual marker for the government's chip-making ambitions. The event comes after the approval of Semicon 2.0, which builds on 12 projects cleared under Semicon 1.0, three of which have started commercial output. The bigger number this year, over 500 exhibitors, signals growing global interest, but the real test is whether India can move from design and assembly to advanced fabrication. The next milestone to watch is the operational timeline of the three approved fabrication plants, especially the one being set up by Tata Electronics in Gujarat. Any delay there would hurt investor confidence. ## Coverage - sarkaritel.com Leads with the PM's inauguration and highlights government achievements under Semicon schemes without any critical perspective This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: India Semiconductor Mission, Narendra Modi, New Delhi, Semicon 2.0, SEMICON India Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/pm-modi-to-open-semicon-india-2026-on-september-17/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/pm-modi-to-open-semicon-india-2026-on-september-17/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/