The Semicon India 2026 event will commence in Joshoboomi in Dwarka, New Delhi, on September 17, 2026. The organizing committee announced that the three-day exhibition was designed to meet the needs not only of factory owners but also of students and startups.
Amitesh Kumar Sinha, Additional Secretary of MeitY and CEO of India Semiconductor Mission, told Shraddha Sharma, founder and CEO of YourStory and The Bharat Project, that over 575 companies are participating this year, exceeding the figure of 350 companies in 2025. New additions include a workforce development pavilion, company-sponsored hackathons, and an AI matching application for organizing meetings at the venue.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the event on September 17, just one day after the annual Round Table with global semiconductor industry leaders on September 16, 2026.
When the India Semiconductor Mission was launched in 2022, the global organization SEMI, which conducts Semicon conferences in seven countries, initially showed little interest in India. Sinha noted: 'There was no industry, so it mattered little to them.' ISM independently conducted events in 2022 and 2023 for local ecosystem players. However, by 2024, thanks to the approval of 12 manufacturing projects and visible activity, SEMI joined the partnership with ISM and the India Electronics and Semiconductor Association, and this collaboration continues in 2026.
Sinha constantly emphasizes the growth that has occurred since then. He specified that out of more than 575 companies this year, approximately 300 are international, and 275 are Indian. Of the 300 international companies, 86 are headquartered in India, and 214 are not. According to him, 'this means that everyone now sees their role as a supply chain partner, a fab partner, or a packaging partner and takes India very seriously.'
Country participation has increased from 40 last year to over 50, and the number of national pavilions has grown from four to seven, including Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, Netherlands, and Sweden. Twelve states are present, compared to nine last year, including Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Assam, and Bihar.
The latest report from the organizers, released on September 14, 2026, indicates over 600 exhibitors, about 300 of whom are international, occupying an area of 15,000 square meters. More than 150 speakers are also planned, six national pavilions, 12 state pavilions, and a Startup Pavilion representing about 40 startups. Sinha mentioned seven national pavilions, whereas the latest organizer list contains six.
A Workforce Development Pavilion has been created in the exhibition area. It will conduct mentorship sessions for students and training on the entire chip production process—from design to fabrication and packaging. Experts from Singapore will conduct a one-day mentorship session on September 18, 2026. Concurrently, company-sponsored hackathons are taking place, the results of which will be announced at the event.
Sinha directly addresses students: 'Look at the products of 575 companies, understand what a semiconductor is, and how fabrication, design, and packaging work.' He urges students from all disciplines—chemistry, materials science, mechanical, electronic, electrical, computer science, and artificial intelligence—to come and see the systems that create their applications. A session for women is also provided, where senior Indian women leaders of global chip companies will share their career-building experiences with female students.
For startups, the value lies in partnership opportunities. The event brings together state governments where plant construction is planned, 12 approved companies needing supply chains, foreign companies seeking Indian partners, and Indian companies aiming for partnerships. Sinha reported that negotiations regarding the placement of plants transitioning to commercial production are already at an advanced stage, and some global companies are ready to utilize entire production capacities.
The main event is the Prime Minister's inaugural address on September 17, which will take place one day after the closed round table with global leaders and six weeks after the announcement of Semicon 2.0—the second phase of the mission worth 127,500 crore rupees. The program includes a special session on Semicon 2.0 policy, where the first signals regarding new incentives for joint investment and the ecosystem are likely to appear.
Key speakers scheduled for the first day include MeitY Secretary C. Krishnan, ASML CEO Christoph Fuchs, Satish Kuppurao from Applied Materials, and Takeshi Okubo from Tokyo Electron, followed by a panel discussion on fab supply chains and an advanced packaging session with Gursharan Singh from Micron. The second day will begin with a workforce development panel, followed by a discussion on public investment policy, a coffee chat on display semiconductors with IIT Madras and Dixon Technologies, and a product creation session with Tata Electronics CEO Randhir Thakur, and a panel discussion on transforming India into a productive nation, moderated by HCL co-founder Ajay Choudhary.
Announcements of orders are also worth watching. Sinha noted that global companies are in advanced talks about utilizing entire capacities at fabs currently in commercial production, and Semicon India has become a platform for signing such deals; organizers reported that hundreds of memorandums of understanding were signed last year. Six national round tables, a women's leadership session, and hackathon results conclude the program, with the full schedule available on the ISM and Semicon India portals.
Registration on the Semicon India website is still open, and passes are issued automatically, with name badges collected at the counter upon opening; however, since the event begins on September 17, most people will follow it remotely. Organizers are broadcasting the main sessions and panel discussions throughout all three days, and the Semicon India 2026 mobile app contains information on all sessions and their timings. For those watching from outside Delhi, the sessions announcing financial decisions and orders will be the most interesting.