Govt invites bids to modernise semiconductor lab in Mohali

New Delhi: The government has invited bids from Indian and global companies with technological and operational expertise to modernise the Semiconductor Lab in Mohali. The bids can be submitted till October 21.

As per the proposal, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is looking to modernise the SCL by transforming it into a research and development centre of excellence, transforming it into an at-scale manufacturing facility or a combination of both, a bid document of the IT ministry said. The SCL will continue to fulfil the semiconductor chip demand of government agencies such as the Indian Space Research Organisation, as it does currently, the ministry said.

To make the SCL into an R&D centre, the IT ministry has proposed setting up a new R&D-cum-prototyping line for 300 mm wafer processing on advanced nodes such as 28 nm or below.


The bidder will need to ensure end-to-end setup and operationalisation of the R&D fab if they choose to apply to modernise the lab.