在上述提到的近日印度政府欲迅速批准foundries项目的新闻里,其决策机构是:the
Minister for Communication and Information Technology 印度通讯与信息科技部。
这里如下是另一条新闻,里面也涉及了这个部门,还涉及了美国高科技大公司的一些
老印高管:
Jan 31, 2013, Newport Beach, California] More than 100 TiE Charter Members,
Members, Guests, and representatives from industry heard from a senior IT
delegation about their new policies and incentives to encourage Electronics
Systems Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) in India. Charter Members and
special Industry guests met with the delegates privately before the general
meeting.
Vijay Kotrappa, President of TiE Socal, said that such special meetings with
industry and government leaders and fellow successful entrepreneurs are
privileges available to Charter Members of TiE. This year’s annual Global
Charter Member retreat will be in Athens, Greece. TiE Socal has more than 65
Charter members and 500 general members. TiE Members gain from exclusive
networking and mentoring.
Hon. Kapil Sibal, Minister of Communication & IT led the delegation to the
US, but was unable to come to Los Angeles. The delegation to LA was led by
Secretary J. Satyanarayana. Other delegates included Dr. Ajay Kumar, Joint
Secretary, Deepak Sharma, Deputy Secretary and Dr. Rajat Moona, Director
Computing and Advanced Technology Labs. The delegation was on a whirlwind
tour of the US, meeting with businesses to promote Electronics Design and
Manufacturing in India. They met with companies such as Apple, Cisco, AMD,
Intel in the Bay Area. While in LA, they met with Broadcom, Mindspeed and
ICAAN. Representatives from Western Digital, Boeing and several other
businesses met with them at the TiE hosted program. They were very
interested in hearing about the incentives and the government policies.
Mr. Satyanarayana said that the ESDM expenditure in India is expected to
reach $400 Billion by 2020 while the indigenous capacity is only $100
Billion, leaving a $300 Billion deficit which will exceed the deficit of oil
imports to India. Having had a very successful run in the software arena,
India is now focusing on the electronics hardware side and is offering major
incentives to develop these capabilities in India. The $400 Billion market
includes switching equipment, chips, wireless devices, tablets, laptops, LED
lighting, set top boxes, automotive and medical electronics.
An example of the boom is illustrated in an effort to get broadband to 250,
000 villages by the end of 2013. This will spawn millions of dollars worth
of devices such as switches, wireless routers, tablets, etc. However, many
of the solutions that are currently available need to be customized to the
Indian market. The Akash tablet computer, being marketed at $20 a piece is
such an illustration. A $500 IPAD will not reach the masses in India. With
the advent of cheaper cell phones, India now has more than 900 million
connections. Many of the applications developed for the Indian market have
great potential in other developing markets such as Africa and the Middle
East.
To motivate businesses to set up shop in India, the new Government policy
includes a mandate to procure a wide range of products that are made in
India.
India is a very attractive because of the large market, the talent pool, and
the incentives. The stable business environment, coupled with IP protection
laws are making India even more attractive than China.
India is embarking a comprehensive effort to develop ESDM capability. These
efforts include:
1) Subsidy up to 50% for infrastructure in green and brown field areas
2) Import duty subsidies
3) Export duty subsidies
4) Open ended subsidies for FAB development in India
DEITY is launching a special $2 Billion venture fund coupled with $6
Billion in private funds, to develop new products. The venture fund along
with incubators will provide fertile ground for entrepreneurs to start new
ventures in India.
India is also on a fast track to develop talent. By 2020, the goal is to
produce 2,500 PhD level electronics engineers annually. The overall talent
pool ranging from engineers to shop floor technicians will exceed 28 million
by 2020. Incentives are being offered for graduate level work as well as
teaching.
Mr. J Satyanarayana is a great believer in the concept of public private
partnership for execution of IT, e-Procurement and e-Governance projects.
He has been involved in landmark e governance projects including
computerization of the passport department (Passport Seva). He is often
credited for making AP (Andhra Pradesh), an IT hub that rivals Indian
Silicon valley (Bangalore)
Dr. Ajay Kumar has a similar stellar history in e-governance and e-
procurement projects. He is credited with guiding the restructuring of
several state public undertakings (Kerala) under Asian Development Bank
programs and leading industrial and technological initiatives.
Prof. Rajat Moona has been involved in defining standards for the Operating
Systems for Smart Cards for Indian Government which are in use in
applications such as Driving License, Vehicle Registration Systems, Indian
National ID, Electronic Passports and several other ID related applications.
His area of specialization is embedded computing, computer security, VLSI
design and Operating Systems
Dr. Nambi Seshadri, CTO of Broadcom’s Wireless/Mobility group and a member
of the National Academy of Engineers, provided a brief summary of the
development of wireless technologies. He was the first person at Broadcom to
work on wireless chips. Now that group accounts for a majority of Broadcom
’s revenue. He said that technology has been developing so rapidly that it
is next to impossible to predict what the world will be like in 6 years. He
added that Broadcom already has a strong presence in India and many of the
most innovative chip sets are being designed in India. India is no longer
looked at an inexpensive source of resources, but one of the best talent
pool. With 1000+ employees in India, India already represents the maximum
number of employees outside the US.
Dr. Paulraj, Padmabhushan awardee, and professor emeritus at Stanford talked
about the need for India to focus on talent development. He suggested that
India should provide incentives for faculty from the US to go to India to
train teachers and graduate students. Dr. Paulraj is a special advisor to
Broadcom. He has over 50 patents and has founded 3 labs in India. His
companies have been acquired by Intel and Broadcom.
The DEITY team promised to keep an open door policy and said they are
willing to meet with anyone who is interested in developing ESDM solutions
in India.
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这条新闻是去年这个时候的,就是前面提到的那个印度通讯与信息科技部的部长
带队访美,在硅谷和南加州走访了一系列高科技公司还亲切会见了一系列旅美老印杰出
人才精英们。
新闻里提到,印度政府为了提高其Electronics Systems Design and Manufacturing (
ESDM) 电子通讯产品的设计与制造能力,有如下举措:
India is embarking a comprehensive effort to develop ESDM capability. These
efforts include:
1) Subsidy up to 50% for infrastructure in green and brown field areas
2) Import duty subsidies
3) Export duty subsidies
4) Open ended subsidies for FAB development in India
DEITY is launching a special $2 Billion venture fund coupled with $6
Billion in private funds, to develop new products. The venture fund along
with incubators will provide fertile ground for entrepreneurs to start new
ventures in India.
India is also on a fast track to develop talent. By 2020, the goal is to
produce 2,500 PhD level electronics engineers annually. The overall talent
pool ranging from engineers to shop floor technicians will exceed 28 million
by 2020. Incentives are being offered for graduate level work as well as
teaching.
印度政府正在展开一项全面提升电子制造业的努力。具体内容包括:
1)对在其所谓“绿色”和“褐色”产业领域内的(投资项目)基础设施给予最高可达5
0%的补贴,就是你投一,我送一。
2)出口补贴
3)(原材料)进口补贴
4)对半导体fab研发项目给予无上限的补贴。印度通讯与信息科技部正在起动一个20
亿美元的投资基金并附带一个60亿美元的私募基金,用以开发新项目和产品。这一投
资基金连带创业孵化器将给创业人士在印度创业提高富饶的土壤和环境。
同时,印度还正走在一条培育大量(电子产业)人才的快车道上。到2020年,目标是
每年培养2500名博士级的电子工程师专业人才(注意,是说每年2500)。预计到2020
年,(印度国内电子产业)人才资源总量会达到两千八百万,这其中包括从工程师到普
通技工的各类型人才。各种奖励和优惠正在出台和实施以促进和提高研究生项目和各类
教职。
估计还是一如既往的有人说老印说话就会跑火车。但是如果从来没人注意到这个呢还,
老中的木呐和缺乏敏锐观察与思考,就确实会被火车撞到。
而冷静客观地说:印度的科技产业和制造业正在迅猛起步。其人才总量和与美国高科技
产业因为各大美国公司印度高管的特殊关系,正在帮助印度得到巨大利益。而国内的无
数大学毕业生却没有多少真正高科技的工作可做,人心和社会气氛又都极度的急功近利
,全都想走短平快的投机赚钱模式,房地产。这样下去,不堪设想。