Centre to invest ₹4,500 crore to modernise SCL Mohali; 28 student-designed chips handed over
On 28 November 2025 Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced ₹4,500 crore to upgrade the Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL), Mohali, said it will not be privatised, and handed over 28 chips designed by students of 17 institutions.
Summary
During a visit to SCL Mohali (Punjab), Electronics & IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the Government of India will invest ₹4,500 crore to upgrade and expand SCL and that it will not be privatised. He handed over 28 chips designed by students from 17 academic institutions under the Chips to Start-up (C2S) programme using EDA tools, taking the total student-designed chips fabricated at SCL under C2S to 56. He also opened a Semiconductor Process Gallery and the Abhyuthanam Training Block.
Key facts
- Facility
- Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL), Mohali, Punjab
- Investment
- ₹4,500 crore for modernisation
- Assurance
- SCL will not be privatised
- Chips handed over
- 28, by students of 17 institutions
- Programme
- Chips to Start-up (C2S)
- Total C2S chips at SCL
- 56
- Minister
- Ashwini Vaishnaw (with MoS Ravneet Singh)
Practice MCQs 2 questions
In November 2025 the Centre announced an investment of ₹4,500 crore to modernise the Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL) located at:
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Correct answer: A — Mohali
Ashwini Vaishnaw announced ₹4,500 crore to upgrade and expand SCL, Mohali, and said it will not be privatised.
The 28 student-designed chips handed over at SCL Mohali in November 2025 were made under which programme?
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Correct answer: B — Chips to Start-up (C2S)
The chips were designed with EDA tools provided under the Chips to Start-up (C2S) programme.