India a preferred destination for VLSI design

With main emphasis on innovation, quality and cost reduction, many business houses and multinational companies of the developed countries are looking forward to associating themselves with the developing countries, where skilled and inexpensive human talent is abundantly available. With improved worldwide communication facilities and quality DATACOM services, the business houses have become highly global in their operations. For example, they carry out designs in one country, manufacture in a second country and promote sales and business from a third country with worldwide access to the market. India today is acclaimed for its brilliant software professionals and highly skilled innovative hardware engineers, who have made a mark in the global IT Industry. The growth of Software Industry is mainly due to the wonder - Silicon Chip, whose cost has come down because of improved technologies, and system performance has improved enormously because of the complex VLSI Designs possible with advanced design tools. India, with its vast network of engineering colleges and universities, with courses in the fields of Electronics & Communications Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computers, should orient the young graduates to the advanced hi-tech area of VLSI Technology and Design techniques through bridge courses and/ or Post Graduate programs. VLSI Business Houses have already adopted a global business methodology in which they look forward to India as the best place to carry out their design and development activities, to East Asia to establish their manufacturing units and to China, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, etc. to carry out the testing and packaging. India - Shortage for Manpower ResourcesIn India, there are not many Institutes which are imparting industry-oriented training in this advanced area of VLSI Engineering. Hence, there is a large gap between demand and availability of trained expertise in this hi-tech field. Bridge programs and post graduate programs in VLSI engineering evolved with University and Industry collaboration reduce the gap between university education and industry requirements, which in turn will also enable the students to exploit the existing world scenario to their best advantage for better employment opportunities. Hyderabad - Challenging OpportunityHyderabad has all the potential to emerge as the global hub of high-end training, since it is traditionally known for the people with strong academic background, analytical skills and training strengths.