DRDO leads thematic session on ‘Electronics & Semiconductor Manufacturing’ at ESTIC 2025

Key Points

1. ESTIC 2025 is being held from November 3-5, 2025, at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.
2. The theme of ESTIC 2025 is ‘Viksit Bharat 2047 - Pioneering Sustainable Innovation, Technological Advancement, and Empowerment’.
3. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated ESTIC 2025 on November 3, 2025.
4. The Prime Minister launched a Rs 1 Lakh Crore Research Development and Innovation Scheme Fund.
5. DRDO is leading the thematic session on ‘Electronics & Semiconductor Manufacturing’.
6. Dr Samir V Kamat, Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman, DRDO, will chair a Technical Session on Electronics & Semiconductor Manufacturing on November 05, 2025.
7. DRDO has developed indigenous methods for producing 4-inch Silicon Carbide wafers and fabricating Gallium Nitride High Electron Mobility Transistors up to 150W.
8. ESTIC 2025 brings together over 3,000 participants from academia, research institutions, industry, and government.