AICTE Launches Curriculum Designed for B. Tech Electronics VLSI Design & Technology and Diploma in IC Manufacturing

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has launched the curriculum designed for B.Tech. Electronics VLSI Design & Technology and Diploma in IC Manufacturing. This course will provide a variety of employment roles featuring outstanding salary incentives for Indian students in global companies as well as Indian companies. The VLSI sector is a high-paying industry and immune to automation and it will create an environment for the semiconductor ecosystem for setting and scaling up.

Semicon India program (with a total outlay of 76,000 crores) is aimed at the development of the semiconductor and display manufacturing ecosystem in India. The programme provides financial support to companies investing in semiconductors, display manufacturing, and design ecosystem. In line with Semicon India program, the Chips to Startup (C2S) programme aims to train 85,000 engineers (Bachelor, Master and Research level combined) qualified in ESDM disciplines over a period of 5 years. Necessary tie-ups with 82 technical education institutes have been made.

IIT Hyderabad launched B.Tech. (Electronics Engineering) specialization in IC Design and Technology last year.

About IC and VLSI

An integrated circuit (also called IC, a chip, or a microchip) is a set of electronic circuits on one small flat piece (or chip). An IC is the fundamental building block of all modern electronic devices. Very large-scale integration (VLSI) is the process of creating an integrated circuit (IC) by combining many metal oxide silicon transistors onto a single chip.

AICTE Announcement

AICTE, the statutory body for technical education has launched the curriculum designed for

• B.Tech. Electronics Engineering (VLSI Design & Technology)
• Diploma in IC Manufacturing

The courses shall be uploaded on the AICTE portal. Any number of AICTE affiliated colleges/universities/technical institutions may opt to offer these courses.

Usual starting salaries for a fresher role in VLSI Company vary from Rs. 10 lakhs per annum - 20 lakhs per annum depending upon the company with an average annual salary of Rs.14 lakhs per annum. The average annual salary in multinational companies for beginners is 30 - 80 LPA.

Benefits

This course will provide a variety of employment roles featuring outstanding salary incentives for Indian students in global companies as well as Indian companies. The VLSI sector is a high-paying industry and immune to automation. It will create an environment for the semiconductor ecosystem for setting and scaling up.

AICTE Curriculum

• B.Tech. Electronics (VLSI Design and Technology)
• Introduction to IC Design & Technology
• Digital Systems Labs
• Semiconductor Device Fundamentals
• Analog Electronics
• Introduction to CMOS processing
• Introduction to VLSI Design
• Analog IC Design
• Statis Timing Analysis
• Fabrication and Characterization Lab
• Physics of Electrical Engineering Materials

Diploma in IC Manufacturing

• Introduction to VLSI Fabrication
• Semiconductor Fab Familiarisation
• Electronic Devices and Circuits
• Clean Room Technologies
• Semiconductor Technology Equipment Maintenance
• Allied activities for Foundry like Safety Protocol for Foundry, Vacuum Technology

Industrial Automation

• Semiconductor packaging and testing, electronics system assembly or product design
• Renewable energy technologies

Source: Press Information Bureau