India, April 29 -- Amitesh Kumar Sinha has been named as the new chief executive officer of the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM).

Sinha, who was earlier this month named additional secretary at the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), will be replacing Sushil Pal at the ISM.

The development comes at a time when the government is discussing plans to roll out the second phase of the ISM.

The India Semiconductor Mission was introduced in 2022 to establish the country as a global hub for electronics manufacturing and design.

It was a year after the government launched the Semicon India programme, committing INR 76,000 Cr to incentivise silicon semiconductor fabs, display fabs, compound semiconductors, and more.

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