 The government has announced a holistic policy to catalyze India's semiconductor ecosystem. In line with this, Mayor T has announced Digital India Initiative Chips to Startup Program for capacity building, inviting participation from academia, R&D organizations, startups and MSMEs. C2S Program aims to generate 175 semiconductor chips, 25 startups, 85,000 manpower at BTEC, MTEC, PhD level in chip design area at 100 institutions by way of providing them exposure of the entire chip design cycle. Now, the first cohort of 30 institutions to be supported under C2S Program is being unveiled, which will catapult India's growth in the field of semiconductor design.