Gandhinagar, May 19 -- In a major step towards developing a skilled workforce to meet the needs of the state's growing semiconductor industry, the first batch of the UHP Welding for Semiconductors Program passed out from the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) at Dholera, the semiconductor hub of the state, on April 13.

The UHP (Ultra High Purity) Welding for Semiconductors Program is a structured, cohort-based training initiative at the ITI level, designed to build a cleanroom-ready workforce for semiconductor manufacturing. It is delivered by the Tata Indian Institute of Skills (Tata IIS) in collaboration with the Government of Gujarat and Tata Electronics.

The program is the first structured, cohort-based UHP welding training initiat...