New Delhi, March 12 -- India's semiconductor ecosystem is set to move towards design-led manufacturing, where chips are designed and manufactured within the country and then supplied globally, according to Ashok Chandak, President of the India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) and SEMI India.

In an exclusive conversation with ANI on India's progress in the semiconductor sector, Chandak said the country already has strong capabilities in chip design but now needs to ramp up manufacturing to complete the ecosystem.

"India is already good at design activity. We have to ramp up our manufacturing, and the next step will be design-led manufacturing. That means you design in India, and you manufacture in India and then use it wo...