New Delhi, Sept. 18 -- India's self-reliance in the semiconductor sector does not mean building everything within its borders but developing sovereign capabilities while pursuing trusted global partnerships, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on Friday, pitching India as a "credible" and "reliable" partner for companies seeking to build semiconductor capabilities.

Addressing Semicon India 2026, Misri said no country can build a semiconductor chip alone and stressed that the highly interconnected nature of the global semiconductor value chain makes international partnerships indispensable.

"For me, this occasion is about one thing, and one thing alone, and that is partnership," Misri said.

He said India's semiconductor strategy should ...