New Delhi, April 25 -- S. Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, launched two Silicon Photonics technology solutions: (a) Silicon Photonics Process Design Kit (PDK) for photonics chip manufacturing, and (b) Universal packaged PPIC (Programmable Photonic Integrated Circuit) Test Engine indigenously developed atMeitYsponsoredCoE-CPPICS, IIT Madras [https://cppics.iitm.ac.in/], in presence of ShriAmiteshSinha, Additional Secretary,MeitYand CEO of India Semiconductor Mission (ISM), Prof Shanti Bhattacharya,HoDDoEE, IIT Madras, Governing Council Members of the centre. The launch took place on Friday, 24th April 2026. This is a major milestone in Silicon Photonics technology soverei...