The National e-Governance Division (NeGD), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, in collaboration with the Government of Kerala, organised a three-day developers’ workshop at Thiruvananthapuram, from November 24 – 26, 2025. The workshop brings together key government departments and officials working in the technology divisions to review progress, set future expectations,… Read more »
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Conference on “Harnessing AI and Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for Viksit Bharat”
The National Institute for Smart Government (NISG), in partnership with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India and the Directorate of IT, Government of Tripura, organised a high-level conference titled “Harnessing AI and Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for Viksit Bharat” on Friday, 5th December 2025 in New Delhi. EY was the Knowledge… Read more »
Electronics manufacturing grows sixfold, exports grow eightfold in the last 11 years
Electronics and semiconductors are foundational industries: Electronics and semiconductors are foundational industries. They are important for smooth functioning of nearly every sector of economy and have large scale impact on lives of citizens.
NeGD Organizes ‘Big Data and Data Analytics’ Programme
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) under its Digital India Vision plans and implements its capacity building initiatives in Digital Governance. As part of the same, a 2-day training programme on ‘Big Data and Data Analytics’ has been organized at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur from November 26 – 27, 2025 by National e-… Read more »
IndiaAI and UN Women Issue Global Call for Abstracts on Gender-Transformative AI Solutions
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, and UN Women India have announced a global Call for Nominations for the Compendium on the Real-World Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Advancing Gender Equality. As part of the broader engagements leading up to the India–AI Impact Summit 2026, this collaboration aims to highlight measurable… Read more »
The e-Toys Lab inaugurated during the convocation ceremony of 2nd batch of 18 young engineers trained under MeitY’s Electronic Toys Project: Advancing efforts to build an inclusive and robust indigenous electronic toy industry ecosystem.
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), C-DAC, Indian Toy Industries and LEGO Group celebrated the Convocation Ceremony of the 2nd batch of engineering graduates who have spent a year training under the project ‘Development of Electronics and IT-based Control and Automation Solutions for Consumer Electronic Goods (Toy Industry)’. The project is a tailor-made initiative of… Read more »
Government of India is democratizing chip design amongst Indian Universities with access to industry-grade Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools and Multi-project Wafer (MPW) fabrication services
Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, handed over 28 chips fabricated at Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL) Mohali (including 600 bare dies & 600 packaged chips) by students from 17 academic institutions under the Chips to Start-up (C2S) Programme. The chip handover ceremony was organized during his visit to the Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL),… Read more »
Government of India to invest ₹4,500 crore for modernization of SCL Mohali; Assures that it will not be privatised
Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw and Union Minister of State Shri Ravneet Singh visited Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL), Mohali to review the progress of work and ongoing modernisation activities.
India Internet Governance Forum (IIGF) 2025 concludes with clear vision for inclusion, stronger digital infrastructure and responsible AI
The fifth edition of the India Internet Governance Forum (IIGF‑2025) came to a close today after two days of discussions at the India Habitat Centre and the India International Centre. The multi‑stakeholder gathering attended by representatives from central ministries, technology companies, civil‑society organisations, universities and international bodies deliberated on how to nurture an open, trusted… Read more »
UIDAI deactivates over 2 Crore Aadhaar numbers of deceased individuals
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has deactivated more than 2 crore Aadhaar numbers of deceased individuals as part of a nationwide clean-up effort to maintain the continued accuracy of the Aadhaar database.
