Tata Electronics held the ground breaking ceremony (‘Bhoomi Poojan’) of its chip assembly and testing unit in Assam.

The event was attended by Assam’s Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Tata Sons’ Chairman N Chandrasekaran, according to the statement.  

Chandrasekaran conveyed best wishes from Ratan Tata to the residents of Assam on this momentous occasion.

The Tata Sons Chairman thanked Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Union minister Ashwani Vaishnav for helping speed up the project, which he said will provide job opportunities to 27,000 and will also open immense avenues for creating a future ready and knowledge base electronics value chain.

“Tata Group is proud to spearhead the advanced electronics ecosystem in India under the visionary leadership of Hon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The innovation driven industry will propel Assam in the global electronics global supply chain ecosystem. Tata Group has strong ties with Assam and 60,000 employees of the Group are working here in various industries,” Chandrasekaran said in his address.

In February, the Union Cabinet had approved proposals of three semiconductor plants of which two were in Gujarat and one in Assam, for an estimated cost of Rs 1.26 lakh crore.