Women shaping India’s chip future take centre stage at Semicon India 2026
Executive Take
India's chip strategy depends on a talent pool it hasn't fully tapped yet. The real test is whether companies turn these four leaders into a pipeline, not just a panel.
Executive Summary
Four India country heads at Renesas, Applied Materials, Teradyne and Micron will speak on a women's leadership panel at Semicon India 2026 (17-19 September, New Delhi), moderated by YourStory's Shradha Sharma. ISM CEO Amitesh Sinha said women are over 50% of India's electronics manufacturing workforce but remain underrepresented in senior chip roles.
Why It Matters
GCC and technology leaders building India semiconductor operations should note the gap between shop-floor diversity and leadership diversity. HR leaders can use this as a concrete case for fixing mid-career attrition among women engineers.
Bizquad Perspective
The real story isn't the panel, it's that India's chip plants already run on majority-women factory floors while leadership stays male, a gap no amount of inspiration talk alone will close.