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To understand why you need to learn the Chip Design technologies, you really need to understand the Semicon Policy rolled out by the karnataka government.

Karnataka unveils semicon policy at ISA Vision Summit

The government of Karnataka, in association with IT department and the India Semiconductor Association (ISA), rolled out the state semiconductor policy at the 5th ISA Vision Summit 2010. The policy was released by Karnataka chief minister B. S. Yeddyurappa in the presence of the state's IT & BT Minister, Katta Subramsanya Naidu, ISA chairman B.V Naidu, India government DIT additional secretary Rakesh Singh and other dignitaries from the government and the industry.

The chief minister of Karnataka, B.S.Yeddyruppa in his address stated, "A comprehensive policy has been set up to cover VLSI design, EDA, solar, photo, embedded and other components of the sector. This policy will create a new beginning in the decade. The ISA Vision Summit has provided an ideal platform for international thought leadership to focus on India's growth in the semiconductor industry." He noted that the IT and BT state department worked in close partnership with ISA to create the exclusive policy. "I am given to understand the industry will grow to $400 billion [Rs.18,47,080 crore] nationally by 2020 and I can assure that more than 30 per cent of it will be contributed from Karnataka. Karnataka is the undisputed leader in IT contributing to $15.5billion [Rs.71,574 crore] of software exports last year of which more than 30 per cent pertained to high-end technology and embedded designs. Multinational companies involved in semiconductor design are located in Bangalore making it the largest hub. Over 80 per cent of design work is done in Bangalore and we propose to create fund for semiconductor excellence in R&D and chip design for Rs.10 crores."

Lauding the policy, ISA chairman, B.V. Naidu said, "ISA welcomes the Karnataka Semicon Policy and we are happy that most of our recommendations to the government have been considered and this policy will play a significant role for achieving $120 billion [Rs.5,54,124 crore] electronic system design and manufacturing (ESDM) industry to grow in Karnataka. Announcement of the semiconductor policy is the first of its kind in India and reflects the spirit of government to continue its growth in the country."

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Challenge the Economic Recession

Everybody is scared of this economic recession. Industries are not doing well in this downturn. Most of the industries stopped recruiting even experienced engineers. Newspaper stories of Layoffs and Pink Slips threaten us further.

How are you going to face this industry downturn?

I am sure you will try sincerely to get into industry. You will keep on applying to the companies. But in this situation industries might hesitate to consider fresher. If this continues for some time, you would get frustrated and lose your confidence. You may even start thinking of changing your career too. I am not trying to threaten you by exaggerating the current situation. It's natural and the market condition always goes through peaks and slowdowns in a cyclic fashion. So you can't do anything just by worrying about the economic recession. You should plan very carefully how to face it.

Do you want to be idle till this situation becomes normal?

Time is GOLD. I suggest you to utilize this time very usefully. Do some specialized trainings and increase your skill sets. But you need to choose the training institution very carefully. Find out, whether they are really capable of guiding you to do the industry standard projects on your own. The projects that you do will increase the value of your resume. This way you can make yourself ready and face the interviews when the industries start recruiting.

Be positive. Challenge this economic down turn and show to this world who you are... All the best!

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