Sahasra becomes first Indian firm to ship over 1 million ATMP-made chips
Ajai Chowdhry, IT pioneer and Founder of EPIC Foundation, called for India to move decisively from a services-driven economy to a product nation at Semicon India 2025. Speaking at the panel “Making India a Product Nation”, Chowdhry emphasized the need to leverage India’s vast design talent to build a full-stack ecosystem—from design to chips, fabs, and packaging.
Adding momentum to this vision, Sahasra Electronics showcased a landmark achievement: unveiling India’s first “Make in India” LED Driver IC and Micro SD memory card, manufactured through ATMP (Assembly, Testing, Marking, and Packaging) in India. Both products are now in mass production, with the company crossing 1 million chip shipments, a first for an Indian semiconductor firm.
The project, approved under the M-SIPS scheme of MeitY, traces its roots to EPIC Foundation’s roadmap, making it a proof point of India’s transition from concept to commercial delivery.
Chowdhry, a consistent voice for building a strong domestic IP ecosystem, underscored the strategic importance of self-reliance: “If a Chinese chip sits inside an Indian product, all the data goes back to China. For sovereignty and growth, we must design, manufacture, and adopt Indian chips in Indian products.”
He urged the government to adopt a DARPA-style procurement model to boost startups, citing chip innovators like Mindrove Technologies, Incore Semiconductors, Sankhya Labs, Morphing Machines, and Netra Semi as examples of India’s rising semiconductor ecosystem.