CM Bhupendra Patel holds one-to-one meetings with various industry leaders and investors attending the Gujarat Semi Connect Conference 2026

Gandhinagar: March; 2026: Chief Minister Shri Bhupendra Patel inaugurated the ‘Gujarat SemiConnect Conference 2026’ with great fanfare in Gandhinagar on Sunday. This two-day conference has been organised under the theme “Gujarat – India’s Gateway to Silicon” by the state government’s Department of Science and Technology, with the aim of promoting strategic collaboration between high-tech chip manufacturers and local industry.
 
In one-to-one meetings held between Chief Minister Shri Bhupendra Patel and various industry leaders attending the conference, productive discussions took place on establishing R&D centres, memory module facilities, power chip manufacturing units, and specialty chemical facilities in the semiconductor sector.

Chief Minister Shri Bhupendra Patel provided a detailed overview of the robust ecosystem in place for semiconductor industries in Gujarat — including Dholera and Sanand — and elaborated on the state government’s proactive approach.
 
Among those who met the Chief Minister in these one-to-one sessions were: Shri Meghav Mehta, MD of Deepak Nitrite Ltd; Dato Seri Lee Hung Lung, Chairman of Malaysia-based Hotai Electronics; Shri Makoto Terada, MD of Suchi-ROHM Semiconductor India, along with founder Shri Ashok Mehta; Shri Rajeev Gautam of Horiba India; and Ms. Radhika Viswanathan, COO of Applied Materials.
 
Chief Secretary Shri M. K. Das, Additional Chief Secretary of the Industries Department Smt. Mamta Verma, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Shri Sanjeev Kumar, Industries Commissioner Shri P. Swaroop, Additional Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Dr. Vikrant Pandey, and Science & Technology Secretary Smt. P. Bharati were also present at the one-to-one meetings.
 
 Source: Information Department, Gujarat