Tata's Rs 27,000 cr chip plant in Assam operational by 2025: Chandrasekaran

Tata Electronics' Rs 27,000-crore chip assembly plant in Assam will create 27,000 jobs and is expected to become operational in 2025, Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran said on Saturday.

Speaking on the occasion of chip plant's Bhumi Pujan ceremony, Chandrasekaran said that the company has already employed 1,000 people from Assam and as the facility expands it will bring entire semiconductor ecosystem companies.

"At its capacity it will employ 27,000 people, 15,000 direct jobs and additional 12,000 indirect jobs. We want to move fast. We are trying to accelerate the building of this factory. We hope sometime in 2025 we will be able to complete this facility and quickly start operations," Chandrasekaran said.

Already we have 1,000 people who have been employed from Assam.

He said the other semiconductor ecosystem companies will start as supplier but gradually they will set up units in the country.

The ceremony was attended by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma who said it wa