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http://www.rediff.com/login/redirect.php?url=/money/2006/mar/25chip.htm%3Fq%3Dbp%26file%3D.htm&tz=300 Chipmakers to get sopsGaurie Mishra in New Delhi March 25, 2006 04:22 IST Semiconductor manufacturing facilities with an investment of at least $1 billion in India will be entitled to financial support from the government either in the form of equity support or concession loans. This proposal, one of the many in the draft semiconductor policy prepared by the department of information technology, also provides for a 15-year tax break to manufacturers. While the tax exemptions will be 100 per cent for the first ten years, they will be extended for another five years if the units plough back profits. "The draft policy on semiconductors has been finalised by the department of IT and will soon be sent to a high-powered committee of several ministries. The proposed policy allows manufacturers to avail of government support only after they provide a minimum support of $1 billion for

World Nano-Economic Congress India March 27-29, 2006Hyatt Regency, Mumbai, India http://www.world-nano.com/india The World Nano-Economic Congress (WNEC) Comes to IndiaThe reasons for the WNEC coming to India are enormous. With the Indian stock market hitting record highs, an annual productionof engineering graduates five times higher than the United States,and industries from textiles to automotive already taking advantageof nanotechnologies for both domestic and export markets, India is poised to be one of the 21st Century's nanotech winners.The WNEC India represents the first opportunity to attend a business-focused conference with an international scope on the nanotech-nology developments in India. With an Agenda that offers Tracked Sessions on the Industries thatare most active in adopting nanotechnologies into their products,you will get the most effective look how nanotechnology is enablingIndia industry and meet the players in India that are making this revolution happen.

India thinks big about nanotechnology http://ia.rediff.com/money/2006/mar/17nano.htm?q=tp&file=.htm A bit off track, but.. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5967_1649045,001600060004.htm Meantime... http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2006/march15/win-031506.html The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, the University of California-Santa Barbara, the University of California-Berkeley and Stanford are teaming up to launch what will be one of the world's largest joint research programs focusing on the pioneering technology called "spintronics." The $18.2 million includes $2.38 million from a Nanoelectronics Research Initiative grant funded by six major semiconductor companies—Intel, IBM, Texas Instruments, AMD, Freescale and MICRON. The usual suspects !