K. S. Chari, Senior Director and Registrar, Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India, New Delhi, on Wednesday said that the total market in semiconductor embedded electronic production would go from 14 billion dollars in 2005 to 200 billion dollars in 2015 providing employment opportunities to 80,000 design engineers.

Inaugurating a two-day national workshop on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in semi conductor products at Shanmugha Arts Science Technology and Research Academy (SASTRA), Dr. Chary said that the electronic system market from the present 1.6 trillion dollars was expected to grow to 4 trillion dollars in 2010.

Hence there was necessity for the IPR in the semiconductor industry. Dr. Chari said that India offers a well-positioned chip IPR protection.

He also added the IPR protection for semiconductor layout was set to come to full implementation soon.

Dr. T. Ramakrishna, Professor, IPR Chair, National Law School, Bangalore, traced the genesis of the Intellectual Property System and also provided fresh insights into the IPR.

Usha Devi, Dean, School of Computing, welcomed the gathering while N. Anantharaman, Registrar, presided over the meeting.