Renesas Electronics Corporation announced its partnership with the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, to support local startups and academic institutions in the field of VLSI and embedded semiconductor systems. Renesas also celebrated the expansion of its offices in Bengaluru and Noida to accommodate its growing R&D teams, with the inauguration ceremonies held on May 13, 2025. This strategic move underscores Renesas' commitment to innovation and excellence in India and aims to drive continued growth in the region. These MOUs focus on 1) Supporting local startups by enabling them to drive technological advancement and promote local manufacturing in alignment with the Make in India initiative; and 2) Enhancing industry-academia collaboration by fostering an innovative, product-focused mindset among students.
The new Bengaluru office is Renesas' largest site in India, encompassing world-class design teams, test labs, and comprehensive facilities to support employees. It brings together approximately 500 team members, including R&D engineers, business teams, and employees from the recently acquired Altium and Part Analytics, creating a unified and collaborative workspace. The facility is designed to leverage India's rich talent ecosystem to drive the development of innovative products.
The new Noida office brings the engineering and business teams together to accelerate the delivery of world-class high-performance compute solutions, driving automotive market growth through innovation, collaboration, and consistent execution. This strategic expansion reinforces Renesas' commitment to investing in top-tier local talent and strengthening its capabilities in R-Car system-on-chip (SoC) solutions. Designed to integrate cutting-edge tools and workflows, the new Noida site will further enhance synergy across the global engineering team and support Renesas' long-term strategy in this critical domain.
(Note) Chips to Startup (C2S) programme: An initiative launched by the Indian government in December 2021 to boost semiconductor and display manufacturing in the country. C2S not only aims at developing specialized power in VLSI/Embedded System Design domain but also addresses each entity of the electronics value chain via specialized manpower training, creation of reusable IP repository, design of application-oriented Systems/ASICs/FPGAs, and deployment by academia/R&D organization by way of leveraging the expertise available at Startups/MSMEs.
