In a significant stride towards bolstering India’s indigenous telecommunications capabilities, the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), the premier R&D center of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), has entered into an agreement with Silizium Circuits Pvt Ltd. This collaboration focuses on the “Design and Development of LEO Satellite Components and GNSS RF Front-End ASIC.

Silizium Circuits, a fabless semiconductor IP and SoC startup incubated under FABCI at IIT Hyderabad, brings its expertise in analog, RF, and mixed-signal technologies to this initiative. The project is supported by the Telecom Technology Development Fund (TTDF) scheme of the DoT, which aims to fund Indian startups, academia, and R&D institutions in designing and commercializing telecommunication products and solutions.

The agreement was formalized during a ceremony attended by key figures, including Dr. Rajkumar Upadhyay (CEO, C-DOT), Mr. Rijin John (Co-Founder & CEO, Silizium Circuits), Dr. Pankaj Kumar Dalela, Ms. Shikha Srivastava (Directors of C-DOT), and senior officials from DoT, such as Dr. Parag Agarwal (DDG, TTDF) and Shri. Vinod Kumar (DDG, SRI).