Semiconductor equipment leader Lam Research to open R&D facility in India

26th October 2021
Semiconductor equipment leader Lam Research  to open  R&D facility in India
From left, at Lam Research India’s ground breaking ceremony: Krishnan Shrinivasan - Vice President, Deputy General Manager (Managing Director) Lam Research India , Prof. Mahesh Panchagnula, Dean - Corporate Relations, IIT Madras, Prof. Srinivasan Raghavan - Chairperson - CeNSE, IISc Bangalore, Mr. Rajeev Khushu - Chairman, IESA, and Director of Corporate Affairs & Government Relations, Texas Instruments, Rangesh Raghavan - Vice President and General Manager, Lam Research India, Dr. Sasangan Ramanathan - Dean - Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and Mr. Jitendra Chaddah - Country Manager, Global Supply Chain, Intel India.

Bangalore, October 26, 2021:  Global supplier of wafer fabrication equipment and services to the semiconductor industry  --Lam Research  -- has broken ground for  a new engineering, research & development facility at Bagmane Tech Park (BTP), CV Raman Nagar.
The site will be home to Lam Research India’s development of advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment hardware and software, as well as its new virtual reality research labs.
Says Rangesh Raghavan, Lam Research India corporate vice president and general manager: “With our new Bangalore lab and office facility, we will significantly increase Lam Research’s engineering and R&D capacity and capability in India, in alignment with our business strategy to expand our global footprint and leverage expertise all around the globe. This site will enable us to leverage the large pool of technical talent and research institutes in India to scale Lam’s capacity to meet growing customer requirements. The new India Centre for Engineering (ICE) lab will enable the success of our customers by enhancing speed to solution and commonality while contributing to the profitable growth of Lam Research.”
Lam Research India leaders were joined by guests at yesterday’s groundbreaking ceremony, including Jitendra Chaddah, Country Manager, Global Supply Chain at Intel India; Rajeev Khushu, Chairman, India Electronics & Semiconductor Association (IESA), and Director of Corporate Affairs & Government Relations at Texas Instruments; Prof. Srinivasan Raghavan, Chairperson – CeNSE at IISc Bangalore; Prof. Mahesh Panchagnula, Dean - Corporate Relations at IIT Madras; and Dr. Sasangan Ramanathan, Dean (Engineering) at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
With more than 1,000 employees in Bangalore, the Lam Research India site plays a crucial role in supporting Lam’s mission to drive the semiconductor breakthroughs which define the next generation. Lam India continues to grow and is currently hiring across a broad range of disciplines: Mechanical, Electrical, Software, and other engineers, Computational Analysts, Procurement and Operations experts, IT programmers, network, and infrastructure experts, Data scientists, Finance, Operations and HR professionals.
Lam Research Corporation is a FORTUNE 500 company headquartered in Fremont, California, with operations around the globe.