Feb 6 SID India Hosts Industry Round Table with Dr John Kymssis, President, Society of Information Display (SID), USA
SID India was enabled in September 2024 to help enable the Indian Display ecosystem. In the recent years, Government of India has shown tremendous will to bring nanotech industries to India and there have been significant breakthroughs in solar, semiconductor and end electronic manufacturing sector. Display – with its huge foreign exchange impact on the import bills, and domestic demand – is an inevitable opportunity for India.
To capture the industry voices on key issues and enablers for the display sector, SID India hosted an industry roundtable on February 6th at Le Meridien Hotel in New Delhi. The meeting was presided by Dr John Kymissis, President, Society for Information Display (SID), USA and attended by SID India founding members including Applied Materials, Sharp, Samsung and Eink.
Also, present were a range of players as follows:
| Sector | Companies |
| Display s/chain | AMAT, Corning, Horiba, SMC |
| TV displays | Samsung, Sharp, Eka, Dixon, CP Plus, Highness |
| Mobile | Samsung, Vivo, Dixon |
| Fab Tech Provider | Sharp, Grantwood, Eink |
| EMS | SGS Syrma, Dixon |
| Knowledge Partners | NC FlexE, IIT Kanpur |
Objectives of the Round Table
- The event dissected the key trends in the global display industry covering diverse views and perspectives on future technologies like Micro LEDs, mainstream LCD and OLED technologies and Quantum Dots and their evolution in mainstream TVs. Contextual emerging segments in Automotive, AR/VR and niche def tech were also covered by the global speakers. Dr Vignesh S , Eink presented the opportunity of low power electrophoretic displays. Dr John Kymissis presented the SID role in enabling the display ecosystem over 60+years of the evolution of the industry.
Key Discussions & Insights
- Dr Manish Hooda presented the government perspective -and highlighted that new version of India Semiconductor Mission with the refreshed budgets would likely be announced later this year.
- Indian players like Highness, Eka, Aditya Infotech and Dixon Technologies presented their vision for India’s display industry.
- Issues and Enablers captured in the meeting were represented to the CEO, ISM – Mr Sushil Pal – at the Ministry of Electronics and IT.
Industry Collaboration & Future Roadmap
- The round table served as a starting point for intense networking on the opportunities that SID members could bring to the emerging India ecosystem. Key takeaways on how Indian companies and academia can collaborate to enhance the ecosystem, included
- Creating an India delegation to Display Week 2025 in May 2025
- Enabling networking opportunities between SID members/ technology providers and Indian entrepreneurs
- Guiding the government and Indian Industry on the global trends and potential technology interventions for Make-in-India policies
The round table highlighted and built on SID India’s efforts in bringing global expertise to local stakeholders. We explore this further with our forthcoming plans (watch Post) for Display Week’25 in May!
