Simulate and test circuits Debug hardware Chip design is booming in India

• Kalpana ChawlaAeronautics to NASA astronaut
• Satya NadellaMissed IIT, runs Microsoft
• Leena NairEngineer to Chanel CEO
• Tessy ThomasEngineer who led India's Agni missiles

• India hosts over 1,700 global capability centres employing over 1.9 million peopleGlobal companies run their own technology and business teams in India, a large employer beyond IT services firms, so aim at GCCs as well as campus placements.
• US adds a $100,000 payment to new H-1B petitionsHiring a new graduate from abroad onto an H-1B got far costlier for US employers, so build a plan that works from India first and treats the US as optional.
• H-1B lottery is now weighted toward higher wage levelsFrom the FY2027 lottery, higher-paid offers get better odds than entry-level ones, which makes a first US job after graduation harder to land.
• $100,000 H-1B fee extended to 2027 while a court order blocks itUS work-visa rules are being fought in court and can flip within months, so don’t build a plan that only works if the H-1B door is open.
• US student visas for Indians fell 69% in the peak months of 2025Far fewer F-1 visas went to Indian students in June–July 2025 than a year earlier, so keep an India or other-country option alive for a master’s or PhD.
• India’s chip mission reaches 12 approved projects worth about ₹1.64 lakh croreFabs, packaging and display units approved across several states need skilled engineers, so VLSI, process and test skills now have employers in India.
• ₹22,919 crore scheme for electronic components, over 91,000 direct jobs expectedFactories for components like PCBs, display and camera modules become a new hiring base for electronics graduates.
• Half of India’s power capacity is now non-fossil, five years ahead of targetSolar, wind and grid work keeps expanding, which helps power-electronics engineers and makes energy-efficient building design a selling skill.
• ₹10,900 crore PM E-DRIVE scheme for electric vehicles and chargersSupport for e-buses, electric two- and three-wheelers and fast chargers (running to March 2026) builds demand for battery, motor-control and charging engineers.
• Defence budget up 15% to a record ₹7.85 lakh croreMore money for aircraft, ships and drones means more modernisation work for officers and defence engineers alike.
• Defence production hits a record ₹1.51 lakh crore in FY25, up 18%Made-in-India defence manufacturing is growing fast, so electronics, embedded and aerospace skills have a growing home here.
• ₹1,000 crore venture fund for space startups under IN-SPACeAbout 40 space startups are expected to get backing, so private space firms, not just ISRO, will hire engineers and scientists.
• ₹1 lakh crore RDI scheme to fund private R&D in sunrise sectorsLong-term, low-cost money for company R&D in energy, defence, semiconductors, AI, quantum and biotech means more research jobs outside universities.

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