IT secretary S Krishnan calls for research on use of diamond to make semicon, doubles R&D fund

New Delhi: India and the Netherlands can collaborate in research for using lab-grown diamonds to produce semiconductors, a senior government official said on Thursday. Addressing the CII Indo-Dutch Tech Summit, Electronics and IT secretary S Krishnan said that the traditional business of lab-grown diamonds provides a common linkage between the Netherlands, Belgium and India’s Surat district.