“Past for innovation …”: China -semiconductor expert on India chooses the battery race to the bottom of “culture”

Karan Mihata, a Laser design engineer, has announced the semiconductor specialized in integrated spares, the closure of his company in India, citing deep root problems in the country’s ecosystem.

In an explicit post from LinkedIn, Mihat said that he will be separated from all integrated optical projects in India and explores opportunities in East Asia, especially China, where he sees “incredible exciting work” and “correct cooperative environments”.

“The integrated optical field is difficult enough without the need to deal with the endless cultural and personal problems associated with research and advanced development in India,” he wrote. “I want to be in a place where the system supports work, instead of having to fight the regime and try to push the engineering envelope at the same time.”

Mihata, who holds a PhD from Georgia Technology and has worked with Intel Corporation, has confirmed that international -level research depends on “people and culture”, which he finds lacking in India according to the required standards. He pointed to the higher cooperation, the multidisciplinary necessary through the laser, the rates, the optical detection, the manufacturing, the growth of crystal, the test, and the integration of systems-something that says it is missing in the academic ecosystems in India.

According to him, after more than 15 years of investment in silicon optical, Indian universities are still working in silos, as they only produce basic devices such as network barriers and filters, while it requires advanced innovation at the level of the system of openness and teamwork through disciplines.

He also claimed “corruption and insecurity in the Indian Academic circles,” as it was established by the senior faculty members of the younger talent despite the lack of useful results. “

Mihata concluded that residence in India means “participating in a race to the bottom” and risky of statute of limitations. He said: “If I want to do experimental work for research and development again, I need to leave India while my skills and my CVs are still relevant and attractive.”