Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Visits ASML Headquarters in the Netherlands

• Bilateral semiconductor diplomacy event: Union MeitY Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw visited ASML HQ at Veldhoven, Netherlands on 23 January 2026 to deepen India–ASML engagement for the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM).
• ASML is the world's monopoly supplier of EUV (Extreme Ultraviolet) lithography machines — the most precision-intensive step in chip fabrication.
• Signals India's transition from policy-design phase to equipment-ecosystem phase under ISM 2.0.