That's less than half TSMC's revenue in a quarter.

Gotta start somewhere. Even the CHIPS Act and the first Big Fund were $52B and $20B in size respectively, and both Samsung [0] and the Taiwanese Government [1] have begun training programs in India specifically for device physics and fabrication. Taiwan is also sponsoring Indian to take training fellowships in semiconductor fabrication [2].

[0] - https://iisc-iswdp.org/

[1] - https://web.ncku.edu.tw/p/406-1000-274628,r3636.php?Lang=en

[2] - https://cltc.ntut.edu.tw/p/412-1035-18451.php?Lang=en