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NIT Rourkela Chip Highlights Odisha’s Role in India’s Semiconductor Push
NIT Rourkela has made a small computer chip that helps protect data.
The chip is designed for devices such as Internet of Things equipment and embedded systems.
It can encrypt information and check that the information has not been changed.
The chip was shown at SEMICON India 2026 in New Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi saw it during a presentation featuring work from 20 Indian institutions.
Students and professors at NIT Rourkela developed the chip through a government programme.
It was later manufactured at Semiconductor Complex Limited in Mohali.
The institute hopes this work will help train more semiconductor experts and create more Indian-designed chips.
NIT Rourkela’s ASCON AEAD Security Chip was showcased at SEMICON India 2026 in New Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a commemorative emblem featuring chip designs from 20 Indian institutions.
The security chip was designed for encrypted, authenticated data transmission in IoT devices and embedded systems.
The project was developed under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s Chip-to-Startup Programme and fabricated at Semiconductor Complex Limited, Mohali.
NIT Rourkela plans to expand semiconductor research, training and indigenous chip development for national and societal applications.
- Who
- The National Institute of Technology Rourkela, its researchers and professors, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, and Semiconductor Complex Limited were involved; Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the presentation.
- What
- NIT Rourkela’s ASCON AEAD Security Chip was showcased as part of a commemorative emblem representing chip-design contributions from 20 Indian institutions.
- Where
- The exhibition was held at Yashobhoomi in New Delhi; the chip was fabricated at Semiconductor Complex Limited in Mohali.
- When
- The presentation took place during SEMICON India 2026, held from September 17 to 19.
- Why
- The showcase highlighted India’s indigenous semiconductor design capabilities and efforts to build a domestic semiconductor ecosystem.
Key facts
- Chip
- ASCON AEAD Security Chip (C2S0091)
- Primary use
- Secure data encryption and authentication for resource-constrained IoT devices and embedded systems
- Designers
- Pradeep Kumar Mohanty, under the supervision of Prof. Ayas Kanta Swain and Prof. Kamalakanta Mahapatra
- Government programme
- Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s Chip-to-Startup Programme
- Fabrication site
- Semiconductor Complex Limited, Mohali
- Event
- SEMICON India 2026, held September 17–19 at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi
- Institutional history
- NIT Rourkela has pursued semiconductor education and chip-design work since 1999
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