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NIT Rourkela-designed chip showcased to PM Modi at SEMICON India

Bhubaneswar, Sep 18 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today received a security chip designed by a PhD scholar of NIT Rourkela at SEMICON India 2026 here, highlighting the institute's contribution to India's semiconductor efforts.
The chip was presented as part of an emblem featuring contributions from 20 institutions.
Modi interacted with the student designers and appreciated NIT Rourkela's work, union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said.
Pradeep Kumar Mohanty, a PhD scholar in Electronics and Communication Engineering at NIT Rourkela, designed the ASCON AEAD Security Chip (C2S0091) under the supervision of professors Ayas Kanta Swain and Kamalakanta Mahapatra.
The lightweight cryptographic chip is designed for secure data encryption and authentication in resource-constrained Internet of Things (IoT) and embedded systems. The chip was developed under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology's Chip-to-Startup (C2S) Programme.
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi congratulated NIT Rourkela, saying the achievement reflected the state's growing semiconductor capabilities.
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