VESIT students break new ground with chip design selected for Semicon India 2025

The Mumbai-based institute’s work, built under the Chips to Startup programme and fabricated at SCL Mohali, became part of India’s semiconductor showcase in Bengaluru attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Student engineers from Vivekanand Education Society’s Institute of Technology (VESIT) have entered uncharted territory for a private college in Maharashtra. Their indigenously designed integrated circuit was among the projects featured at Semicon India 2025, the country’s flagship platform for semiconductor self-reliance.
The chip, a Programmable Gate Array Integrated Circuit (PGA IC), was developed under the Government of India’s Chips to Startup (C2S) programme and fabricated at the Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL), Mohali, using 180 nm CMOS technology. It is one of the first designs from a private autonomous institute in the state to move from classroom research into national-level demonstration.

Faculty members at VESIT said the project was carried out by a student team working under the mentorship of the electronics department. The design, they explained, is aimed at bridging the gap between theoretical learning and practical semiconductor development, a gap that is often only filled at IITs or public research institutions.
The Bengaluru event, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, highlighted India’s ambition to grow its domestic chip ecosystem and reduce import dependence. For VESIT, inclusion in the showcase marks recognition that private colleges can contribute directly to this mission.

The institute, affiliated with the University of Mumbai but operating as an autonomous entity, described the opportunity as proof of what student-led innovation can achieve when supported by national programmes like C2S.
Observers in the semiconductor community said the appearance of VESIT at Semicon India signals a widening of the base of talent contributing to chip design in India a field where the country has strength in design talent but limited fabrication success.

As the global race for semiconductor independence intensifies, the recognition of a student-built chip from Mumbai is being seen as both symbolic and practical: symbolic because it widens India’s innovation base, practical because it encourages more private institutes to enter the domain.

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