In a major leap for India’s semiconductor ambitions, a team from IIT Bombay clinched top honours at the prestigious VLSI User Design Track Competition during the 38th International Conference on VLSI Design and the 24th International Conference on Embedded Systems, held in Bengaluru this January.

The team presented a groundbreaking anti-fuse One-Time Programmable (OTP) memory design, built using patented PECVD SiO₂ capacitors integrated into CMOS technology at the 180nm node at Semiconductor Labs, Mohali. Their solution enables low-voltage programming (3.3V), enhancing data security in critical systems.

Led by Prof. Udayan Ganguly of the Department of Electrical Engineering, the award-winning team included Ajay Kumar Singh, Shreeniwas Daulatabad, Shatadal Chatterjee, and PhD scholars Abhishek Kadam and Shreyas Deshmukh. The innovation is set to power secure, radiation-hardened memory for high-stakes applications like e-passports, driver’s licenses, and even space missions.

The technology is now being commercialised by Numelo Tech Pvt Ltd, a startup incubated at IIT Bombay’s Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE).

This win is yet another example of how IIT Bombay fosters deep-tech excellence and empowers its researchers and alumni to deliver global-impact solutions rooted in indigenous innovation.

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