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Aims: IKT 16 is an X-ray and radio-faint supernova remnant (SNR) in the SmallMagellanic Cloud (SMC). A detailed X-ray study of this SNR with XMM-Newtonconfirmed the presence of a hard X-ray source near its centre, indicating thedetection of the first composite SNR in the SMC. With a dedicated Chandraobservation we aim to resolve the point source and confirm its nature. We alsoacquire new ATCA observations of the source at 2.1 GHz with improved fluxdensity estimates and resolution.  Methods: We perform detailed spatial and spectral analysis of the source.With the highest resolution X-ray and radio image of the centre of the SNRavailable today, we resolve the source and confirm its pulsar wind nebula (PWN)nature. Further, we constrain the geometrical parameters of the PWN and performspectral analysis for the point source and the PWN separately. We also test forthe radial variations of the PWN spectrum and its possible east west asymmetry.  Results: The X-ray source at the centre of IKT 16 can be resolved into asymmetrical elongated feature centering a point source, the putative pulsar.Spatial modeling indicates an extent of 5.2 arcsec of the feature with its axisinclined at 82 degree east from north, aligned with a larger radio featureconsisting of two lobes almost symmetrical about the X-ray source. The pictureis consistent with a PWN which has not yet collided with the reverse shock. Thepoint source is about three times brighter than the PWN and has a hard spectrumof spectral index 1.1 compared to a value 2.2 for the PWN. This points to thepresence of a pulsar dominated by non-thermal emission. The expected E_{dot} is~ 10^37 erg s^-1 and spin period < 100 ms. However, the presence of a compactnebula unresolved by Chandra at the distance of the SMC cannot completely beruled out.

IKT 16: the first X-ray confirmed composite SNR in the SMC