‘Tech Like Quantum Computing Will Be At Core Of Country’s Economic Expansion’

The Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Monday said that Quantum Computing will be at the core of India's growth and expansion in India’s Techade.

Chandrasekhar spoke about the disruptive role of Quantum Computing and pointed out that it is going to be the next big idea that will disrupt technology in general and computing in particular.

“We need to really work together to build a complete quantum ecosystem of innovation, startups, research labs, higher academic institutions, domestic companies, foreign companies, foreign academics for creating an India centric Quantum Ecosystem that works very well with other partners and players around the world,” the Minister said.

Emphasising that Technologies such as Quantum Computing will be at the core of country’s economic expansion in the India decade, Chandrasekhar said, “On one hand of the spectrum at the cutting edge we intend to build capabilities in quantum and high-performance computing and on the other hand we want to build consumer products, digital products, devices and solutions and allow more digital empowerment of the 1.2 billion Indians who will be connected to the internet by 2025-2026.”  

The Minister made these statements while virtually inaugurating a two-day Symposium on the Quantum Computing Ecosystem held at C-DAC, Pune.

The symposium aims to project India’s capabilities in Quantum Computing and aims to explore the technologies, systems and subsystems which make up the building blocks of quantum computers and bring about a synergy among key stakeholders to build a commercial scale Quantum Computer.