The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), under the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IIT-R).
As part of the MoU, C-DOT is setting up a centre of excellence (CoE) at IIT-R. The centre aims to accelerate indigenous research, innovation, and capacity building in advanced communication technologies. It will focus on wireless communication, quantum technologies, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence (AI)-based applications. The CoE is expected to strengthen academia-industry collaboration by combining IIT-R’s academic expertise with C-DOT’s industry strengths, enabling students, researchers and start-ups to contribute to India’s innovation and self-reliance efforts.
Additionally, the centre will drive joint research and prototype development in key emerging areas, including 5G/6G, RF–Sub-THz integrated circuits, sensors, millimetre-wave beamforming antennas with integrated ICs, V2X communication, data-driven wireless communication systems, and energy-efficient technologies.
The CoE will leverage C-DOT’s experience in developing indigenous telecom solutions to act as a dedicated hub for R&D, supporting start-ups, generating intellectual property, and enabling knowledge exchange through workshops, training programmes, and joint academic-industry engagements.
Describing the vision for the CoE, CEO, C-DOT, said, “This collaboration brings together expertise of India’s leading academic institute and R&D strengths of C-DOT, to accelerate indigenous telecom innovation. Together, IIT-R and C-DOT will build technologies that reduce dependence on foreign systems and create new opportunities for India to lead in advanced domains such as 5G, 6G, AI and secure communication systems.”
Further, speaking on the partnership, director, IIT-R, said, “This collaboration marks an important milestone for IIT-R as we join hands with C-DOT to advance India’s next-generation telecom capabilities. IIT-R has a strong legacy in communication engineering, semiconductor technologies, and emerging wireless systems that will complement C-DOT’s national mission for secure, indigenous and future-ready telecom solutions. The CoE will provide a transformative platform for our faculty, researchers and students to co-develop technologies of strategic national importance and contribute to India’s long-term vision of technological leadership.”
