Addressing IBM’s ‘Think’ conference, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology (IT), asserted the need for quantum technology in realising country’s technology journey. The minister also informed that the government is planning to build capabilities in quantum and high performance computing to address challenges of the future.
According to Chandrasekhar, the country envisages from being a consumer of technologies to being an architect and a producer of technologies and innovation.
In a similar move towards quantum computing, the minister, in 2021, launched QSim – Quantum Computer Simulator Toolkit – to enable researchers and students to carry out research in quantum computing. The project is being executed collaboratively by IISc Bangalore, IIT Roorkee and C-DAC with the support of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
