Quantum leap for quantum mission in India: Hubs to be established in research institutes-Education News
What is said to be an eight-year-long mission is supposed to give the country a big leap in the realm of quantum technology.
About Rs 6000 crore outlay was approved for a National Quantum mission (NQM) which was approved by the union cabinet recently. Senior Adviser at the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Akhilesh Gupta on Monday addressing media persons in Bengaluru over a video conference said the National quantum mission has four verticals — quantum computing, communications, sensing and metrology and materials and devices. Each of the verticals will be coordinated by a thematic hub, formally established as a section eight company. Gupta said the DST would call for proposals in the future for the hubs which will be created on a consortium basis with one strong institute steering a vertical. He said the research coming out of the mission might change the precision of the clock, make more accurate to a centimeter or metre level, and cause more precise sensors for water or mines underground. and the applications were enormous. Researchers involved in quantum research in various national institutes in the city welcomed the decision of funding existing research and bringing in state-of-the-art equipment for the same.
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