Banking & telecom will potentially spend ₹2,000 cr over 5 years to become #quantum ready. A Feb 2026 roadmap calls for phased adoption of post-quantum cryptography, prioritising critical sectors & targeting nationwide rollout by 2033.

For PSBs, this means auditing existing encryption, mapping exposed systems & piloting PQC post-quantum or hybrid schemes. Since encryption is deeply embedded across apps, payment rails, ATMs, cloud & data centers, the transition will be gradual & costly but the only counter to Harvest Now, Decrypt Later attacks.

Amaravati #Quantum Valley to get India's first quantum-secure communications test bed via SRM University-AP, C-DOT, and DoT partnership, Chandrababu Naidu announced today. #Research

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A Great #MustRead article on the #quantum city being built in Andhra Pradesh.

A landmark technological breakthrough

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee has developed a non-bonded wafer manufacturing method for silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers using ultra-low pressure thermal CVD technology.

Used in #Aviation, #Defence, #Automotive, Radio Frequency, power electronics, MEMS, FinFETs, MCUs, 5G, and #Quantum (silicon-qubit, SET) all use SOI wafers.

France provides SOI wafer technology, Japan supplies raw silicon, and Taiwan manufactures chips, while the USA leads in design and Finland specializes in sensors. Breaking into this tightly controlled market, IIT Roorkee has achieved a historic milestone by developing an independent, ultra-low-cost, non-bonded manufacturing method to produce high-quality SOI wafers domestically.

With this patent, India enters a highly exclusive circle of nations capable of designing SOI substrates.

Bengaluru-based startup company 'QpiAI' has built India's most powerful indigenous 64-qubit superconducting #quantum processor 'Kaveri'. It was revealed by PM Modi in Nov 2025.

Only 7 countries in the world can design and fabricate a quantum processor like this.

#Research #Startups
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Amaravati #Quantum Valley has achieved a landmark milestone with its indigenous Dilution Refrigerator successfully reaching 4 Kelvin (-269°C)

This achievement marks one of the most important advances yet in India’s quest to build a complete homegrown quantum technology ecosystem.

Bengaluru-based Quanfluence, founded by ex-Texas Instruments and Synopsys engineers, built India’s first commercial photonic quantum computer that runs at room temperature. With $2M seed funding and $400K revenue from 8 customers in 2024, its Optical Ising Machine handles 128 variables and aims for millions. Backed by IIT Madras and IISER Mohali researchers, it’s one of only two companies in India pursuing commercial quantum computing. #Quantum

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IIT Bombay is leading a consortium to create a wafer-scale two dimensional material for #quantum devices.

#Research #semiconductor

QClairvoyance Quantum Labs signed an MoU with IITM–C-DOT Samgnya Technologies Foundation to collaborate on quantum R&D, focusing on computing, AI, algorithms, and post‑quantum cybersecurity under India’s National Quantum Mission. #Quantum

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📡 India achieves major quantum milestone:

A secure free-space Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) link was successfully tested over a record 5.56 km between BISAG-N and IIT Gandhinagar. Developed by QNu Labs, the open-air system maintained ultra-secure data encryption with a Quantum Bit Error Rate under 5%—marking a foundational leap forward for India's satellite-ready National Quantum Mission. #Quantum

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🔒 India's banking sector are fast-tracking post-quantum cryptography (PQC) migration under an State Bank of India (SBI)-led working group to meet a strict 2027 government deadline for critical information infrastructure.

To shield the financial system against imminent "harvest now, decrypt later" cyberattacks, C-DOT and Synergy Quantum are deploying automated crypto discovery tools to overhaul legacy security before industrial-scale quantum threats materialize. #Security #Quantum

💡⚛️🚀 IIT Delhi researchers have successfully transmitted fragile quantum-entangled photons alongside heavy classical internet data over a 50-km active telecom fiber link, proving quantum-secure communication can safely reuse existing infrastructure without requiring expensive dedicated cables.

While performance metrics like the exact secure key rate and quantum error bit rate (QBER) remain unpublished, this co-propagation milestone represents a massive leap for scalable, cost-effective defense and financial encryption networks in India. #Research #Quantum

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IBM plans to deploy India’s largest quantum computer early next year at the tech park in Amaravati. The project forms part of IBM’s Andhra Pradesh Quantum Valley initiative in partnership with Tata Consultancy Services. NITI Aayog said India will need to train some 100,000 quantum developers for the 2030s. #Quantum

🔒 DRDO has successfully tested its Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) platform at the Proof & Experimental Establishment (PXE) in Chandipur, advancing India's quantum-secured communications.

Developed with production partner Taqbit Labs under DRDO's MCC cluster, the technology successfully fortified real-time telemetry and critical data for artillery and armored weapon testing with unconditional security and automated eavesdropping detection. #Quantum

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⚛️🇮🇳 Samsung Semiconductor India (SSIR) + IISc Bengaluru open #Quantum Research Lab at IISc — CSR-funded facility for qubit characterisation, cryogenic electronics, device reliability, single-photon sources/detectors & 2D-material quantum devices; aims to train national talent pool & boost India's quantum + advanced #semiconductor ecosystem. #Research

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🇮🇳 Centre backs ₹300 crore indigenous #quantum security project.

💰 TDB to provide ₹150 crore funding to Bengaluru-based QNu Labs.

🔐 Project targets secure communications, GPS-denied navigation and quantum sensing technologies. #Startups

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🚀🤖 India is launching NM-ICPS 2.0 to merge #quantum technology with physical #AI, aiming to lead the Global South in deep-tech innovation.

💻🌐 Backed by the ₹6,003.65 crore National Quantum Mission, domestic scientists have already successfully deployed an indigenous 1,000-km Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) network.

📈✨ Plans are now underway to scale this network up to 2,000-km, while the nation aggressively targets a total R&D spend of 2% of its GDP by 2035!

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🇮🇳 C-DAC and Bank of India join hands to advance indigenous #quantum technologies for banking sector.

🔐 Partnership to explore quantum-safe banking and #cybersecurity solutions.

⚡ Joint #research and pilot projects planned.

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🚀 World First Outside the Lab!

🇮🇳 C-DAC & TeamSDE have successfully demonstrated a groundbreaking proof-of-concept for Fully Device-Independent (DI), Entanglement-Based Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) integrated with Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC).

🦅 The demonstration at MCTE, Mhow used TeamSDE’s Sagar Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) to carry an airborne quantum payload, sharing secure keys with ground stations for real-time encrypted file transfers.

🔒 True DI-QKD eliminates the need to trust source or detector hardware (loophole-free Bell tests)—a capability previously confined strictly to controlled laboratory environments.

🌐 These UAS-deployed quantum nodes can be launched on demand, providing unhackable communications in tactical zones where terrestrial infrastructure is damaged or missing.

#AatmarnirbharBharat #Quantum