The Institute of Technology-Delhi on Sunday said it has established a Centre of Excellence (CoE) on quantum technologies to bring research activities occurring in various domains of Quantum Technologies at IIT-Delhi under a single umbrella.
The CoE will bring synergy and coherence in the activities being carried out at the institute and will support the Principal Investigators to pitch in for more significant projects from the DST and other funding agencies, the institute said. It added that the field of quantum technology holds immense promise for significant breakthroughs in the coming years and that the Centre has also announced a commitment worth ₹8,000 crores in the area of Quantum Technology.
Rajendra Singh, Head, School of Interdisciplinary Research (SIRe), IIT Delhi said in the past 100 years or so, Quantum Physics has impacted society in an unprecedented way and the second quantum revolution is now around the corner. He also added the CoE on Quantum Technologies at IIT-D will focus on select thrust areas.
He also added that by exploiting the characteristics of quantum physics in light and materials, researchers invented both the laser and the transistor. Many countries like the USA, China, Japan, the EU, and the UK have invested heavily into this technology. Following the suit, the Indian government has sanctioned Rs 8000 crores for research in the area of quantum technology.
Such inventions form the basis of information technology as a whole, computers, the internet, and much more besides, which to a large extent has shaped our society today. It was the first quantum revolution. It will benefit enormously from the advancements in our ability to detect and manipulate single quantum objects such as photons and atoms.
