India, June 12 -- Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology, Railways and Information & Broadcasting, Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday announced the establishment of an Advanced Quantum Computing and Quantum Communications Lab at the Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur.

The lab will be established under the Electronics and ICT Academic Project of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).

It will focus on building indigenous capabilities in Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), Quantum Computing simulation, and Quantum Sensing hardware components.

The Minister stated that the work to be undertaken under this project will be of significant importance for the country. The lab will also undertake ...