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Govt, Amazon Web Service team up to set up quantum computing lab
21 January 2021
India’s ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) will establish a Quantum Computing Applications Lab in the country, in collaboration with Amazon Web Service (AWS) to accelerate quantum computing-led research and development and enable new scientific discoveries
The MeitY Quantum Computing Applications Lab will provide quantum computing as a service to government ministries and departments, researchers, scientists, academia, and developers, to enable advances in areas such as manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture, and aerospace engineering.
AWS will provide hosting with technical and programmatic support for the Lab. This MeitY initiative will provide scientific, academic, and developer communities access to a quantum computing development environment aligned with the government’s science and technology priorities.
MeitY to establish Quantum Computing Applications Lab in collaboration with AWS
Quantum computing is an emerging field harnessing the laws of quantum mechanics to build powerful tools to process information and has the potential to solve computational problems beyond the reach of classical computers
Nidhi Singal | January 20, 2021 | Updated 05:18 IST
In an initiative to apply quantum computing to advance India s science and technology development initiatives and bolster the economy, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in collaboration with AWS will establish a Quantum Computing Applications Lab in the country.
Quantum computing is an emerging field harnessing the laws of quantum mechanics to build powerful tools to process information and has the potential to solve computational problems that are beyond the reach of classical computers. This new lab will help accelerate quantum computing-led research and development and enable new scientific discoveries.
The Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Tuesday launched a quantum computing applications lab in the country in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to accelerate quantum computing-led research and .