MeITY and AWS announced Quantum Computing Applications Lab in India

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has announced the establishment of a Quantum Computing Applications Lab in partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS). The move will give select researchers, scientists access to Amazon’s Braket cloud-based quantum computing service.

“The area of quantum computing is at a very nascent stage in the country. The Lab is a great opportunity for our researchers, whether they are in educational institutions, in research labs or in the startup environment,” Ajay Sawhney, Secretary, MeitY said during the announcement. “With quantum computing, there is still a tremendous amount that all of us have to learn together. What exactly will it be useful for, how does it get applied to the scenario that we have within the country, these are the questions we must ask,” he added.