Quantum India Bengaluru (QIB) 2025
Karnataka, particularly Bengaluru, has firmly established itself as a leading tech hub in India and globally. With a vibrant IT, biotechnology, nanotechnology, and startup ecosystem flourishing in the city, the Government of Karnataka (GoK) is embarking on its next venture: establishing a Quantum ecosystem in its capital. This is in close harmony with the recent initiative that the Government of India undertook to promote Quantum Technologies by launching the National Quantum Mission.
Quantum technologies are already gathering pace in Bengaluru, with multiple institutions, including the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), the Raman Research Institute (RRI), and the International Center for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), becoming national nodes in this effort. To take advantage of this exceptionally skilled ecosystem and developing infrastructure, it is crucial for India to have a unified platform to bring experts in the field together. This will be achieved through the proposed Quantum India, Bengaluru (QIB) – a biennial conference dedicated to Quantum Technologies supported by the Government of Karnataka (GoK). QIB will aim to showcase the latest in Quantum Science and Technologies and promote collaboration and synergy among the professionals (academics, industry, and entrepreneurs) working in India and abroad. With an ambitious goal to motivate students and young researchers, our vision is to build Bengaluru as the ‘Quantum City’ of the future. It is only fitting that QIB is being launched in 2025 – The International Year for Quantum.
Quantum India Bengaluru (QIB) 2025 scheduled for July 31st and August 1st at the Hilton Bengaluru Embassy Manyata Business Park will be supported by the Karnataka Science and Technology Promotion Society (KSTePS), Dept. of Science & Technology, GoK, with organizational leadership from the Quantum Initiative at the Indian Institute of Science (IQTI), Bengaluru. The IISc Quantum Technology Initiative (IQTI) is a multidisciplinary effort to develop various aspects of QT indigenously. It has brought together around forty faculty members (Physicists, Material scientists, Engineers, and Computer scientists) for this purpose. IISc has been at the forefront of helping India develop past strategic missions (Indian nuclear technology and space technology programs were conceived and nurtured at IISc) and is currently building the national hub for quantum computing in India.
QIB 2025 will feature five major themes, which will be conducted as parallel sessions during the conference. These themes are,
- Quantum in Computing, Finance, and AI
- Quantum in Healthcare
- Quantum in Security
- Quantum Peripherals and Hardware
- Quantum in Society and Art
We envisage enthusiastic participation from students and academic communities to startups, large industries, governmental ministries, and departments.
