Chandigarh, April 16: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naiu, a visionary leader and architect of IT Revolution and instrumental in development of Hitech City in Hyderabad now reestablished another record by inaugurating India’s first open access Quantum frontier including Amaravati Quantum reference facility one at SRM university in Amaravati and virtually launching Amaravati Quantum Reference facility -2 at Medha Towers in Gannavaram today marking new Quantum era on the occasion of World Quantum day today.
Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister made it clear that the state government is committed to produce indigenous quantum computer from Amaravati soon and appealed to those who extended cooperation for the project to make it a reality stating that there is no dearth of funds for innovation and public universities also should compete with private universities towards encouraging innovation and start up projects. He stressed the need for creating an eco system by filling gaps. Describing today as a greatest day on the occasion of birth anniversary of Baba Saheb Ambedkar and World Quantum Day, the Chief Minister said that with the launching of two quantum facility centres it is proved that India is capable of producing quantum computers.
The Chief Minister said for too long India missed major global breakthourgh in hardware and products. Now Quantum gives India a once in a generation opportunity to develop hardware. Stating that Andhra Pradesh is proud to contribute to the national quantum mission, the Chief Minister stressed the need for spreading the message that we are capable of building institutions, talent, infrastructure, confidence and building the future of young generations.
Stating that Amaravati Quantum 1S and 1Q are not merely computers, the Chief Minister said that they are fully instrumental hardware test beds, which will enable validation, benchmarking and certification under real operating conditions. They will give India a platform not only to study Quantum technology but to build, test, refine and trust it. With this Andhra Pradesh has become first Indian state to commission Quantum systems on its soil. He stated that Quantum will define future of computing. With establishing Amaravati 1S at SRM university and Amaravati 1Q at Medha towers , one strengthens academic and research access and another enable industry-facing testing and deployment. He said his vision on quantum became a reality in eight months with the cooperation of Quantum scientists and hardware experts. The TIFR Mumbai contributed superconducting Qubit processors and Josephson parametric amplifiers, IISc Bengaluru contributed device design and characterization, DRDA DYSL Pune contributed Quantum control electronics, Amber Enterprises and Qbit Force worked on dilution refrigerator systems.Qute Electronics contributed precision current and voltage sources. Dimira supplied crylogenic wiring and interconnects, he added. Participation of Different institutions, different capabilities worked under one nation mission. To top it all for the first time a Quantum system in India has been assembled with predominantly domestic supply chain marking a milestone in national scientific capability.
Dedicating Amaravati Quantum reference facility -1 and Amaravati quantum reference facility-2 to nation, the Chief Minister opined that technology should empower every citizen. At the same time through one family one entrepreneur, he wanted entrepreneurship should become a mass movement. At the same time he stated that innovation must spread across the society and it should not confine to few institutions. He said when Quantum accelerates drug discovery, people get better medicines, when it improves optimization, farmers can improve productivity. He said Quantum will create opportunities not only for scientists, but also hardware engineers, cryogenic specialists, control system designers, fabrication experts, calibration teams, software developers and applied researchers.
Earlier Secretary Science and Technology, Govt of India Abhay Karandikar, AP state Quantum Mission director CV Sridhar, Qbit force founder L Venkata Subramaniam, Qubitec founder Prudhvi Pinnaka, DRDO NHTL Director General RV Haraprasad, SRM university vice chancellor Ch Satishkumar, SRM Pro chancellor P Satyanarayabna and others addressed the gathering.
