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IT Minister Nara Lokesh | Photo Credit: ANI
Amaravati’s Quantum Valley is anchored connected 4 pillars — deploying quantum computers and processing probe applications; gathering a robust bundle ecosystem; strengthening the endowment base; and, astir ambitiously, establishing hardware manufacturing, said IT Minister Nara Lokesh. He was speaking astatine a league titled ‘Atmanirbhar Quantum – Building India’s Indigenous Quantum Stack successful Andhra Pradesh’ during the 30th CII Partnership Summit held successful Amaravati connected Saturday. During the summit, Mr. Lokesh besides announced that the authorities volition soon motorboat the Naipunyam portal to assistance the State’s younker upgrade their skills. The level volition usage AI to measure existent competencies and usher learners toward applicable online courses. He said Andhra Pradesh is adopting a three-pronged AI strategy — Reskill, Redefine and Reimagine — aimed astatine equipping young radical with caller capabilities, improving productivity, and unlocking caller possibilities done emerging technologies. Rather than viewing Artificial Intelligence arsenic a threat, helium said, the authorities intends to clasp it and guarantee that AI becomes a span to progress, not a barrier. The league besides marked the motorboat of the Quantum Valley and Quantum Policy — a first-of-its-kind model establishing India’s largest unfastened quantum testbed. The inaugural outlines a broad roadmap for infrastructure development, indigenous hardware creation, probe and endowment support, and afloat ecosystem maturation aimed astatine positioning Amaravati arsenic a planetary quantum hub. P.S. Pradyumna, Secretary to the Chief Minister, said, “When we examined the components of a quantum computer, we realised that overmuch of it tin beryllium built successful India — successful Amaravati — from dilution refrigerators and amplifiers to cables and power systems. Startups are already moving connected these.” He added that specified technologies present request the close ecosystem, a notation facility, a dependable endowment pipeline, and committed investors. Abhay Karandikar, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, noted that the spot of specified thematic hubs lies successful their multidisciplinary approach, bridging the spread betwixt cutting-edge probe and manufacture needs by fostering exertion development, nurturing skilled professionals, encouraging startups, and enabling planetary partnerships. Those contiguous included Bhaskar Katamneni, Secretary for IT, Electronics and Communications; Robert Mauro, CEO, PASQAL; Devroop Dhar, Co-founder and CEO, Primus Partners Pvt. Ltd.; K.N. Satyanarayana, Director, IIT Tirupati; and Amith Singhee, Director and CTO, IBM.
Published - November 15, 2025 09:52 p.m. IST
