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Swiss companies and cardinal probe institutions successful the quantum exertion assemblage person responded positively to concern opportunities successful the projected Quantum City successful Bengaluru, stated N.S. Boseraju, Minister for Minor Irrigation, Science and Technology.
Addressing a property league present connected Wednesday (October 29, 2025), the Minister said the Karnataka government is implementing respective programmes aimed astatine establishing Bengaluru arsenic the “global focal constituent for the quantum sector”. Following the announcement astatine the country’s archetypal Quantum Conference, the State authorities has already allocated onshore for the Quantum City.
Investment opportunities showcased
Talking astir his caller sojourn to Switzerland, helium said discussions concerning the city’s improvement were held with representatives from starring planetary quantum probe institutions, including ETH Zurich and CERN. The Minister noted that Karnataka, successful collaboration with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), has initiated courses to make skilled quantum quality resources. He emphasised the availability of adept endowment and a conducive situation for caller probe successful the State.
“Dr. Michael Hengartner, President of the ETH Zurich Board, responded positively to our petition for practice successful probe projects,” the Minister stated.
Karnataka participated successful the “Swissnex Quantum Summit”, wherever the delegation provided accusation connected concern opportunities to representatives of large planetary quantum companies. A objection of the projected Quantum City was besides showcased.
The delegation visited ETH Zurich, the instauration famously associated with Albert Einstein’s research. The Minister extended an invitation to world-renowned directors of the ETH Zurich Quantum Center — Prof. Andreas Wallraff, Prof. Jonathan Home, and Prof. Klaus Ensslin — pioneers successful superconducting qubits and trapped ion systems probe for implicit 20 years, to be the upcoming Quantum India Conference.
ETH Zurich University to bid Karnataka students
The Minister noted that respective probe innovations astatine ETH Zurich University’s laboratories person successfully transitioned into startups. He said the delegation received a affirmative effect regarding the adoption of a akin ecosystem wrong the Quantum City and the petition for collaboration.
During the sojourn to Zurich Instruments, accusation was gathered connected the manufacture of indispensable instrumentation required for Quantum Computing development. The Minister further announced that this instauration has agreed to supply grooming to probe students from Karnataka.
