- Published on September 19, 2025
- In Deep Tech
Beyond Quantum Computing: India’s Race to Lead
From sensing to secure communications, Arindam Ghosh urged at Cypher 2025 that India cannot afford to be a consumer in the new quantum era.
- By Smruthi Nadig
Quantum technologies are moving out of labs and into the core of national strategy and industry. What started as a scientific pursuit has become the “second quantum revolution,” reshaping how the world will compute, communicate, and sense.
At Cypher 2025, one of India’s largest AI conference organised by AIM in Bengaluru, Arindam Ghosh, professor at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), reminded the audience that quantum is more than computing.
“Many people think it’s just quantum computing, but it’s not so. It’s beyond just computing.”
Ghosh described three pillars of the field: computing, communications, and sensing. Each has its own timeline, but all point to a digital future very different from today.
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Smruthi Nadig
Smruthi brings over two years of experience in reporting on the global energy industry. They hold a Master's Degree from the University of Leeds in International Journalism and a Bachelor's Degree from Christ University in Media Studies, Economics and Political Science.
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