On 24 Nov 2025, Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh announced ₹720 Cr worth of Quantum Fabrication & Central Facilities across IISc Bengaluru, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, and IIT Kanpur under NQM.
IISc Bengaluru and IIT Bombay will advance quantum computing fabrication using superconducting, photonic and spin qubits.
The infrastructure is divided into three main categories:
A Design and Manufacturing facility,
A Characterization and Testing facility, and
A Packaging facility.
Facility Access – This facility will be open to academia, industry, start-ups, strategic sectors, and NQM investigators, creating a robust ecosystem for designing, prototyping, and scaling sovereign quantum hardware.