C-DOT Inks MoU with IIT (BHU) Varanasi to Launch Its Sixth Centre of Excellence for Advanced Telecom Research

Key facts

• The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), the telecom R&D centre of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, on 23 October 2026 to establish its sixth Centre of Excellence (CoE).
• The MoU was signed in the presence of Dr. Pankaj Kumar Dalela, EVP, C-DOT, and Professor Amit Patra, Director, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, and the ceremony was followed by the inauguration of the CoE.
• The new CoE will focus on Wireless Communications, Quantum Technologies, Cybersecurity and AI-driven Communication Systems, with advanced research in 5G Advanced/6G Technologies, very large-scale Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) systems, Integrated Sensing and Communication, AI-Native Communication Networks and devices, and Quantum and Post-Quantum Communication Technologies.
• The CoE expands C-DOT's national network of Centres of Excellence to six, joining existing collaborations with IIT Kanpur, IIT Gandhinagar, IIT Roorkee, IIT Hyderabad and IISc Bengaluru through FSID.