SSIR and IISc Open Quantum Research Lab on Bengaluru Campus

Key facts

• Samsung Semiconductor India Research (SSIR) and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) inaugurated a Quantum Research Lab on the IISc campus in Bengaluru on 17 October 2026, funded through SSIR's CSR support and housed in the Department of Electronic Systems Engineering.
• The lab, led by Professor Mayank Shrivastava, will work on qubit characterisation, cryogenic electronics, single-photon sources and detectors, and 2D-material quantum devices.
• The lab supports India's National Quantum Mission, approved in 2023 with an outlay of Rs 6,003.65 crore for FY 2023-24 to FY 2030-31 and implemented by the Department of Science and Technology.
• IISc already hosts a quantum computing hub opened in September 2026.
• The National Quantum Mission, approved by the Union Cabinet in April 2023, targets intermediate-scale quantum computers of 50 to 1,000 physical qubits over eight years; IISc, Bengaluru, was founded in 1909 with support from Jamsetji Tata and the Mysore royal family.