Russia seeks to team up with India on quantum computing

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Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) forum. “We have not signed any official contracts and partnerships so far. However, next year, we’ll be discussing this on the platform of Brics.

We’ve held and discussed potential ideas for mutual collaboration among scientists, and there is huge mutual interest among our countries," Yunusov said. He was speaking on the sidelines of a plenary session at the Future Technologies Forum on 13 July attended by Russian president Vladimir Putin. “With Russia holding the Brics Presidency next year, we expect to discuss specific projects like this in several important areas with our partners, including cutting-edge computing technology, as well as data processing, storage and transmission technologies," Putin said.

He also proposed a “national technology project" for 2030, which includes establishing a roadmap for Russian quantum technology development. However, prospects of such partnerships presently remain in doubt, amid heightened geopolitical tensions. A senior official in the union government of India said that while there have been multiple delegations from Russia that have visited numerous institutes and government-affiliated departments to India in the past six months, nothing concrete has been signed.

A senior member of a top Indian research body concurred, stating that while multiple discussions on potential collaborations took place prior to last year, no official announcement has been made so far. A third official from a top academic institute also affirmed approaches by Russia, but stated that no agreements of any form have been reached upon. All the officials requested anonymity as talks of collaborative contracts between India and Russia have not reached any