In December 2025, the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog)’s Frontier Tech Hub unveiled a Roadmap on Transforming India into a leading Quantum-Powered Economy.
- The roadmap aims to make India as one of the world’s top-3 quantum economies by 2047.
- This roadmap was released in the presence of Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, Deputy Chief Minister (Dy-CM); D. Sridhar Babu, Information Technology Minister of Telangana; Dr. V.K. Saraswat, Member of NITI Aayog; B.V.R. Subrahmanyan, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NITI Aayog and other stakeholders.
Exam Hints:
- What? Release of Roadmap on Transforming India into a leading Quantum-Powered Economy
- Released by: Frontier Tech Hub (NITI Aayog)
- Co-Developers: Frontier Tech Hub (NITI Aayog); IBM Corporation (Knowledge Partner) and Expert Council of Leaders
- Key Objective: To Make India as one of the world’s top-3 quantum economies (2047).
- India’s Quantum Economy in 2035:
- To incubate minimum 10 globally competitive quantum startups (revenue of each startup more than USD 100 million);
- To capture over 50% of the value in the global quantum software and services market (2035);
- To Achieving Quantum Atmanirbharata (Self-Reliance) and Control critical points in global supply chains.
About Roadmap on Quantum Technology:
Overview: This newly released roadmap lays out clear imperatives and actionable strategies for realizing this vision by using the existing National Quantum Mission (NQM).
- Also, it provides a comprehensive overview of India’s current position, strategic strengths, and critical gaps and identifies key interventions to drive Research & Development (R&D), commercialization and ecosystem development.
Developed: It was developed by Frontier Tech hub of NITI Aayog in collaboration with International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation (as Knowledge Partner) and with the support of Expert Council of leaders across academia, government, and industry.
Key Targets:For India’s Quantum Economy in 2035, the roadmap has set certain targets like: incubating minimum 10 globally competitive quantum startups, each surpassing USD 100 million in revenue;
- Capturing more than 50% of the value in the global quantum software and services market by 2035.
- Achieving Quantum Atmanirbharata (Self-Reliance) and Controlling critical points in global supply chains.
Implementation:
- Phase 1 (2025–2030) focuses on building scale and market momentum. Key goals include expanding quantum hubs, funding at least 50 startups.
- Phase 2 (2030–2035) shifts toward global leadership.
Focus Areas: The roadmap outlines key focus areas like: health, pharma, logistics, financial services, and fintech to develop quantum-based products and solutions.
Key Priorities: The roadmap outlines some of the key priorities such as: accelerate industry engagement and investment; expand the quantum workforce; promote lab-to-market transitions; lead in global standard setting, among others.
About National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog):
It is premier think tank body which came into existence on January 01, 2015 replacing the Planning Commission of India (1950).
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – B.V.R. Subrahmanyam
Headquarters- New Delhi, Delhi
