Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH) and the leading telecom research and development organization under the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set up a CoE in Advanced Communication Technologies.
Wireless communications, 5G Advanced, 6G, cybersecurity, AI, quantum technologies, and post-quantum communication systems will be the center of attention at the recently established CoE, which will conduct ground-breaking research and development in these areas.
Continuing its tradition of bolstering India’s telecom research and innovation ecosystem, C-DOT has established a fourth Centre of Excellence. The previous three were at IIT Kanpur, IIT Gandhinagar, and IIT Roorkee.
With the help of C-DOT’s knowledge of indigenous telecom technologies and the research capabilities of IIT Hyderabad, the Centre of Excellence hopes to close the gap between the two sectors. In order to create innovative communication technologies and solutions, it will serve as a meeting place for academics, entrepreneurs, and students.
The CoE will work together on research and prototypes for new areas like advanced wireless communication systems, quantum key distribution (QKD), post-quantum cryptography (PQC), AI-enabled communication devices and networks, and very large-scale multiplexed-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems.
With the help of this project, the Indian government hopes to achieve its goals of Atmanirbhar Bharat and Digital India, and become a world leader in telecom innovation.
Members of the faculty and top executives from both organisations, including Prof. B.S. Murty, Director of IIT Hyderabad, and Dr. Rajkumar Upadhyay, CEO of C-DOT, were present for the signing of the MoU. The Centre of Excellence was formally inaugurated after the signing ceremony.
In order to create disaggregated 5G Open RAN (O-RAN) solutions, C-DOT has previously worked with WiSig Networks, an IIT Hyderabad incubated business. The new CoE will expand upon this cooperation by providing workshops, training programs, and collaborative research activities to foster creativity, intellectual property creation, skill development, information exchange, and startup innovation.
At the event, Dr. Rajkumar Upadhyay spoke about “Building Indigenous Communications Technologies for Viksit Bharat,” which included topics such as the current state of the telecom industry in India, the Bharat 6G Vision, the changing telecom value chains, international standards, and new developments in the field. In addition, he highlighted the local technologies developed by C-DOT, which include 4G/5G solutions, the TRINETRA cybersecurity suite, secure quantum communication systems, platforms for disaster management, telecom apps enabled by artificial intelligence, and Mission Critical Communication (MCX) solutions.
At the event, Dr. Upadhyay spoke about how the CoE will aid in the creation of safe, scalable, and internationally competitive telecom solutions and how it will contribute to a strong innovation pipeline for NGCTs.
In his remarks, Prof. B.S. Murty praised the partnership as a watershed moment for IIT Hyderabad, focusing on the ways in which the institute’s expertise in communication engineering, semiconductor technologies, and advanced wireless systems will support C-DOT’s efforts to create safe and local telecom solutions.
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