The NITI Aayog’s Frontier Tech Hub, in partnership with International Business Machines-IBM, has released a national roadmap to transform India into one of the world’s top-three quantum economies by 2047. The plan aims to build home grown quantum computing hardware and software, foster at least 10 globally competitive quantum and capture a major share of the global quantum software and services market. It also envisages applying quantum technologies across key sectors such as defence, energy, healthcare, logistics, and finance with hopes of boosting security, efficiency, and innovation nationwide.

The roadmap published by NITI Aayog lays out clear imperatives and actionable pathways for realizing this vision by leveraging the existing National Quantum Mission. It provides a comprehensive analysis of India’s current position, strategic strengths, and critical gaps, and identifies key interventions to accelerate R&D, commercialization, and ecosystem development. The roadmap emphasizes collective ownership-across policymakers, scientists, entrepreneurs, investors, and states-to build a globally trusted and competitive quantum economy.