Fri. Mar 29th, 2024

To create a quanting computing skills and capabilities in the academic community in India, Microsoft is coming up with a new programme. In collaboration with Electronics and ICT Academies at Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur and National Institute of Technology, Patna, the tech giant claims, Microsoft Garage is organising a ‘Train the Trainer’ programme under this initiative.

Microsoft India in an official statement claimed that under this programme around 900 faculty will be trained from universities and institutes across India at institutes of national importance including IIT-Guwahati, IIT-Kanpur, MNIT Jaipur, IIT-Roorkee,IIIT-D Jabalpur , NIT-Patna,and NIT Warangal .

In the areas of healthcare, energy, environmental systems, smart materials, and beyond quantum computers will enable new discoveries . Virtually, the training programme shall be condcuted, from August 24 – 29, 2020. The tech giant claims that for participants who will be using Microsoft Q# & Quantum Development Kit, the programme will also cover practical coding.

Some of the key themes that shall be covered under this program are processing of information using qubits and quantum gates, an introduction to quantum information, quantum concepts such as superposition and entanglement, as well as an introduction to quantum machine learning and quantum programming.

Rajiv Kumar, who is the Managing Director, Microsoft India Development Center, and Corporate Vice President, Enterprise+Devices India, stated that, “For its science, technology, engineering, mathematics and computing (STEM+C) workforce, and a tech-capable citizenry, India is renowned across the world . With the help of this initiative in India, we are looking forward to develop skills in quantum at scale, which shall have the highest potential to trigger the new frontier of innovation. In years to come this shall also shape the future of the IT industry.”

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