Prime Minister Narendra Modi at India Mobile Congress 2023. Pic/PTI
While Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the announcement on the India Mobile Congress 2023, it’s believed that these 100 5G labs will play a vital function in upskilling native innovators, college students, and startups, fostering the event of a brand new era of functions tailor-made to the nation’s wants
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday introduced the institution of 100 5G labs across India that can function testing and breeding grounds for native innovators, college students, and startups to develop a brand new vary of functions in numerous sectors. This initiative unveiled on the India Mobile Congress 2023 may have a transformative influence on India’s technological panorama, officers say.
Speaking on the occasion, Modi emphasised the significance of India changing into a thought chief in know-how, noting previous successes such because the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and the Covid-19 vaccination platform, CoWIN. He said, “This is such a time that we, along with excellent adopters and implementers of technology, must become thought leaders in all sectors. India has the power of a young demographic and a vibrant democracy. I want to invite all the IMC participants, especially the youth, to come forward, and I will be with you.”
India has made exceptional strides in digital public infrastructure, with achievements corresponding to 1.76 crore farmers registered on eNAM, transactions price Rs 15.76 lakh crore through UPI, and 16.6 crore sufferers served through eSanjeevani, amongst others. These milestones spotlight India’s digital prowess on the world stage.
One of probably the most vital bulletins was that 5G know-how will probably be accessible to over 100 million Indians, thanks to the institution of greater than 3.74 lakh 5G towers across 735 districts, as per authorities information. India now stands among the many 5 international locations to deploy their very own 5G stack, main the way in which for the world.
Ashwini Vaishnaw, union minister of communications and IT, outlined the plan for the 100 5G labs initiative. He mentioned that in these labs, college students, professors, and MSMEs may have the chance to use various kinds of 5G know-how in sectors like well being, agriculture, and manufacturing to create revolutionary merchandise and startups. Each lab will include a minimal of 10 professors, 50 college students, and 10 MSMEs, whereas larger labs will contain much more contributors.
The chosen engineering establishments for these labs are unfold across numerous states, together with Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, West Bengal, Sikkim, Manipur, Mizoram, and others.
It is believed that these 100 5G labs will play a vital function in upskilling native innovators, college students, and startups, fostering the event of a brand new era of functions tailor-made to the nation’s wants. Here are the names of the 100 establishments chosen to host the 5G labs:
- Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh
- Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Andhra Pradesh
- GITAM Institute of Technology and (*100*), Deemed to be University, Andhra Pradesh
- Vignan’s Foundation for Science, Technology and Research
- IIT Tirupati
- National Institute of Technology Arunachal Pradesh
- IIT Guwahati
- IIT Silchar
- National Institute of Technology, Patna
- Indian Institute of Technology, Patna
- Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University (Bihar)
- Punjab Engineering College, Deemed to be University
- University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Punjab University
- IIT Bhilai
- National Institute of Technology, Raipur
- Delhi Technological University
- Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi
- Jamia Hamdard University
- Indian Agricultural Research Institutions (Delhi)
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science, KK Birla Campus, Goa
- National Institute of Technology, Goa
- Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Goa
- NFSU
- IIT Gandhinagar
- Central University of Haryana
- National Power Training Institute, Haryana
- National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur
- IIT Mandi
- Institute of Technology, University of Kashmir
- IIT Jammu
- Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
- IIT Dhanbad
- National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur
- Siddaganga Institute of Technology (Karnataka)
- Indian Institute of Information Technology, Dharwad
- BMS College of Engineering
- Indian Institute of Science
- VTUS Centre for Postgraduate Studies, Kalaburgi
- Manipal Institute of Technology
- MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology
- National Institute of Technology, Surathkal
- Department of Electronics, Cochin University of Science and Technology
- National Institute of Technology, Calicut
- Indian Institute of Space, Science and Technology, Kerala
- IIT Palakkad
- PDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur
- IIT Indore
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and (*100*), Gwalior
- Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal
- DPU, Dr D Y Patil School of Science and Technology, Maharashtra
- Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Pune
- Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur
- Savitribai Phule Pune University
- COEP Technology University
- Government College of Pharmacy, Amravati
- DKTEs Textile and Engineering Institute, Ichalkaranji
- National Institute of Technology, Manipur
- Indian Institute of Information Technology, Senapati, Manipur
- National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya
- National Institute of Technology, Mizoram
- National Institute of Technology, Nagaland
- Christian Institute of Health Science and Research, Nagaland
- IIT Bhubaneswar
- Siksha O Anusandhan,Deemed to be University, Odisha
- Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Deemed to be University
- National Institute of Technology, Rourkela
- National Institute of Technology, Puducherry
- Pondicherry University
- Dr BR Ambedkar NIT, Jalandhar
- Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Punjab
- Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
- IIT Ropar
- Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
- IIT Jodhpur
- Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur
- MBM University, Jodhpur
- Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology
- National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
- Vellore Institute of Technology
- College of Engineering, Guindy
- SASTRA Deemed University
- Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering
- Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences
- SRM Institute of Science and Technology
- IIT Hyderabad
- National Institute of Technology, Warangal
- University of Hyderabad
- Tripura Institute of Technology
- Jaypee Institute of IT, Noida
- Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad
- Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad
- Aligarh Muslim University
- IIT Kanpur
- IIT BHU
- College of Technology, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology
- THDC Institute of Hydropower Engineering and Technology
- IIT Roorkee
- National Institute of Technology, Durgapur
- Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kalyani