Hyderabad: India on Friday joined over 65 nations in celebrating
the 2 nd World Quantum Day.
Since 2021, April 14 has been designated as the World Quantum Day globally to
mark the research efforts using quantum technologies. April 14 was selected by the
World Quantum Network aimed at promoting the public understanding of
Quantum Science and Technology globally. April 14 is significant as it is a reference
to 4.14, the rounded first digits of Planck’s constant – 4.135667696×10-15 eV/Hz, a
product of energy and time that is the fundamental constant governing quantum
physics.
This network constitutes scientist-representatives from over 65 countries.
Representing India are Professor Urbasi Sinha from the Raman Research Institute
(RRI), Bengaluru, and Professor Arun K. Pati, Head of Centre for Quantum Science
and Technology, International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH).
“It is lovely to have a day in the year dedicated to celebrate all things quantum. RRI
has been at the forefront of quantum technology research in the country. I am
excited at the future prospects in this field for Indian researchers,” said Prof. Urbasi
Sinha, Group Head, Quantum Information and Computing (QuIC) lab at RRI.
Sharing his views on the quantum technologies, Professor Arun K. Pati, Head of
Centre for Quantum Science and Technology, International Institute of Information
Technology Hyderabad (IIITH) said, “Quantum Mechanics rules all the happenings in
the universe. More so, quantum mechanics has given rise to revolutionary fields of
Quantum Computing, Quantum Communication and Quantum Technology – all of
which will have lasting contribution to society at large.”
This year’s World Quantum Day commemorated the Nobel Prize in Physics (2022)
which was awarded to the trio Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger for
their efforts and experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of
Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science.
In India, online and physical events were organised to mark this day. Around the
world 350 events were planned to observe this day, the WQN website said.
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