India and Finland on April 18 announced the decision to establish an Indo-Finnish Virtual Network Centre on Quantum Computing.
- Science and Technology Minister Dr Jitendra Singh and visiting Finland Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintila announced this in New Delhi. An MoU for this was also signed.
- The Indian side has identified three premier institutes IIT, Madras, IISER, Pune and C-DAC, Pune for Virtual Network Centre on Quantum Computing.
- The move comes in the wake of the decision taken in the last Joint Committee meeting held in November 2020 to initiate cooperation in new emerging areas like 5G; Quantum Computing and Sustainability by involving, Academia, Industries and Start-ups of the two countries.
India-Finland relation
- India and Finland are consultative members of the Antarctic Treaty and have active stations in Antarctica.
- Finland would be hosting Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting in 2023 and India in 2024.
- The Finnish Minister also invited India to explore the possibility of deeper cooperation in Finland’s Biobank project to mediate high quality human samples to medical research to promote development of new products and services that promote public health.
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