Gandhinagar – The government of Gujarat has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Innogress Ventures to establish India’s first dedicated quantum technology park, the Greater Karnavati Quantum Computing Technology Park (GKQCTP), a statement said on Saturday.
The MoU was signed at the industry event in Gandhinagar, part of the government’s effort to expand its high-technology ecosystem, which includes semiconductors, electronics, and information technology, officials said. The project aims to develop a quantum technology ecosystem worth over $50 billion and will receive an initial investment of 4,000 crore rupees ($500 million), the statement added.
Innogress, the promoter of the GKQCTP project, said it had spent the past two years consolidating partners from the deep-tech sector to support the park’s development. The initiative has already attracted firms including Tabor Electronics, S-Qube, Hanron, QCarbon/Quniverse and Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar.
According to Innogress, the park is designed to support the full value chain of quantum technology, from hardware and software development to quantum communication, security, sensing, and materials research. Facilities planned at GKQCTP include research and development centres, design and engineering centres, fabrication lines, centralised cryogenic cooling, test beds, simulators, and skilling and learning centres.
Tabor Electronics, an Israeli company involved in the project, said it was already producing qubits and measurement and control systems in Gujarat and would scale up manufacturing at the GKQCTP to support up to one million qubits. The company has also launched superconducting-based quantum computers globally, which will now be manufactured at the park.
S-Qube, a partner led by Nikhil Mitaliya, said it was developing Rydberg atom-based quantum radars and quantum communication devices in support of India’s National Quantum Mission. Hanron, incubated at IIT Gandhinagar, is working on quantum sensors, cryogenic components and subsystems under the GKQCTP framework.
Other startups involved in the park include Egreen Quanta, which holds patents in quantum dot radar and quantum battery technologies, and QuISTechAI, which is developing nitrogen vacancy-based diamond quantum radars, sensors and GPS systems.
Quniverse and QCarbon, the Innogress partners, said they were advancing diamond quantum sensing and materials research, including the development of Q-Carbon, a proprietary material designed for applications ranging from energy storage to high-performance quantum computing.
The project has drawn support from Indian academic institutions including IIT Gandhinagar, IIT Kanpur and IIT Guwahati, as well as private universities such as JSS University Noida and Sharda University Greater Noida. North Carolina State University in the United States is also reported to be supporting the initiative.
Government officials present at the MoU signing included P. Bharti, Secretary; Neha Kumari, Mission Director of Gujarat State Electronics Mission; and Kavita Shah, Director IT. Innogress was represented by founder Sumant Parimal and co-founders Nixon Patel and Nikhil Mitaliya.
The GKQCTP will begin operations from IIT Gandhinagar and the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) in Gandhinagar, with plans to expand manufacturing and other facilities to Dholera Special Investment Region, officials said. The park is being established under the state government’s electronics and information technology policies and has attracted interest from foreign investors.
The launch of GKQCTP comes amid growing global competition in quantum technologies, with governments and private companies investing in hardware, software and quantum materials.
