The quantum paradox
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- from Shaastra :: vol 04 issue 07 :: Aug 2025
Hopes of a new era of computing are tempered by an existential threat to critical encryption.
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India's quantum ambitions took a leap forward in June 2025 when scientists from IIT-Delhi and DRDO successfully demonstrated entanglement-based quantum communication in free space over 1 km, a milestone in secure, hack-proof messaging (bit.ly/iitd-drdo-quantum). Defence Minister Rajnath Singh hailed it as the dawn of a "new quantum era", with far-reaching security and technological implications.
This breakthrough is just one example of the growing global momentum and optimism around quantum technology. For long, the field was full of promise but limited by fragile hardware, high error rates and unclear timelines. That's changing. Today, the mood is more optimistic, backed by some breakthroughs in hardware, growing market projections and rising investor interest.
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