100 5G Labs to Come Up in Campuses across India, Announces PM Modi: Find The One Nearest to You
100 5G Labs to Come Up in Campuses across India, Announces PM Modi: Find The One Nearest to You
While Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the announcement at the India Mobile Congress 2023, it is believed that these 100 5G labs will play a crucial role in upskilling local innovators, students, and startups, fostering the development of a new generation of applications tailored to the country's needs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced the establishment of 100 5G labs across India that will serve as testing and breeding grounds for local innovators, students, and startups to develop a new range of applications in various sectors. This initiative unveiled at the India Mobile Congress 2023 will have a transformative impact on India’s technological landscape, officials say.

Speaking at the event, Modi emphasised the importance of India becoming a thought leader in technology, noting past successes such as the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and the Covid-19 vaccination platform, CoWIN. He stated, “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 remarkable strides in digital public infrastructure, with achievements such as 1.76 crore farmers registered on eNAM, transactions worth Rs 15.76 lakh crore via UPI, and 16.6 crore patients served via eSanjeevani, among others. These milestones highlight India’s digital prowess on the world stage.

One of the most significant announcements was that 5G technology will be accessible to over 100 million Indians, thanks to the establishment of more than 3.74 lakh 5G towers across 735 districts, as per government data. India now stands among the five countries to deploy their own 5G stack, leading the way for the world.

Ashwini Vaishnaw, union minister of communications and IT, outlined the plan for the 100 5G labs initiative. He said that in these labs, students, professors, and MSMEs will have the opportunity to use different types of 5G technology in sectors like health, agriculture, and manufacturing to create innovative products and startups. Each lab will consist of a minimum of 10 professors, 50 students, and 10 MSMEs, while bigger labs will involve even more participants.

The selected engineering institutions for these labs are spread across various states, including 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 crucial role in upskilling local innovators, students, and startups, fostering the development of a new generation of applications tailored to the country’s needs. Here are the names of the 100 institutions selected to host the 5G labs:

  1. Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh
  2. Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Andhra Pradesh
  3. GITAM Institute of Technology and Management, Deemed to be University, Andhra Pradesh
  4. Vignan’s Foundation for Science, Technology and Research
  5. IIT Tirupati
  6. National Institute of Technology Arunachal Pradesh
  7. IIT Guwahati
  8. IIT Silchar
  9. National Institute of Technology, Patna
  10. Indian Institute of Technology, Patna
  11. Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University (Bihar)
  12. Punjab Engineering College, Deemed to be University
  13. University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Punjab University
  14. IIT Bhilai
  15. National Institute of Technology, Raipur
  16. Delhi Technological University
  17. Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi
  18. Jamia Hamdard University
  19. Indian Agricultural Research Institutions (Delhi)
  20. Birla Institute of Technology and Science, KK Birla Campus, Goa
  21. National Institute of Technology, Goa
  22. Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Goa
  23. NFSU
  24. IIT Gandhinagar
  25. Central University of Haryana
  26. National Power Training Institute, Haryana
  27. National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur
  28. IIT Mandi
  29. Institute of Technology, University of Kashmir
  30. IIT Jammu
  31. Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
  32. IIT Dhanbad
  33. National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur
  34. Siddaganga Institute of Technology (Karnataka)
  35. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Dharwad
  36. BMS College of Engineering
  37. Indian Institute of Science
  38. VTUS Centre for Postgraduate Studies, Kalaburgi
  39. Manipal Institute of Technology
  40. MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology
  41. National Institute of Technology, Surathkal
  42. Department of Electronics, Cochin University of Science and Technology
  43. National Institute of Technology, Calicut
  44. Indian Institute of Space, Science and Technology, Kerala
  45. IIT Palakkad
  46. PDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur
  47. IIT Indore
  48. Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior
  49. Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal
  50. DPU, Dr D Y Patil School of Science and Technology, Maharashtra
  51. Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Pune
  52. Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur
  53. Savitribai Phule Pune University
  54. COEP Technology University
  55. Government College of Pharmacy, Amravati
  56. DKTEs Textile and Engineering Institute, Ichalkaranji
  57. National Institute of Technology, Manipur
  58. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Senapati, Manipur
  59. National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya
  60. National Institute of Technology, Mizoram
  61. National Institute of Technology, Nagaland
  62. Christian Institute of Health Science and Research, Nagaland
  63. IIT Bhubaneswar
  64. Siksha O Anusandhan,Deemed to be University, Odisha
  65. Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Deemed to be University
  66. National Institute of Technology, Rourkela
  67. National Institute of Technology, Puducherry
  68. Pondicherry University
  69. Dr BR Ambedkar NIT, Jalandhar
  70. Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Punjab
  71. Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
  72. IIT Ropar
  73. Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan
  74. Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
  75. IIT Jodhpur
  76. Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur
  77. MBM University, Jodhpur
  78. Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology
  79. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
  80. Vellore Institute of Technology
  81. College of Engineering, Guindy
  82. SASTRA Deemed University
  83. Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering
  84. Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences
  85. SRM Institute of Science and Technology
  86. IIT Hyderabad
  87. National Institute of Technology, Warangal
  88. University of Hyderabad
  89. Tripura Institute of Technology
  90. Jaypee Institute of IT, Noida
  91. Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad
  92. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad
  93. Aligarh Muslim University
  94. IIT Kanpur
  95. IIT BHU
  96. College of Technology, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology
  97. THDC Institute of Hydropower Engineering and Technology
  98. IIT Roorkee
  99. National Institute of Technology, Durgapur
  100. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kalyani

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