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:
- Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh
- Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Andhra Pradesh
- GITAM Institute of Technology and Management, Deemed to be University, Andhra Pradesh
- Vignan’s Foundation for Science, Technology and Research
- IIT Tirupati
- National Institute of Technology Arunachal Pradesh
- IIT Guwahati
- IIT Silchar
- National Institute of Technology, Patna
- Indian Institute of Technology, Patna
- Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University (Bihar)
- Punjab Engineering College, Deemed to be University
- University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Punjab University
- IIT Bhilai
- National Institute of Technology, Raipur
- Delhi Technological University
- Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi
- Jamia Hamdard University
- Indian Agricultural Research Institutions (Delhi)
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science, KK Birla Campus, Goa
- National Institute of Technology, Goa
- Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Goa
- NFSU
- IIT Gandhinagar
- Central University of Haryana
- National Power Training Institute, Haryana
- National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur
- IIT Mandi
- Institute of Technology, University of Kashmir
- IIT Jammu
- Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
- IIT Dhanbad
- National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur
- Siddaganga Institute of Technology (Karnataka)
- Indian Institute of Information Technology, Dharwad
- BMS College of Engineering
- Indian Institute of Science
- VTUS Centre for Postgraduate Studies, Kalaburgi
- Manipal Institute of Technology
- MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology
- National Institute of Technology, Surathkal
- Department of Electronics, Cochin University of Science and Technology
- National Institute of Technology, Calicut
- Indian Institute of Space, Science and Technology, Kerala
- IIT Palakkad
- PDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur
- IIT Indore
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior
- Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal
- DPU, Dr D Y Patil School of Science and Technology, Maharashtra
- Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Pune
- Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur
- Savitribai Phule Pune University
- COEP Technology University
- Government College of Pharmacy, Amravati
- DKTEs Textile and Engineering Institute, Ichalkaranji
- National Institute of Technology, Manipur
- Indian Institute of Information Technology, Senapati, Manipur
- National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya
- National Institute of Technology, Mizoram
- National Institute of Technology, Nagaland
- Christian Institute of Health Science and Research, Nagaland
- IIT Bhubaneswar
- Siksha O Anusandhan,Deemed to be University, Odisha
- Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Deemed to be University
- National Institute of Technology, Rourkela
- National Institute of Technology, Puducherry
- Pondicherry University
- Dr BR Ambedkar NIT, Jalandhar
- Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Punjab
- Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
- IIT Ropar
- Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
- IIT Jodhpur
- Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur
- MBM University, Jodhpur
- Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology
- National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
- Vellore Institute of Technology
- College of Engineering, Guindy
- SASTRA Deemed University
- Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering
- Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences
- SRM Institute of Science and Technology
- IIT Hyderabad
- National Institute of Technology, Warangal
- University of Hyderabad
- Tripura Institute of Technology
- Jaypee Institute of IT, Noida
- Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad
- Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad
- Aligarh Muslim University
- IIT Kanpur
- IIT BHU
- College of Technology, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology
- THDC Institute of Hydropower Engineering and Technology
- IIT Roorkee
- National Institute of Technology, Durgapur
- Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kalyani
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