Deloitte Launches Enterprise-Focused Centre at IIT Bombay
The move comes as India ramps up its ambitions under the National Quantum Mission.
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Deloitte India has launched a new quantum-focused centre at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay campus, signalling a push to move quantum computing from theory into enterprise use cases.
Called the Quantum Centre of Disruption for Enterprises (QCoDE), the facility is housed within the ASPIRE IIT-B Research Park Foundation and serves as a collaboration among industry, academia, start-ups, and technology partners.
The aim is to help Indian companies move beyond early experimentation and start building practical applications in areas such as logistics, drug discovery, and cybersecurity.
The move comes as India ramps up its ambitions under the National Quantum Mission, with companies increasingly exploring whether quantum technologies can offer an edge in optimisation-heavy sectors.
“The launch of QCoDE is an important step towards strengthening India’s quantum ecosystem in alignment with the Government of India’s National Quantum Mission,” said Romal Shetty, CEO, Deloitte South Asia. “India has the opportunity to be not just a consumer of quantum technologies, but a global innovation hub.”
Deloitte says the centre will work across the full lifecycle of enterprise adoption, from identifying use cases to building proofs-of-concept and scaling deployments, while tapping into IIT-Bombay’s research ecosystem and talent pool.
“From bits to qubits and from logic to possibility, every disruption rewrites the rules, whereas quantum rewrites reality. QCoDE will ensure Indian enterprises move early, decisively, and at scale,” said Dr Jagdish Bhandarkar, Partner and Chief Disruption Officer at Deloitte South Asia.
The focus, however, appears less on quantum hardware and more on near-term applications. Companies are being encouraged to explore hybrid quantum-AI models that can improve optimisation and simulation problems even before fully mature quantum systems become widely available.
“Quantum technologies are approaching a phase where early investments in capability-building can translate into disproportionate long-term advantage,” said Dr Rajappa Tadepalli, CEO, ASPIRE IIT Bombay Research Park Foundation.
Deloitte also emphasised the need for “quantum-safe” cybersecurity, as advances in quantum computing could eventually make current encryption methods vulnerable.
“Quantum technologies are moving from theory to real-world impact… Our new centre will serve as a catalyst for collaboration,” said Dr Renata Jovanovic, Partner and Chief Scientific Officer at Deloitte South Asia.
