The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay will soon launch an Interdisciplinary Dual Degree Programme (IDDDP) in Quantum Science and Technology. This two-year programme will focus on courses on QST and project work, to be undertaken in one of the centre-affiliated research groups. BTech students of IIT Bombay, from any discipline, can enrol for this programme. The prerequisites for the course will soon be announced at the official website - quicst.org The course would be offered by the Centre of Excellence in Quantum Information Computing Science and Technology (QuICST). The centre was inaugurated in August 2022. Like other dual degree programmes of IIT Bombay, this new course will allow students to obtain a Bachelors as well as Masters degree in five years. A BTech student can choose the programme in the third year of their respective course. IIT Bombay is also considering introducing the subject at the school level. “Apart from core faculty development assistance, we are also looking at offering pedagogy and structure of syllabus to other institutes. We can begin with smaller programmes like for over a week which will be at introductory levels, to even longer periods of handholding for an interested institution,” said Suddhasatta Mahapatra, an assistant professor of Physics at the institute. “The centre is also looking at connecting with other engineering or technology institutions to help them increasingly include quantum technologies in their syllabus. Through our educational outreach programme, we are looking forward to supporting faculty training by preparing faculty development modules. It is still a rough plan in the making,” he added.
