In what is a first for India, scientists from the Raman Research Institute (RRI) have made a breakthrough in quantum communications technology which has major military, banking and election security applications.
Since 2017, the research team, helmed by Professor Urbasi Sinha, has been working with the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on quantum cryptography as part of the Quantum Experiments using Satellite Technology (QuEst) project. The project ai…