Question: DRDO and which Indian Institution have successfully demonstrated India’s 1stQuantum Key Distribution Link?
(a) IIT Bombay
(b) IIT Delhi
(c) IIT Hyderabad
(d) IIT Kanpur
Answer: (b)
Related Facts:
- DRDO and IIT Delhi has successfully demonstrated India’s 1st Quantum Key Distribution Link.
- A joint team of scientists from Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, for the first time in the country.
- It is successfully demonstrated Quantum Key Distribution link between Prayagraj and Vindhyachal in Uttar Pradesh, a distance of more than 100 kilometres.
- This technological breakthrough was achieved over a commercial grade optical fibre already available in field.
- With this success, the country has demonstrated indigenous technology of secure key transfer for bootstrapping military grade communication security key hierarchy.
- The performance parameters have been measured and have been found to be repetitively within the reported international standards at sifted key rates of up to 10 KHz.
- This technology will enable security agencies to plan a suitable quantum communication network with indigenous technology backbone.
- DRDO:
- The Defence Research and Development Organisation is the premier agency under the Department of Defence Research and Development in Ministry of Defence of the Government of India, charged with the military’s research and development, headquartered in Delhi, India.
- It was established in 1958.
- Satheesh Reddy is the Secretary of the Department of Defence R&D and Chairman of India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation.
BY: AMIT GUPTA
Reference: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1800648