SASTRA conducts Indo-German workshop

Trichy: A three-day Indo-German workshop on ‘Quantum Technologies– Computing, Connectivity and Security' (QTCCS) was held at SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur, in collaboration with Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Germany.The event was funded by the Indo-German Science and Technology Centre (IGSTC), a joint initiative of India's Department of Science & Technology (DST) and Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).Saquib Shaikh, scientific officer at IGSTC, inaugurated the workshop, while Kamal K Agarwal, deputy director-general for quantum technology at the Telecommunication Engineering Centre, delivered the keynote address.As part of the event, a quantum-based OTP generator named SAKURA-Q—developed by Dr Padmapriya, associate professor at SASTRA and CEO of MSME startup ROBOT RACE—was unveiled.The workshop featured 15 speakers from leading institutions and industries across India and Germany.Discussions focused on transitioning from classical to quantum systems in computing, connectivity, and security. Topics included the feasibility of using nanomaterials to realise qubits, quantum algorithms, and the development of real-time devices and machine learning applications.QTCCS 2025 will continue to explore advances inquantum computing, communication technologies, and the convergence of classical and quantum systems.