22 October 2026, London / Bengaluru
VIDYAQAR™ open-architecture quantum system now operating in Bengaluru, targeting quantum’s scarcest resource: people
QuantrolOx, the University of Oxford spin-out, has built and delivered Q-HUB@MAHE at Manipal Academy of Higher Education. It is India’s most advanced quantum centre and a project of profound national importance. At its core is VIDYAQAR™, QuantrolOx’s open-architecture quantum system, which was inaugurated on 13 October and is now operating. It is stage one of a roadmap to more than 1,000+ qubit systems at Q-HUB@MAHE.
The quantum industry is running short of people.
McKinsey estimates that quantum computing revenue could reach $72 billion by 2035, up from about $4 billion in 2024. Yet it also found just one qualified candidate for every three quantum job openings. India, with a ₹6,003.65 crore National Quantum Mission, is positioned to supply that talent at scale.
VIDYAQAR™ is designed to train it. Engineers can open, test and replace every component, building skills on real hardware rather than on sealed systems. Before installation, QuantrolOx trained faculty and students from Manipal Academy of Higher Education, in Bengaluru and at the QuantrolOx laboratory at QuTech, Delft.
Among the first trainees are seven second-year undergraduates from MAHE, whom Chatrath calls “the Magnificent Seven”. They are among the first undergraduates anywhere to train in building real quantum computing hardware.
“Money is coming. Talent is missing,” said Vishal Chatrath, Co-Founder and CEO, QuantrolOx, speaking at the inauguration of Q-HUB@MAHE. “Q-HUB is India’s quantum test track, equipped on a par with the best in the world. But the most important thing Q-HUB builds isn’t a component. It’s people.”
“Everyone is racing to build qubits. We build what every qubit needs: the tools to control it and people to run it,” said Srishti Mahajan, Global Head of Strategy and Corporate Development, QuantrolOx. “From Berkeley to Taipei to Bengaluru, that is where lasting value sits.”
The deployment is a working example of UK-India cooperation in quantum, one of seven priority areas under the UK-India Technology Security Initiative.
About QuantrolOx
QuantrolOx is a University of Oxford spin-out building control software and open-architecture quantum systems, including Quantum EDGE™, VIDYAQAR™ and Quantum EDGE Academy™. Its technology powers quantum labs at UC Berkeley, Academia Sinica (Taiwan) and Q-HUB@MAHE. It operates in the UK, Finland, the United States and India.
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