100 5G Labs to Come Up in Campuses across India, Announces PM Modi: Find The One Nearest to You – News18

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced the establishment of 100 5G labs across India that will serve as testing and breeding grounds for local innovators, students, and startups to develop a new range of applications in various sectors. This initiative unveiled at the India Mobile Congress 2023 will have a transformative impact on India’s technological landscape, officials say.

Speaking at the event, Modi emphasised the importance of India becoming a thought leader in technology, noting past successes such as the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and the Covid-19 vaccination platform, CoWIN. He stated, “This is such a time that we, along with excellent adopters and implementers of technology, must become thought leaders in all sectors. India has the power of a young demographic and a vibrant democracy. I want to invite all the IMC participants, especially the youth, to come forward, and I will be with you.”

India has made remarkable strides in digital public infrastructure, with achievements such as 1.76 crore farmers registered on eNAM, transactions worth Rs 15.76 lakh crore via UPI, and 16.6 crore patients served via eSanjeevani, among others. These milestones highlight India’s digital prowess on the world stage.

One of the most significant announcements was that 5G technology will be accessible to over 100 million Indians, thanks to the establishment of more than 3.74 lakh 5G towers across 735 districts, as per government data. India now stands among the five countries to deploy their own 5G stack, leading the way for the world.

Ashwini Vaishnaw, union minister of communications and IT, outlined the plan for the 100 5G labs initiative. He said that in these labs, students, professors, and MSMEs will have the opportunity to use different types of 5G technology in sectors like health, agriculture, and manufacturing to create innovative products and startups. Each lab will consist of a minimum of 10 professors, 50 students, and 10 MSMEs, while bigger labs will involve even more participants.

The selected engineering institutions for these labs are spread across various states, including Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, West Bengal, Sikkim, Manipur, Mizoram, and others.

It is believed that these 100 5G labs will play a crucial role in upskilling local innovators, students, and startups, fostering the development of a new generation of applications tailored to the country’s needs. Here are the names of the 100 institutions selected to host the 5G labs:

1. Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh
2. Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Andhra Pradesh
3. GITAM Institute of Technology and Management, Deemed to be University, Andhra Pradesh
4. Vignan’s Foundation for Science, Technology and Research
5. IIT Tirupati
6. National Institute of Technology Arunachal Pradesh
7. IIT Guwahati
8. IIT Silchar
9. National Institute of Technology, Patna
10. Indian Institute of Technology, Patna
11. Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University (Bihar)
12. Punjab Engineering College, Deemed to be University
13. University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Punjab University
14. IIT Bhilai
15. National Institute of Technology, Raipur
16. Delhi Technological University
17. Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi
18. Jamia Hamdard University
19. Indian Agricultural Research Institutions (Delhi)
20. Birla Institute of Technology and Science, KK Birla Campus, Goa
21. National Institute of Technology, Goa
22. Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Goa
23. NFSU
24. IIT Gandhinagar
25. Central University of Haryana
26. National Power Training Institute, Haryana
27. National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur
28. IIT Mandi
29. Institute of Technology, University of Kashmir
30. IIT Jammu
31. Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
32. IIT Dhanbad
33. National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur
34. Siddaganga Institute of Technology (Karnataka)
35. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Dharwad
36. BMS College of Engineering
37. Indian Institute of Science
38. VTUS Centre for Postgraduate Studies, Kalaburgi
39. Manipal Institute of Technology
40. MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology
41. National Institute of Technology, Surathkal
42. Department of Electronics, Cochin University of Science and Technology
43. National Institute of Technology, Calicut
44. Indian Institute of Space, Science and Technology, Kerala
45. IIT Palakkad
46. PDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur
47. IIT Indore
48. Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior
49. Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal
50. DPU, Dr D Y Patil School of Science and Technology, Maharashtra
51. Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Pune
52. Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur
53. Savitribai Phule Pune University
54. COEP Technology University
55. Government College of Pharmacy, Amravati
56. DKTEs Textile and Engineering Institute, Ichalkaranji
57. National Institute of Technology, Manipur
58. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Senapati, Manipur
59. National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya
60. National Institute of Technology, Mizoram
61. National Institute of Technology, Nagaland
62. Christian Institute of Health Science and Research, Nagaland
63. IIT Bhubaneswar
64. Siksha O Anusandhan,Deemed to be University, Odisha
65. Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Deemed to be University
66. National Institute of Technology, Rourkela
67. National Institute of Technology, Puducherry
68. Pondicherry University
69. Dr BR Ambedkar NIT, Jalandhar
70. Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Punjab
71. Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
72. IIT Ropar
73. Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan
74. Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
75. IIT Jodhpur
76. Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur
77. MBM University, Jodhpur
78. Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology
79. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
80. Vellore Institute of Technology
81. College of Engineering, Guindy
82. SASTRA Deemed University
83. Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering
84. Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences
85. SRM Institute of Science and Technology
86. IIT Hyderabad
87. National Institute of Technology, Warangal
88. University of Hyderabad
89. Tripura Institute of Technology
90. Jaypee Institute of IT, Noida
91. Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad
92. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad
93. Aligarh Muslim University
94. IIT Kanpur
95. IIT BHU
96. College of Technology, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology
97. THDC Institute of Hydropower Engineering and Technology
98. IIT Roorkee
99. National Institute of Technology, Durgapur
100. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kalyani