Deloitte India opens quantum centre at IIT-Bombay’s ASPIRE park to speed enterprise adoption
Deloitte India has launched the Quantum Centre of Disruption for Enterprises (QCoDE) at the ASPIRE IIT-B Research Park Foundation on the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay campus, aiming to accelerate quantum adoption and real-world use cases for Indian businesses.
Positioned as an industry–academia collaboration, the centre will connect Deloitte’s global quantum network with IIT-Bombay’s research ecosystem, start-ups, technology partners and industry innovators.
Deloitte said the initiative is designed to help companies de-risk quantum investments, identify viable use cases, build talent, and shift from experimentation to deployment—arguing that early movers stand to benefit as the technology matures.
“The launch of QCoDE is an important step towards strengthening India’s quantum ecosystem in alignment with the Government of India’s National Quantum Mission,” said Romal Shetty, CEO of Deloitte South Asia.
He added that embedding the centre within IIT-Bombay’s research environment is intended to bring together industry, academia, start-ups and government to accelerate practical applications, with a focus on strategy, workforce development and capturing early economic value.
Dr. Jagdish Bhandarkar, Partner and Chief Disruption Officer at Deloitte South Asia, said the centre is designed to help Indian enterprises move early, decisively and at scale, and to bring industry and academia together to advance practical quantum adoption across enterprise, government and public sectors.
QCoDE will support organizations across their quantum journey—from strategy and use-case identification to proof-of-concept and scaled deployment.
Initial priorities include: applying hybrid quantum–AI algorithms to accelerate new materials and drug discovery; using quantum-enhanced modelling to optimize supply chains and logistics; strengthening cybersecurity through quantum-safe cryptography; collaborating with research institutions and start-ups to de-risk investments; and helping build quantum strategies and quantum-literate workforces.
Deloitte said the partnership leverages IIT-Bombay’s research ecosystem and talent pipeline to move companies from pilots to industrial-scale applications. Early capability-building could yield outsized long-term advantages, said Dr. Rajappa Tadepalli, CEO of the ASPIRE IIT Bombay Research Park Foundation.
He added that the centre aims to move enterprises beyond exploratory pilots toward clearly defined use cases, measurable outcomes and scalable adoption pathways. Combining industry context with academic depth, he said, will help organizations target efficiency gains, optimization improvements and strategic differentiation—an approach he described as critical to India’s competitiveness in the global quantum landscape.
“Quantum technologies are moving from theory to real-world impact, and Deloitte aims to help organizations begin their quantum journeys today rather than waiting for hardware maturity,” said Dr. Renata Jovanovic, Partner, Chief Scientific Officer at Deloitte South Asia and leader of QCoDE, adding that the firm is committed to responsibly harnessing the disruption to create economic value for clients.