TDB-DST signs ₹150 crore RDI Fund support agreement with QNu Labs for indigenous quantum-secure and sensing networks
On 16 October 2026, the Technology Development Board (TDB) of DST signed an agreement with Bengaluru-based QNu Labs for ₹150 crore support under the Research Development and Innovation (RDI) Fund for India’s Quantum Secure and Sensing Networks (IQSN).
Summary
The Technology Development Board (TDB), Department of Science & Technology, signed an agreement with QNu Labs Private Limited, Bengaluru, for financial support of ₹150 crore under the Research Development and Innovation (RDI) Fund. The ₹300 crore project aims to build an indigenous technology backbone for India’s Quantum Secure and Sensing Networks (IQSN), taking technologies from TRL 4–5 to TRL-9. Support will be given as Optionally Convertible Debt, and the programme rests on four pillars: identity security, location integrity, network security (including chip-based and satellite-based QKD) and time integrity.
Key facts
- Funding body
- Technology Development Board (TDB), DST
- Company
- QNu Labs Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru (Karnataka)
- Support
- ₹150 crore under RDI Fund
- Total project cost
- ₹300 crore
- Mode
- Optionally Convertible Debt (OCD)
- Goal
- Indigenous stack for Quantum Secure and Sensing Networks (IQSN); TRL 4–5 to TRL-9
- Four pillars
- Identity security, location integrity, network security, time integrity
Practice MCQs 2 questions
In October 2026, the Technology Development Board signed an agreement with which Bengaluru-based company for ₹150 crore support under the RDI Fund for quantum-secure technologies?
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Correct answer: D — QNu Labs
The TDB support to QNu Labs for India’s Quantum Secure and Sensing Networks (IQSN) will be provided through which financial instrument?
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Correct answer: A — Optionally Convertible Debt