Technology Innovation Group for 6G

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Technology Innovation Group for 6G- Relevance for UPSC Exam

GS Paper 3: Science and Technology- Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology.

Recently, the Department of Telecommunication has formed a technology innovation group on Sixth Generation (6G).

Background: India lagged implementation of 5G technology while other developed countries stepped up and implemented 5G technology. Now, India is aspiring to take lead in the 6G technology development.
About: Innovation Group for 6G is formed with an aim to give a boost to the development activities of 6G technology at the national and global levels.
- Innovation Group for 6G Chairman: The group will be chaired by Rajaraman, Chairman of Digital Communication and Secretary (Telecom).
Parent Ministry: Innovation Group for 6G was formed by the Department of Telecommunication, Ministry of Communications and Technology.
Innovation Group for 6G Members: It will be a collaborative effort from the government, industry and telecom service providers, academic and research institutions. The members include-
- Additional secretary Anita Praveen, member (Technology)
- Ashok Kumar Tiwari, member (Services)
- Deepak Chaturvedi, executive director Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT)
- Rajkumar Upadhyay in addition to directors of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) of Chennai, Delhi, Kanpur, Mumbai, Hyderabad, and
- Director of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, as well as
- Industry body Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) chairman Ajai Puri is also the chief operating officer (India and South Asia) of Bharti Airtel.

Technology Innovation Group for 6G is constituted with objectives-

To frame a roadmap for R&D activities, pre-standardization, development of applications on 6G technology.
To make India a global leader in the development of Six Generation Technologies.
To identify the area of work and build synergy to innovate, create Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), standardize, contribute to global standards, create regulations, run pilots, and manufacture, test, and supply at a global scale.