Kazakhstan-India: High-Tech Partnership

A meeting was held in the city of Akkol between the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Sayasat Nurbek, and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India, Dr. Thathipamula Venkata Nagendra Prasad, to discuss Kazakh-Indian cooperation in the field of high technologies and scientific innovations.

The delegation visited the Data Processing Center (DPC) of JSC “Kazakhtelecom,” where they observed the PARAM BILIM supercomputer. Modernized and relaunched in March 2025, the supercomputer has become a key tool for scientific and educational initiatives.

A 144-hour educational program has been implemented, developed by faculty members of ENU in collaboration with C-DAC and Sharda University. The program covers quantum computing, quantum communications, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence technologies.

To date, more than 60 specialists, including employees of JSC “Kazakhtelecom,” JSC “Kazpost,” the Ministry of Digital Development, as well as master’s and doctoral students and faculty members of the Faculty of Information Technology at ENU, have completed training on operating the supercomputer.

The meeting continued in the conference hall of the Republican Space Communication Center, where the participants discussed the potential use of the supercomputer for analyzing telemetry data from the KazSat satellite constellation.

A key topic of discussion was the development of a supercomputing cluster, considering the commissioning of the KazNU supercomputer and the national supercomputer. Scientists from the Faculty of Information Technology at ENU presented a vision for establishing a regional Quantum Alliance involving India, Central Asian countries, Russia, and South Korea. This alliance aims to unite the region’s scientific potential for breakthrough developments in quantum technologies, which the Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan has identified as a priority area during the foresight session.

Among the promising projects proposed by the scientists are the creation of digital maps of Kazakhstan’s minerals and forests, as well as the forecasting of agricultural crop yields using supercomputing technologies. These initiatives are aimed at addressing strategic challenges in the areas of ecology, agriculture, and resource management.

Minister Sayasat Nurbek expressed gratitude to the Ambassador of India for supporting the activities of the India-Kazakhstan Centre of Excellence in ICT (IKCEICT) at ENU and for contributing to the strengthening of bilateral cooperation.