{"id":1025,"date":"2025-12-16T20:29:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T20:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/160\/?page_id=1025"},"modified":"2025-12-16T20:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T20:30:07","slug":"itu160-ambassador-submission-sanskriti-deva","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/160\/vision\/partner-insights\/itu160-ambassador-submission-sanskriti-deva\/","title":{"rendered":"ITU160 Ambassador submission: Sanskriti Deva"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Our vision for a digital future<\/a>  >  Insights from ITU 160 Ambassadors<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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In superposition: Why young people must shape the quantum future<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Sanskriti Deva, ITU160 Youth Ambassador<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n I first heard the word \u201cquantum\u201d in a Marvel movie:\u00a0Iron Man<\/em>. It sounded like another science-fiction buzzword to make Tony Stark sound smarter. A few years later, I heard it again in a very different setting: a university physics lab.

While working at a lab at Duke University in the United States during high school, I met a PhD student working on quantum computing. What started as a quick check-in became a long conversation about qubits, entanglement and the strange world of quantum mechanics. I learned that quantum was not just science fiction. People were building it, testing it, and experimenting with it. It was real, and it was shaping the future of technology.
I began asking bigger questions: What could quantum computing do for humanity? Could it help cure diseases, improve climate research or make communication more secure? And who decides how it is used, and who benefits from it?

When I entered college, I chose computer engineering so I could learn more about this field. At the same time, I became the youngest elected member of the UN Association\u2019s US National Council. The more I learned about quantum technology, the more I realized something concerning: innovation in quantum was happening in a bubble and moving faster than our ability to manage it. <\/p>\n

\n What is quantum computing?<\/strong> <\/h3>\n

\n Quantum computing can sound intimidating, but it\u2019s simpler once we break it down. At its core, it\u2019s the combination of quantum mechanics and computing. <\/p>\n

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