Principal investigator
Research interests: Quantum Optics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Laser Cooled Atoms and Nano-photonics.
Email: gsaikat@iitk.ac.in
Graduate students
Ateesh Kumar Rathi
M.sc. in physics 2015 and Mtech in applied optics from IIT Delhi 2018.
My M.tech. project title is "spectral manipulation using nematic liquid crystal".
Research interest: Nano-mechanics.
Hobbies: playing cricket and reading books
Email: ateeshrathi@gmail.com, ateeshkr@iitk.ac.in
Shubham Jaiswal
"Education: Bachelor of Science, Banaras Hindu University (2017); Master of Science (Physics), Bose Institute, Kolkata (2019)"
As an experimental physicist, my research focuses on cold atom experiments. My interests spans Quantum optics, Atomic and molecular physics, experimental optics, electronics, and numerical simulations, with proficiency in Matlab. Previously, my master's thesis concentrated on experimental high-energy physics, where I investigated the stability of straw tube detectors. Beyond my research pursuits, I enjoy staying active through running and exploring new destinations during my travels.
Email id: shubhamj@iitk.ac.in, shubhamjais07@gmail.com
Javed Akhter Mondal
I have finished my graduation from University of Calcutta and post-graduation form IIT Kanpur in 2020. My research interests lie in the area of quantum optics and atomic physics.
Hobbies: Reading story books, listening to music; watching cricket, movies.
Email: majaved@iitk.ac.in, akhterj933@gmail.com
Goutam Manna
Research Interest: Quantum Optics, Atomic Physics, Quantum Information.
Hobbies: Playing cricket, traveling, watching movies, etc.
Email: info.goutammanna@gmail.com
Present UG and PG student
Former Graduate Students
Arnab Sarkar
I graduated from IIT Bombay in 2017 with M.Sc degree in Physics. I am currently pursuing PhD at IIT Kanpur. Recently we are studying mechanical properties of low mass 2D material. During my M.Sc I did project on neural network and formation of memory in human brain.
Apart from Physics I love reading Bengali novels, poems and articles. I like playing football and watching test cricket and movies.
Email: arnabsarkar013@gmail.com, arnabs@iitk.ac.in
Pratik Adhikary
I have finished my Masters from IIT Delhi on 2014. For one year I was working on a project on rare earth doped fiber laser for medical applications at CGCRI, Kolkata. Also I did a project on parabolic pulse propagation through a non-linear medium from university of calcutta.
Currently we are doing some interesting experiments for understanding, engineering and controlling quantum superposition in hot atomic vapor of rubidium gas. Simultaneously we are working to produce non classical on demand photonic states of light from laser cooled atomic ensemble.
Hobbies: Playing guitar, singing, painting, watching movies etc.
Dr. Arif Warsi Laskar
PhD 2020
Present Position: Post-doctoral Fellow at Institute For Applied Physics, University Of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Dr. Rajan Kumar Singh
PhD 2019
Present Position: Post-doctoral Fellow at Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Former DST INSPIRE Faculty fellow
Dr. Niharika Singh
Research interests: Quantum and non-linear optics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Cold atoms
Former Students
Jyoti Pareek
Research interests: Quantum Mechanics, Electrodynamics, Optomechanics.
Hobbies: Cycling, movies & crafts.
Email: jpareek@iitk.ac.in, jyotipareek61998@gmail.com
Aamir Ahmad Makki
Research interests: Condensed Matter, Statistical Mechanics, Complex Systems, Dynamics and Chaos, Optomechanics.
Email: aamir.makki@gmail.com, makki@iitk.ac.in
Siddhant Singh
Research interests: Quantum optics, cold atom & Dynamics and Chaos.
Email: singh1997sid@gmail.com, singhsid@iitk.ac.in
Chitres Guria
Graduate student at Yale
Manika Bhardwaj
Research interests: Quantum Optics
Hobbies; Reading suspense and horror novels, swimming , art and crafts(sewing).
Email: manikabhardwaj03@gmail.com
Parag Katiyar
Research interest : Quantum optics and surface plasmons.
Email: kparag@iitk.ac.in
H.M. Bharath
Graduate student at Graduate student at Georgia Institute of Technology
Abhinav Deshpande
Graduate student at University of Maryland
Nitica Sakharwade
Graduate student at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Arunabh Mukherjee
Graduate Student at The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester
Varun Harbola
Graduate Student at Stanford University
Gaurav Gautam (Joined industry)
Saheb Ghosh
Scientist at ONGC
Kevin Jose
Graduate Student at NYU Tandon School of Engineering)
Pushpajit Haldar
Asst. Prof. of Physics, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandir, Belurmath
Saurav Dutta
Graduate student at IIT Madras.
Subhamoy Chakraborty
Scientific officer, BARC
Harshil Neeraj
Email: harshil@iitk.ac.in
Mritunjay Kumar Joshi
I am working on the quantum communication project.
Hobbies: reading, chess, writing,movies
Vaibhav Verma
Research interest : Quantum & Astroparticle physics.
Hobbies: Reading, Writing, Sketching, etc.
Email: vaibhav.verma.phy16@iitbhu.ac.in
Abhinav Airan
Research Interests: Astrophysics, Understanding Neural structures and their properties.
Hobbies: Swimming, Writing, Guitar playing
Email: abhinav.airan@gmail.com
Nachiket Karve
Program : BS Physics
Hobbies: Reading books and Playing Games
Email:
Kishan Sankharva
My research interests are astrophysics, relativity.
My hobbies are playing squash, watching movies.
Email: kishan.sankharva07@gmail.com
Smit Chaudhary
Program : BS Physics
Hobbies : I read books, am an editor at student journalism body of IITK and write at home.iitk.ac.in/~smit.
Email: smitchaudhary10@gmail.com