Biography

Sartaj Ul Hasan was born in a remote village in the district of Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh, in the northern part of India. He is working as an associate professor at IIT Jammu. Prior to joining IIT Jammu, he was a scientist at DRDO, Delhi, from February 2007 to January 2018. From September 2011 until December 2012, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, where he collaborated with Professor Daniel Panario and Professor Steven Wang. He received his Ph.D. in 2010 from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, where he was a student of Professor Sudhir R. Ghorpade. He is interested in all aspects of finite fields and their applications.

Upcoming Events

• Combinatorics 2026, Naples, Italy, May 25-29, 2026.

• International Workshop on the Arithmetic of Finite Fields (WAIFI 2026), Santander, Spain, June 3-5, 2026.

• 14th International Workshop on Coding and Cryptography (WCC 2026), Paris, France, June 8-12, 2026.

• International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM 2026), Philadelphia, USA, July 23-30, 2026.

Open Ph.D. Position

I am seeking motivated students for a Ph.D. position in the area of finite fields and their applications. Candidates with a strong background in algebra or number theory, and a strong interest in research, are encouraged to apply. Interested applicants are advised to contact me well in advance of the interviews scheduled by IIT Jammu.