My research interest lies at the center of quantum mechanics, condensed matter and magnetic resonance. The future is quantum and I am interested in being a part of developing it. For this I have chosen to work with optical defects in diamond called the Nitrogen Vacancy (NV) centers. These are atomic sized defects with very long coherence times and are very sensitive to magnetic fields such that they act as tiny magnetic sensors with the size of an atom! I am interested in using these tiny magnets for studying novel condensed matter systems such as high temperature superconducting materials and as biological sensors such as detectors for malaria parasites. Alongside this, I will be working on controlling the nuclear spins present in diamond for a multi-qubit quantum register for applications in long distance quantum communications.