Projects

Current Projects 

5. Project code: TBD

Funding agency: Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) sponsored Prime Minister Early Career Research Grant (PM-ECRG) 

Project Title: Generation of Hybrid Quantum Entanglement between On-chip Quantum Frequency Comb and Squeezed Kerr Comb for Quantum Cryptography and Secure Networks 

Role: Lead PI

Duration: 3 years

Financial support/Funding: ₹70,00,000 + overhead ~ 65,000 € 

Status: Accepted on 11.04.2026

4. Project code: TBD

Funding agency: Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar (IIT Bhubaneswar), India, Govt. of India.

Project Title: Numerical analysis of integrated photonic platform-based hybrid quantum entanglement between squeezed kerr and quantum frequency comp for secure networks 

Role: Lead PI

Duration: 2 years

Financial support/Funding: ₹20,00,000 + overhead ~ 18,000 € 

Status: Ongoing

Past Projects 

3. Project code: N/A

Funding agency: FlexiFund, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany

Project Title: Fully-integrated quantum photonic turnkey source for complex quantum states

 Role: Lead PI (Independent project)

Duration: 2 years

Financial support/Funding: 1,00,000 € (salary to intake one Ph. D. student)

Status: Completed

2. Project code: N/A

Funding agency: Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Foundation

Project Title: Quantum frequency comb sources for quantum reservoir processor

 Role: Independent fellowship/PI with supervision under host Prof. Dr. Michael Kues

Duration: 2 years

Financial support/Funding: 1,30,000 € (salary and contingency)

Status: Completed

1. Project code: N/A

Funding agency: CEFIPRA/IFCPAR, Raman-Charpak Fellowship

Project Title: Bipartite and Multipartite Entanglement Generations in Continuous Variable (CV) Systems: Nonlinear Coupled Waveguide Arrays 

 Role: Independent fellowship/PI with supervisor/host Prof. Nadia Belabas

Duration: 5 months

Financial support/Funding: ~1,00,000 € (including the salary from CNRS)

Status: Completed