Fellowships

Comprehensive and Holistic Advancement of National Knowledge Yield and Analytics

Comprehensive and Holistic Advancement of National Knowledge Yield and Analytics (CHANAKYA) fellowships aims to train motivated students who aspire towork in the field of Quantum Technologies. Currently fellowship is given to UnderGraduates, Post Graduates, Doctoral's and Post doctorals.

Fellowship covers research areas like Quantum Computing and Metrology, QuantumMaterials & Devices, Quantum Communications, Enablers for QuantumTechnologies

Chanakya Fellowship UG 6 months - 2021-22

CHANAKYA FELLOW MENTOR PROJECT TITLE INSTITUTE
Rohan Thangaraj Dr Atikur Rahman Chemical vapour deposition o f2D Tas2 material and their characterization IISER Pune
Adithya Sunil Edakkadan Prof Abhishek Srivastava 2.87 GHZ Frequency synthesizer with programmable sweep for dimond color defect based CMOS Quantum Sensing applications IIIT Hyderabad
Subhojit Pal Dr Ankur Raina Design of fault-tolerant encoder circuits for quantum error correcting codes from its stabilizers IISER Bhopal
Jemish Rasikbhai Naliyapara Dr Phani Kumar Peddibhotla High- resolution spectroscopy at zero magnetic field of single NV defect in diamond IISER Bhopal
Santosh Sourav Sahoo Dr Subhankar bedanta spin seebeck effect in manganite LSMO/pt heterostructure NISER Bhubaneshwar

Chanakya Fellowship PG 6 Months - 2021-22

CHANAKYA FELLOW MENTOR PROJECT TITLE INSTITUTE
Abhishek Kejriwal Dr.Kasturi Saha NV centre as platform for quantum simulation IIT Bombay
Parvathy P Sekhar Dr. Baladitya Suri Non markovian effects un supercocnducting quibits IISER Bhopal
Nabendu Sekhar Mishra Dr. Ashok K. Mohapatra Rydberg atom in external radio frequency electromagnetic field NISER Bhubaneswar
Vivek Vashist Dr. Rajesh V. Nair Optimized 2D dielctric meta surface for enchancing the emission rate of single quantum emitters IIT Ropar
Indrajit Nandi Dr. Amitava Bandyopadhyay Studies on atom localization and its applications Visva-Bharati (A Central University) West Bengal
Rishav Sagar Victor Mukherjee Fluctuations & thermodynamic uncertainity relations in Quantum critical engines IISER Berhampur
Asmita Datta Dr. Kuntal Roy Quantum machine for learning for determining exchange corelation potentials in many body systems IISER Bhopal

Chanakya Fellowship PG 10 months - 2021-22

CHANAKYA FELLOW MENTOR PROJECT TITLE INSTITUTE
Mohit Kumar B. Prasanna Venkatesh Optimizing cavety based atomic force sensor IIT Gandhinagar
Appu S Dr. Surjeet Singh Exploring tenrnary molybdnum ntrides as candidate quantum mangets for hosting skyrmions IISER Pune
Mukil M Dr. Karthik V. Raman Fabrication and charterisation of josphson junction devices to study log range supercurrents TIFR Hyderabad
P B S Murthykrishnan Dr. Sunil Nair Fabrication of thermal spin diodes using compensated ferrimgnets IISER Pune
Drisha Sehgal Dr. Ananth Venkateshan Nv center coupled wit an optical cavity IISER Mohali
Swayangprabha Shaw Dr. Ankur Raina Alogorithm for quantum information processing on cluser sate usig the stabilizer formalism IISER Bhopal
Shishira Mahunta Dr. Victor Mukherjee optimizing the performances of continouse quantum heat engines IISER Berhampur

Chanakya Doctoral Fellowship 2021-22

CHANAKYA FELLOW MENTOR PROJECT TITLE INSTITUTE
Sankalp Banrjee Dr Subhadeep De Syncronisation of the optical atomic clocks located at IUCAA AND IISER PUNE by ultra Stable Fiber Optics Channels IUCAA
Swastik Sahoo Prof Bhaskaran Muralidharan Topological Quantum Spintronic. IIT Bombay
Yogesh Verma Dr Vardharajan Srinivasan AB initio real- time simulations of light matter interaction in Quantum Material IISER Bhopal
Mayana Yusuf Ali Khan Dr. Pydi Ganga M Bahubalindruni Sensing electric currents in integrated circuits using a Quantum diamond Microscope IISER Bhopal
Nandini Mondal Dr. Ashok K Mohapatra Quantum sensors for electric field in radio and microwave regime NISER

Chanakya Post Doctoral Fellowship 2021-22

CHANAKYA FELLOW MENTOR PROJECT TITLE INSTITUTE
Dr Saikat Nandi Prof. Avinash Mahajan Randomization of exchange interactions as a route to obtain spin liquids IIT Bombay
Meghadeepa Adhikary Dr Yasir Iqbal Dyanamical Signature of quantum spin liquids in frustrated magnets IIT Madras
Rashtrapriya Kumar Kapri Dr Arijit Sharma Development of deterministic single photon for Quantum networking application IIT Tirupati
Dr Ashish Kundu Dr Mukul Kabir Quantum magentism intwo dimension and spintronic devices IISER Pune
Niru Chowdhury Prof Pranaba Kishore Muduli Development of prototype spintroni memory devices based on quantum meterial IIT Delhi
Dr Satyaki Sasmal Prof Karthik V Raman Exploration of totological superconductivity and majorana fermions in hetrostrutured epitaxial thin films in developing topological quantum computing platform TIFR HYDRABAD
Dr Nawaz Sarif Mallick Dr Sankar De Realization of broadband quantum memory by using electromagnetically induced transference protocol in rb atomic vapour medium SNIP
Dr Mir Alimuddin Dr.Manik Banik Devising practically impementable enchanced means of communications with the aid of quantum resources S.N.Bose .Kolkata

Chanakya Fellowship UG 6 months 2022-23

CHANAKYA FELLOW MENTOR PROJECT TITLE INSTITUTE
Sanidhya Gupta Dr Ankur Raina Quantum Network coding on cluster States Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal
Abhishek Nambiar Dr Achu Chandran Printed MoS2 based Nanocomposites layer for Energy Harvesting and sensing applications School of Materials Science and Engineering National Institute of Technology Calicut Kerala

Chanakya PG Felllowship 6 months 2022-23

CHANAKYA FELLOW MENTOR PROJECT TITLE INSTITUTE
Shashank Suman Dr Ramachandrarao Yalla Development of optical micro/nanofiber for quantum technologies Univrsity of Hyderabad
Subhasish Guha Prof B Prasanna Venkatesh Collective dissipation of oscillators-exact Simulations and NEGF methods IIT Gandhi Nagar
Varna Shenoy K Prof Rejish Nath Cross verification of Rydberg quantum simulators using numerical methods IISER Pune
Mainak Bhattacharya Dr Ankur Raina A quantum lock and key protocol for quantum key distribution IISER Bhopal
Anantha Krishnan S Prof Anil Shaji Quantum network nanolocality using neural network oracle IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Krishan Joshi Prof Ajay Wasan Quantum computing with neutral atoms IIT Roorkee
Udit Banerjee Prof Arvinda S Quantum signle processing and quantum singular value transformation IIT Tirupati
Janhavi Hatwar Prof Debanjan Bhowmik Implementation of Quantum Machine learning an dquantum optimization alogorithms on quantum hardware IIT Bombay
Debdip Guchait Prof Rajesh V Nair Probing the solid state quantum emitter in layered h-BN at room tempreture IIT Ropar
Lalith Kumar Gurram Prof Surjeet Singh Study of thermoelectric properties of some defective half-Heuslers IISER Pune
Karan Gill Dr Shouvik Chatterjee fabrication of flexible single crystalline membranes of quantum materials using remote epitaxy TIF Mumbai
Ayisha Ferhana Dr Madhu Thalakulam Hybrid Quantum circuit coupling of topological insulator to a coplaner waveguide resonator IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Ravi Prakash Rao Dr Atikur Rahman Investigating circular photogalvanic effect in low dimensional materials IISER Pune
Rishabh Verma Dr Rohit Medwal Magnon induced superconductivity IIT Kanpur

Chanakya PG Felllowship 10 months 2022-23

CHANAKYA FELLOW MENTOR PROJECT TITLE INSTITUTE
Moirangthem Bikramjit Singh Dr Sapam Ranjita Chanu Doubling the frequency of infrared laser using potassium nitrate crystal for barium ion spectroscopy IIT Kanpur
Ananth Kamath Dr. Ashna Bajpai Exploring Linear and Nano-linear AC susceptibilities of Single Crystal Gadolinium around Curie & spin reorientation transitions IISER Pune
Anshul Poonia Dr Phani Kumar Peddibhotla Vectorial magnetic field sensing using quantum defects in diamonds IISER Bhopal

Chanakya Doctoral Fellowship -22-23

CHANAKYA FELLOW MENTOR PROJECT TITLE INSTITUTE
Subham Ghosh Dr.Kuntal Roy Energy efficiae spintronics using elecric field induced mageno electric swithcing in multiferroic nanostructures IISER Bhopal
Ayan Kumar Nai DR Goutam Samanata Development of portable quantum random number generator an exentetion to device independent QRNG Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) Ahmedabad
Nilesh Sharma Dr.Anil Prabhakar Nilesh Sharma/Security an destimation of secret key rate for differential phase shift mesurment device independent quantum key districution protocol IIT Madras
TBA Dr Devvendra Mishra Quantum sensing with weak measurement Banaras Hindu University Varanasi -221005 Uttar Pradesh
Suraj Awasthi Prof. Deepak Jain Single Photon detecor for the mind interacted wave length region IIT Delhi
Ms Nandana P K Dr. Naresh Kumar Emani High Speed Electronics and Photoniccomponent co design for on chip qktransceivers IIT Hyderabad
TBA Prof. Prasanna Kumar Sahoo Controlled Growth of band Engineered Two Dimensional Hrostructure and 2D Quantum Devices IIT Kharagpur

Chanakya Post Doctoral Fellowship - 2022-23

CHANAKYA FELLOW MENTOR PROJECT TITLE INSTITUTE
Dr Soumaiya Parveen Dr Anjan Barman Two dimensional ferromagnetic and organic molecule spinterface as molecular spin qubits for quantum technologies and energy harvesting applications S N Bose
TBA Dr Sunil Nair Superfluid spin currents using topological magnons IISER Pune
TBA Dr Atikur Rahman Hetrosturcture of 2D Materials for High Efficiency Photo detection IISER Pune
Dr Anupama Swain Dr Subhankar Bedanta Magnon spintronic in hetrosturcture with ferrimagnets and quantum materials NISER ODISHA
TBA Dr Ashish Arora High performance high precision faraday and Kerr spectroscope for 2D quantum Materials development of automatically thin optical isolators IISER Pune
Ms Sneha Munshi Dr Alok Kumar Pan Information therotic advantage from idenfinite casul order of channels IIT Hyederabad
Dr Jay Mangaonkar Prof Umakant D Rapol A-20 Qubit Ion Trap Quantum computer IISER Pune
TBA Dr Sourav Dutta Hybrid Arrays of trapped species for studies of interactions and quantum gate operations TIFR Mumbai
Ms. Reena Sharma Dr Rajesh V Nair Development of diamond nanowires to generate bright room temperature array of single photon sources IIT Ropar
Hrishini Tekur Prof M S Santhanam Quantum computing & quantum chaos border to quantum algorithms IISER Pune

Chanakya UG 5 months Fellowship - 2023-24

CHANAKYA FELLOW MENTOR PROJECT TITLE INSTITUTE
Aadithya G S Dr. Sivarama Krishnan Quantum Random Walks Using OAM of Light IIT Madras
Advait Risbud Prof. Kasturi Saha Sensing Biomolecules Based on Quantum Controlled Sensors in Diamond IIT Bombay
Ansuman Sahu Dr. Deepasikha Mishra Early-stage Alzheimer's Prediction using Quantum Machine Learning VIT-AP University
Avi Kumar Sharma Dr. Anirban Saha Investigating the Boundaries of Quantum Communication: A Study Proposal on PM QKD Shoolini University,Himachal Pradesh
Charumathi k Dr.Suresh R Space Quantum communication Sri Manakula Vinayagar Engineering College Puducherry
Kalluru Hitesh Dr. Pushpa P V Detection of DNA Mismatch and Cancer cells using Quantum Computing Professor, Dayananda Sagar University, Bengaluru
Mohd Shaikh Sabir Dr. Rohit Medwal Magnon-based Quantum Devices for Unconventional Neuromorphic Computing IIT Kanpur
Neeraj Prabhu Prof. Kasturi Saha FPGA-based Bayesian Optimization of NV Centre Experiments IIT Bombay
Parth Toshniwal Prof. Vimal Bhatia Performance Analysis and Optimization of Terahertz Quantum Key Distribution for 5G/6G and Beyond Communication IIT INDORE
Shashwat Chakraborty Prof.Bhaskaran Muralidharan High-speed 2D-Xene-based Antiferromagnetic Spintronic Memory IIT Bombay
Siddhant Midha Prof. Kasturi Saha Digital Quantum Simulation of Floquet Topological Phases IIT Bombay
Sreajan Naman Dr Deepasikha Mishra Age Prediction using Quantum Machine Learning VIT-AP University Andhra Pradesh
Tanmayee Srinivas Prof. Ashna Bajpai Magneto-optic devices based on functional oxides encapsulated inside carbon nanotubes IISER Pune
Vedika Vikas Jakate Dr. Kuntal Roy Understanding of the quantum effects for information storage and processing in DNAs using nanopore sensors with electric current IISER Bhopal
Vidhaan Sinha Dr. Manish Kumar Pandey Quantum Machine Learning for Hyperspectral medical image processing Birla Institute Of Technology,Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand

Chanakya PG Fellowship 5 months - 2023-24

CHANAKYA FELLOW MENTOR PROJECT TITLE INSTITUTE
A.V.N.S.Meghanath Dr. Debashis Saha Certifying Quantum Advantage in Direction-Agnostic Multi-Party CommunicationNetworks IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Ajay Dhirajlal Bhut Prof.Chandan Kumar Quantum Capacitance Study in 2D Heterostructure IIS Bengalore
Aman Khosla Dr. Rohit Medwal Artificial Neurons and Synapses through Magnetic Quantum Vortices Iit Kanpur
Apan Dinda Dr. Archak Purkayastha Engineering gain via quantum measurements IIT Hyderabad
Darsh Khandelwal Dr. Kuntal Roy Quantum machine learning for enhancing gravitational wave science IISER Bhopal
Deepak B Dr Bhubon Chandra Mech Design of an 8-bit Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata Reversible Logic CPU DIAT Pune
Divyansh Rathore Prof. Bodhaditya Santra Construction of Indigenous Cost-effective External Cavity Diode Laser for Advancing Quantum Technologies in India IIT Delhi
Himanshu Miriyala Dr. Arijit Sharma Development of a transfer cavity-based laser frequency stabilization scheme aided by a wavelength meter IIT Tirupati
Jigyen Bhavsar Prof. Siddhartha Santra Multiplexed memory-optimised quantum repeater protocol IITBombay
Kartik Varshney Dr. Ashok Mohapatra Development of a Single Photon Source using Spontaneous Four Wave Mixing in Alkali Vapour NISER, Bhubaneswar
M Gautham Upadhyaya M Prof. Subhadeep De Designing of a Transportable Ultra-stable Fabry-Perot Cavity IUCAA, Pune
Mrinmoyee Saha Dr. Archak Purkayastha Dynamics under disordered loss in fermionic chain IIT Hyderabad
Pitambar Bagui Dr. Archak Purakaystha Engineering Gaussian quantum gain medium IIT Hyderabad
Piyush Saklani Dr. Alok kumar Pan "Device-Independent Certification through Quantum Communication Games” IIT Hyderabad
Priyanuj Rajbongshi Dr. Aravinda S On the Frame Dependency of Quantum Teleportation IITirupati
Rohit P Thampy Dr. Sankaranarayanan Selvarajan CPT Based Atomic Clock DIAT Pune
Sameer Yadav Asst. Prof. Bodhaditya Santra Development of Indigenous Quantum Technologies through Single Atom Trapping and Imaging IIT DELHI
Shashank Shekhar Prof. Siddhartha Santra Feasibility domains for quantum key distribution in quantum networks IIT Bombay
Shivam Sinha Dr. Aravinda S Generalized α-Observational Entropy IIT Tirupati
Shuva Biswas Prof. Kanishka Biswas Exploring the Role of Lone Pairs on Electronic Structure of Topological Quantum Materials and Its Thermoelectric Properties JNCSR Bengalore
Swarup Kumar Giri Dr. Ashok Mohapatra Quantum limit of light amplification using degenerate four-wave mixing in alkali Vapor NISER, Bhubaneswar
Utkarsh Prof. Anshuman Kumar A Monolithic Platform for Strong Coupling of an Single Photon Emitter (SPE) and a Bound State in the Continumm (BIC) in Hexagonal Boron Nitride (hBN) IIT Bombay
Vivek chandra Dr. Bodhaditya santra Development of a low noise driver for narrow linewidth lasers IIT Delhi

Chanakya PG Fellowship 8 months - 2023-24

CHANAKYA FELLOW MENTOR PROJECT TITLE INSTITUTE
Anuprita Kulkarni Dr.Ankur Raina Cryptographic Applications of Boson Sampling and Chaotic Quantum Systems IISER Bhopal
Md Asif Zia Dr. B. Prasanna Venkatesh Quantum Phases of laser-driven Dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates IIT Gandhinagar
mohammed bilal p s Dr. Victor Mukherjee Optimal charging protocol for quantum many body battery using Reinforcement Learning IISER Berhampur
POORVISHA C Dr. Arijit Sharma Development of a high-resolution diffraction-limited single- ion imaging system. IIT Tirupati
Pranav Maheshwari Dr. Ankur Raina Benchmarking Fault Tolerant Error Correcting Codes IISER Bhopal
Sanidhya Gupta Dr Ankur Raina Distributed quantum computing with error correction IISER Bhopal
Shashwat Singh Tomar Dr. Ashna Bajpai Calibration of an AC-susceptometer for exploring canted-antiferromagnets for spintronic applications IISER Pune
Shivang Mathur Dr. Darshan G. Joshi Hole-doping a topological quantum paramagnet TIFR Hyderabad
Subham Das Dr. Debashish Saha Self Testing of Quantum States using Entangled Measurements IISER Thiruvantampuram

NQM Startups Announcement Ceremony

Ceremony Picture

We are thrilled to announce the unveiling of groundbreaking startups at the NQM Startups Announcement Ceremony held on 26th November 2024. These innovative ventures, poised to revolutionize industries, mark a significant milestone in driving the future of entrepreneurship in the field of Quantum Technologies.

The event was graced by the Honourable Minister of State for the Ministry of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Shri Jitendra Singh, who felicitated the startups and acknowledged their transformative potential.

The ceremony also witnessed the esteemed presence of:

Shri Abhay Karandikar, Secretary, DST
Dr. Ajai Chowdhry, Chairman, MGB, NQM
Dr. Kris Gopalakrishnan, Chairman, MGB, NM-ICPS
Dr. V.K. Saraswat, Hon’ble Member (S&T), NITI Aayog
Prof. Sunil Bhagwat, Director, IISER Pune

Congratulations to all the startup founders and their teams! We are excited to witness their journey and the transformative impact they will bring to the industry. Stay tuned for more updates as these startups progress toward a brighter future.

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