Schedule

13th Jan'20         14th Jan'20         15th Jan'20         16th Jan'20         17th Jan'20         18th Jan'20

An overview of the conference schedule can be downloaded from here

The Book of Abstracts can be downloaded from here


January 13, 2020 (Monday)
Time Speaker Talk title
8:30 AM to 9:30 AMBreakfast
9:30 AM to 10:00 AMRegistration
10:00 AM to 10:30 AMInaugural session
Chief Guest:Dr. K. Kasturirangan (Member, RRI Trust, RRI Council, former Chairman, ISRO)
Opening Remarks:Prof. Urbasi Sinha (Convenor)
Welcome Note:Prof. Joseph Samuel (on behalf of Director, RRI)
Inauguration:Prof. N. Mukunda (former vice-president, Indian Academy of Sciences)
10:30 AM to 11:00 AMTea
Session 1Chair: N. Mukunda
11:00 AM to 11:30 AMHarald WeinfurterFrom Bell tests to quantum network links
11:30 AM to 12:00 NoonArchan S. MajumdarSemi-device-independent self-testing
12:00 Noon to 12:30 PMCostantino BudroniNonclassical temporal correlations in systems with finite memory
12:30 PM to 1:00 PMAlok K. PanSharing non-trivial preparation contextuality by arbitrary number of sequential observers
1:00 PM to 2:30 PMLunch
Session 2Chair: Harald Weinfurter
2:30 PM to 3:00 PMGregor WeihsMulti-Path and Multi-Particle Interference
3:00 PM to 3:30 PMSaikat GhoshQuantum phase synchronization in spin 1 atoms
3:30 PM to 3:45 PMSimanraj SadanaNear-100% two-photon-like coincidence-visibility dip with classical light and the role of complementarity
3:45 PM to 4:00 PMSuraj GoelUnscrambling Entanglement through a Complex Medium
4:00 PM to 4:30 PMTea
Session 3Chair: Archan S. Majumdar
4:30 PM to 5:00 PMSomshubhro BandyopadhyayStrong quantum nonlocality without entanglement
5:00 PM to 5:15 PMAhana GhoshalCoherence as witness for quantumness of gravity
5:15 PM to 5:30 PMOmkar SrikrishnaResource-efficient topological fault-tolerant quantum computation with hybrid entanglement of light
5:30 PM to 5:45 PMSom KanjilalOptimal Random Access Code and resource for quantum advantage
5:45 PM to 6:00 PMRavikumar ChinnarasuGeneration of Sub-MHz Bandwidth Biphotons by Controlled Quantum Interference
6:15 PM to 7:30 PMSocial Event: Raman Museum Tour
7:30 PM to 9:00 PMDinner

January 14, 2020 (Tuesday)
Time Speaker Talk title
8:30 AM to 9:30 AMBreakfast
Session 1Chair: Konrad Banaszek
9:30 AM to 10:00 AMAnil KumarQuantum Information Processing by NMR: Interesting Results from our Laboratory
10:00 AM to 10:30 AMT. S. MaheshInvestigating Quantum Correlations through Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
10:30 AM to 11:00 AMTea
Session 2Chair: Gregor Weihs
11:00 AM to 11:30 AMAdrian KentS-money: virtual tokens for a relativistic economy
11:30 AM to 12:00 NoonSougato BoseTable-top Testing of the Non-Classicality of Gravity: Assumptions
12:00 Noon to 12:30 PMPiotr KolenderskiPhotons for micro and macro applications
12:30 PM to 12:50 PMDamián Pitalúa GarcíaPractical quantum tokens without quantum memories: towards a proof-of-principle experimental demonstration
12:50 PM to 1:10 PMStephan SponarExperimental Studies of Measurement Uncertainty Relations in Neutron Optics
1:10 PM to 2:30 PMLunch
Session 3Chair: Lorenzo Maccone
2:30 PM to 3:00 PMArun K. PatiWeak value, Modular Value and Potent Value
3:00 PM to 3:30 PMKasturi SahaMagnetometry with color defects in diamond
3:30 PM to 3:45 PMTabish QureshiIs There a Momentum Transfer in Which-Way Measurement?
3:45 PM to 4:00 PMS. LakshmibalaEntanglement and squeezing properties of tripartite continuous variable systems
4:00 PM to 4:30 PMTea
Session 4Chair: Arun K. Pati
4:30 PM to 5:00 PMSai VinjanampathyPreparations and weak-field phase control can witness initial correlations
5:00 PM to 5:30 PMSrikanth RadhakrishnaConvex combination of quantum channels
5:30 PM to 5:45 PMNoufal Jaseem PQuantum Synchronization in Nano-scale Heat Engines
5:45 PM to 6:00 PMShounak DattaAnharmonicity can enhance the performance of quantum refrigerators
7:30 PM to 9:00 PMDinner

January 15, 2020 (Wednesday)
Time Speaker Talk title
8:30 AM to 9: 30 AMBreakfast
Session 1Chair: N. Mukunda
9:30 AM to 10:00 AMA. Ravi P. RauUsing symmetries to understand and work with quantum correlations
10:00 AM to 10: 30 AMYutaka ShikanoQuantum Random Numbers in Quantum Computer
10:30 AM to 11:00 AMTea
Session 2Chair: Prasanta K. Panigrahi
11:00 AM to 11:30 AMAntonio AcinCorrelations in quantum networks
11:30 AM to 12:00 NoonIndranil ChakrabartyBroadcasting of Correlations in Quantum World
12:00 Noon to 12:30 PMPerola MilmanContinuous Variables Error Correction Out of the Box Using SPDC
12:30 PM to 12:45 PMKaushik JoarderSimulation and experimental demonstration of single-photon based QKD (B92) protocol
12:45 PM to 1:00 PMSouradeep SasmalA generic scheme for Enhancing Randomness towards maximum amount of Bell-CHSH certified Genuine Randomness
1:00 PM to 2:30 PMLunch
Session 3Chair: A. R. P. Rau
2:30 PM to 3:00 PMPrasanta K. PanigrahiQuantum photons from a diplole coupled two-level atomic system
3:00 PM to 3:30 PMUjjwal SenEntanglement and related concepts in glassy quantum systems
3:30 PM to 4:00 PMAnil ShajiInitial Correlations in Photonic Dephasing Dynamics
4:00 PM to 4:30 PMTea
Session 4Chair: Perola Milman
4:30 PM to 5:00 PMRavindra Pratap SinghDuality in entanglement: Polarization and orbital angular momentum of photons
5:00 PM to 5:30 PMYves CaudanoUsing the Majorana representation and weak measurements to investigate quantum paradoxes
5:30 PM to 5:45 PMAshok KumarQuantum-enhanced sensing for plasmonic sensors
5:45 PM to 6:00 PMDevashish TupkaryTowards a device-independent witness of tripartite entanglement resource
6:00 PM to 7:30 PMSocial Event: 'Copenhagen' Film Show
7:30 PM to 9:00 PMDinner

January 16, 2020 (Thursday)
Time Speaker Talk title
8:30 AM to 9:30 AMBreakfast
Session 1Chair: Ujjwal Sen
9:30 AM to 10:00 AMSibasish GhoshMeasurement Based Quantum Heat Engine with Coupled Working Medium
10:00 AM to 10: 30 AMArindam GhoshThermoelectricity in twisted bilayer graphene
10:30 AM to 11:00 AMTea
Session 2Chair: Antonio Acin
11:00 AM to 11:30 AMSherilyn WrightTowards device-independent randomness amplification
11:30 AM to 12:00 NoonReena Dayal YadavEffect in Quantum inspired algorithms
12:00 Noon to 12:30 PMApoorva PatelUnderstanding the Born rule in weak quantum measurements
12:30 PM to 1:00 PMDebasis SarkarQuantum Correlations in Quantum Network Scenario
1:00 PM to 2:30 PMLunch
Session 3Chair: Alex Matzkin
2:30 PM to 3:00 PMArul LakshminarayanCreating maximally entangled and entangling quantum evolutions
3:00 PM to 3:15 PMSuchetana GoswamiProtecting quantum correlations in presence of generalised amplitude damping channel: the two-qubit case
3:15 PM to 3:30 PMSwati KumariMacrorealistic inequalities stronger than the standard Leggett-Garg inequalities
3:30 PM to 3:45 PMShiladitya MalWitnessing bipartite entanglement sequentially by multiple observers
3:45 PM to 4:00 PMDebarshi DasPersistence of quantum violation of macrorealism for large spins even under coarsening of measurement times
4:30 PM to 6:00 PMHigh Tea
4:30 PM to 6:00 PMPoster Sesssion
6:30 PM to 7:30 PMColloquium: Michael Berry
7:30 PM to 9:00 PMDinner

January 17, 2020 (Friday)
Book of Abstract for 17th January
Time Speaker Talk title
8:30 AM to 9: 30 AMBreakfast
Session 1Chair: Apoorva Patel
9:30 AM to 10:00 AMA. R. Usha DeviViolation of Leggett-Garg Inequality under non-hermitian PT symmetric Hamiltonian evolution
10:00 AM to 10: 30 AMRajamani VijayaraghavanHigh fidelity measurements in superconducting qubits
10:30 AM to 11:15 AMTea
Session 2Chair: A. R. Usha Devi
11:15 AM to 11:45 AMLorenzo MacconeQuantum time and time of arrival.
11:45 Noon to 12:00 NoonManabendra Nath BeraThe Second Laws for Quantum and Nano-scale Heat Engines
12:00 PM to 12:15 PMSiddhant DasArrival time distributions and spin in quantum mechanics: A Bohmian perspective
12:15 PM to 2:00 PMLunch
Session 3Chair: Adrian Kent
2:00 PM to 2:30 PMAlex MatzkinWeak values from path integrals
2:30 PM to 2:50 PMSurya N. SahooMeasuring average of non-Hermitian operator with weak value in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer
2:50 PM to 3:20 PMCyril BranciardQuantum circuits with classical versus quantum control of causal orders
3:20 PM to 3:35 PMAshutosh SinghManipulation of entanglement sudden death in an all-optical experimental setup
4:00 PM to 4:30 PMHigh Tea
5:00 PM to 6:30 PMPublic Lecture by Jian-Wei Pan
8:00 PM to 10:00 PMConference Banquet (venue: Jawahar Lawns, IISc)

January 18, 2020 (Saturday)
Time Speaker Talk title
8:30 AM to 9: 30 AMBreakfast
Session 1Chair: Urbasi Sinha
10:00 AM to 10:30 AM Jian-Wei Pan Quantum Science Experiments in Space
10:30 AM to 11:00 AMThomas Jennewein Novel techniques for ground-to-space quantum channels (VC)
11:00 AM to 11:30 AMTea
Session 2Chair: Piotr Kolenderski
11:30 AM to 12:00 NoonKhabat HeshamiQuantum communication over global distances (VC)
12:00 Noon to 12:30 PMFeihu XuA low-cost Quantum network with untrusted relay over fiber
12:30 PM to 1:00 PMKonrad BanaszekFrom quantum information science to deep-space optical communication
1:00 PM to 2:30 PMLunch
Session 3Chair: Cyril Branciard
2:30 PM to 3:00 PMXiao-Bo ZhuProgress on superconducting multi-qubit system
3:00 PM to 3:30 PMPeter RohdeEntanglement routing in the quantum internet - exploiting the differences between classical and quantum data
3:30 PM to 4:00 PMTea
Session 4Chair: Dipankar Home
4:00 PM to 4:15 PMR. Umamaheshwaran
Scientific Secretary, ISRO
The importance of quantum communications in India's Space Programme
4:15 PM to 4:30 PMDr K. R. Murali Mohan
Head, ICPS Division, DST
VC
4:30 PM to 5:00 PMUrbasi SinhaQuantum Communication at RRI Bangalore
5:00 PM to 5:45 PMValedictory Session
7:30 PM to 9:00 PMDinner