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QuIC Lab Featured in the IYQ 2025 Quantum 100 Hub

The International Year of Quantum Science and Technology recognised QuIC Lab as part of its global Quantum 100 initiative — celebrating 100 groups shaping the future of quantum science worldwide.

Prof. Urbasi Sinha Honoured with Gates-Cambridge Impact Prize 2025

Prof. Urbasi Sinha is among eight winners of the Gates-Cambridge Impact Prize by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation at Cambridge, UK, recognising her vision in making quantum computing a catalyst for humanity's challenges.

Prof. Sanjay Puri (JNU) Visits QuIC Lab

Delighted to have Prof. Sanjay Puri, JNU, visit our lab on 27th November 2025.

Prof. Deepak Dhar (ICTS-TIFR) Visits QuIC Lab

Delighted to have Prof. Deepak Dhar, ICTS-TIFR, visit our lab on 26th November 2025.

Mr. Ajai Chowdhry Visits QuIC Lab

Honoured to have Mr. Ajai Chowdhry, one of the founding members of HCL and Chairman of the National Quantum Mission Governing Board, visit our lab on 18th April 2025.

Prof. Mike Crair (Vice Provost, Yale University) Visits QuIC Lab

Delighted to have Prof. Mike Crair, Vice Provost, Yale University, USA, visit our lab on 27th February 2025.

Prof. Andrew White (University of Queensland) Visits QuIC Lab

Delighted to have Prof. Andrew White, University of Queensland, Australia, visit our lab on 25th January 2025.

Shri Kamal Kumar Agarwal (Deputy DG, Quantum Technology, TEC, DoT) Visits QuIC Lab

Delighted to have Shri Kamal Kumar Agarwal, Deputy Director General (Quantum Technology) at the Telecommunication Engineering Centre, Department of Telecommunications, visit our lab on 8th January 2025.

Prof. Urbasi Sinha Receives Vigyan Yuva-Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Physics

Prof. Urbasi Sinha was awarded the prestigious VY-SSB Prize in Physics by CSIR — one of India's most coveted honours for scientists under 45 years of age.

Ms. Mehak Wins 1st Prize at NYUAD International Hackathon

Congratulations to Ms. Mehak for winning the 1st prize at the 12th Annual NYUAD International Hackathon for Social Good, focusing on Quantum Computing and AI support.

Dr. Sanchari Chakraborti Successfully Defends Her PhD Thesis

Congratulations to Dr. Sanchari Chakraborti for successfully defending her thesis on 18th April 2024. A proud moment for the entire QuIC Lab.

Prof. Urbasi Sinha Keynote at University of Calgary's Inaugural Creating Tomorrow Event

Prof. Sinha delivered the keynote presentation at the University of Calgary's inaugural Creating Tomorrow event on Feb. 21, 2024 — "Quantum: Mysteries, Magic, Possibilities".

Invited Lecture at Vigyan Bhavan on National Science Day 2024

Prof. Urbasi Sinha delivered an invited lecture at Vigyan Bhavan on the occasion of National Science Day 2024 on the theme "Vision with Quantum Technologies for Viksit Bharat@2047".

Prof. Adrian Kent Visits QuIC Lab

Delighted to host Prof. Adrian Kent (University of Cambridge) at RRI over the second week of February 2024.

India DST Highlights Our Atmospheric Study Towards Satellite-Based Quantum Communication

Dr. Rohini Srivathsa (CTO, Microsoft India and South Asia) Visits QuIC Lab

Delighted to have Dr. Rohini Srivathsa, CTO at Microsoft India and South Asia, visit our lab on 30th October 2024.

Mr. Saumya Ranjan Behera Wins Best Poster Prize at QCMC, IIT Madras

Congratulations to our PhD student Mr. Saumya Ranjan Behera for winning the best poster prize at QCMC (International Conference on Quantum Communications, Measurement and Computing) at IIT Madras!

Public Lecture on Photonic Quantum Science and Technology at RRI

Prof. Urbasi Sinha delivered a public lecture on Photonic Quantum Science and Technology at RRI on 14th July 2024, covered by the Kannada regional newspaper Kolarapatrike.

Prof. Abhay Karandikar (Secretary, DST) Visits QuIC Lab

Delighted to have Prof. Abhay Karandikar, Secretary, Department of Science & Technology, visit our lab on 3rd June 2024.

Prof. Urbasi Sinha Honoured as Distinguished International Associate, Royal Academy of Engineering, UK

Prof. Urbasi Sinha was honoured as Distinguished International Associate by the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK, for the 2024–2025 term.

Interview with Prof. Urbasi Sinha Featured in Wired Middle East

Women in Physics: Interview with Prof. Urbasi Sinha Published in Nature Communications Physics

Shri Neeraj Mittal (Secretary, Department of Telecommunications) Visits QuIC Lab

Delighted to have Shri Neeraj Mittal, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, visit our lab on 8th March 2024.

Prof. Urbasi Sinha at Synapse Conclave, Presented by Shiv Nadar Foundation

Prof. Urbasi Sinha Receives Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi National Eminence Award

Celebrated Prof. Urbasi Sinha for receiving this prestigious award at the ceremony held at Sri Shanmukhananda Fine Arts and Sangeetha Sabha, acknowledging her outstanding contributions to quantum communication and information in India.

Prof. Urbasi Sinha Appointed Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC)

Prof. Urbasi Sinha was appointed as the Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Photonic Quantum Science and Technologies — a major recognition of her international impact in quantum research.

Shubhashree Desikan (Associate Editor, Shaastra) Visits QuIC Lab

Delighted to have Shubhashree Desikan, Associate Editor of Shaastra magazine, visit our lab on 1st June 2023.

Shri D. Veerendra Heggade Visits QuIC Lab

Honoured to have Shri D. Veerendra Heggade, Philanthropist and the hereditary administrator (Dharmadhikari) of the Dharmasthala Temple, visit our lab on 5th April 2023.

Prof. Rajat Moona (Director, IIT Gandhinagar) Visits QuIC Lab

Delighted to have Prof. Rajat Moona, Director of the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, visit our lab on 18th March 2023.

Subhra Priyadarshini (Chief Editor, Nature India) Visits QuIC Lab

Glad to have Subhra Priyadarshini, Chief Editor of Nature India, visit our lab on 7th March 2023.

Prof. Rana X. Adhikari (Caltech) Visits QuIC Lab

Glad to have Prof. Rana X. Adhikari, Professor at the California Institute of Technology, visit our lab on 5th January 2023.

RRI and the Indian Navy Sign MoU to Develop Secure Maritime Communications Using Quantum Technologies

Shri Srinivas Laxman (Space Journalist, Times of India) Visits QuIC Lab

Honoured to have Shri Srinivas Laxman, space journalist at the Times of India, visit our lab on 31st March 2023.

Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta (Director, S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences) Visits QuIC Lab

Pleased to have Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta, Senior Professor and Director at the S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, visit our lab on 6th March 2023.

Prof. Gautam Mandal (TIFR, Mumbai) Visits QuIC Lab

Honoured to have Prof. Gautam Mandal from TIFR, Mumbai, visit our lab on 8th February 2023.

Prof. Urbasi Sinha Participates in Interministerial Committee on India's Quantum Technology Roadmap

Prof. Urbasi Sinha participated in an interministerial committee towards a roadmap for quantum technology in India, meeting Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw (Minister of Railways, Communications, Electronics, and IT).

Determination of Entanglement Monotones for Arbitrary Dimensional Bipartite States Accepted in Quantum Science and Technology

Shri Abdul Kayum and Shri Venkata Rama Raju Chelle (Department of Telecommunications) Visit QuIC Lab

Honoured to have Shri Abdul Kayum (Dy. DG, 6G Technologies) and Shri Venkata Rama Raju Chelle (Director, 6G Technologies) visit our lab on 13th September 2022.

New Contribution on Relating Entanglement Measures in Higher Dimensional Quantum Systems

New Contribution on Determination of Entanglement Monotones in Higher Dimensional Quantum Systems

Prof. Sandip Trivedi (Former Director, TIFR Mumbai) Visits QuIC Lab

Honoured to have Prof. Sandip Trivedi visit our lab on 9th September 2022.

New Contribution Towards Polarization Correction for Satellite-Based QKD Without Active Feedback

New Work on Entanglement Protection in Higher Dimensions Accepted for Publication

New Work on Quantum Computers Published

DST Secretary Dr. Srivari Chandrasekhar Visits QuIC Lab

Honoured to have DST Secretary Dr. Srivari Chandrasekhar visit our lab on 20th June 2022.

RRI Council Member Prof. Rupamanjari Ghosh Visits QuIC Lab

Honoured to have RRI council member Prof. Rupamanjari Ghosh visit our lab on 3rd June 2022.

Lab's Work on Quantum Computers Highlighted in the Media

New Contribution Towards Unambiguous Joint Detection

Loophole-Free Violation of the Leggett-Garg Inequality Published

QuIC Lab Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary

Celebrated with a tour of ongoing research activities for RRI staff and students.

Media coverage of our long distance quantum communication project under DST's Quantum Enabled Science and Technology programme by Anandabazar Patrika

Media coverage on our Freespace (atmospheric channel-based) quantum key distribution experiment with entangled photons

DD News broadcast on Quantum Information and Computing: A ground-breaking innovation by Raman Research Institute

New Work on Quantum Computers

Recognized as Outstanding Referee by Communications Physics (Nature)

Invited Talk at the Vienna Quantum Foundations Conference

World Quantum Day Network Launched

Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor to the PM Highlights Our Lab's Work as a Top-Featured Article

Participation in the India International Science Festival

Work on Quantum Cryptography highlighted by "India Science - The Nation's Science Channel" as one of the top ten innovations for 2020

QuIC lab's work on secure quantum communications and quantum state estimation as one of 20 major success stories of 2020 by DST

QuIC team secures the 1st place in the Worldskills International Competition on Quantum Technology competence BRICS skills camp

News Station Covers Our QSI Work and Efforts Towards Satellite-Based Quantum Communication

Our Quantum State Interferography Experiment Accepted for Publication in Physical Review Letters

Blog Article on Our Work

Article in Vigyan Samachar on Our QSI Work

New Grant on Centre for Excellence in Quantum Technology

Check Out Our New Contribution: Quantum State Interferography

Correlations in Higher Dimensions Now Published

Nature India Coverage of Our Work

New Contribution Towards Protecting Entanglement in Higher Dimensions

Privileged to Be Invited to Write for Scientific American

Research Coverage in New Scientist

Times of India Covers Our New QKD Work

Discussing Quantum Computing on TV BRICS Russia

Continuing Our Journey in Higher Dimensional Photonic Systems

Experiment Revisiting Entanglement Measures in Qubits

Double Slit as a Lossy Beam Splitter

Hong-Ou-Mandel Effect: New Surprises and Revelations

Prof. Urbasi Sinha Named Among Asian Scientist's 26 Fantastic Female Scientists

Lab Awarded New DST-ITPAR Grant for Collaborative Project with University of Trento, Italy

New grant under the DST ITPAR programme for a collaborative project on integrated photonic circuit-based quantum communications with the University of Trento, Italy.

Non-Hermitian Operator Measurement Using Weak Values Published in Physical Review A

Feature Review on Single Photon Sources Published in Optics and Photonics News (OSA)

New Contribution to Quantum Key Distribution

New Insights and Experiment on Entanglement Measures in Qubits Published in JOSA B

New Invited Feature Article on Single Photon Sources

Prof. Urbasi Sinha Joins ITU-T Focus Group on Quantum Information Technology for Networks

QuIC Lab Launches New Website

Measuring the Average Value of a Non-Hermitian Operator in the Lab

Cheshire Cat Appraisal Paper Published in Annals of Physics

Conference Report on QFF2018 Published in Current Science

Prof. Urbasi Sinha Named Among Asian Scientist's Asia's Scientific Trailblazers

Prof. Urbasi Sinha Receives the ICTP-ICO Gallieno Denardo Award 2018

Physics World Reports on Our New Research on Non-Classical Paths in Quantum Interference

Subhajit Wins Best Poster Award at ISNFQC18

Superposition and Feynman Paths Experiment Published in New Journal of Physics

New Work on Correlations in Higher Dimensions

Prof. Urbasi Sinha Awarded the Homi Bhabha Fellowship

DST Secretary Prof. Ashutosh Sharma Visits QuIC Lab

Honoured to have DST Secretary Prof. Ashutosh Sharma visit our lab on 6th April 2017.

New Work on Weak Measurements

Paper on Correlated Photonic Qutrit Pairs

Paper on Sudden Death of Entanglement Published

Simanraj Awarded the Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarship

First Measurement of a Non-Zero Sorkin Parameter — 2.5 Years of Effort

Minister Navdeep Bains (Science, Innovation and Economic Development, Canada) Visits QuIC Lab

New Paper Published in the International Journal of Quantum Information

Envariance Work Published in Physical Review A

New Superposition Paper Published in Nature Scientific Reports

Research Grant Awarded by the Templeton Foundation

Featured for Contribution to Women in Science

Lab Featured in Telegraph India

Measuring Non-Hermitian Operators via Weak Values Accepted in Physical Review A

New Paper on the arXiv

New Paper on the arXiv

New Paper on the arXiv

Paper Published in Physical Review Letters with a Focus Story

arXiv:1308.2022 Accepted for Publication in Physical Review Letters