Research

Some of the recent research directions of the group include the following.

The inter-connections between the above topics can be seen from the following diagram.

The major questions/topics being explored by the group members are as follows. For more setails, see details on respective topics as given above.

1. Quantification of multipartite entanglement
2. Characterizing quantum many-body systems using entanglement, and investigating novel phenomena such as quantum phase transitions in these systems
3. Dynamics of entanglement and related quantum correlation measures in open quantum systems
4. Characterizing topological quantum error correcting codes, and the "topological-to-non-topological" quantum phase transitions using entanglement
5. Designing quantum thermal machines using interacting quantum spin models
6. Generating large quantum networks containing genuine multiparty entanglement
7. Studying quantum games in noisy situations

Completed / Ongoing Projects

1. SERB Start-up Research Grant (December 2020 -- December 2022): Grant amount 22,66,771 INR
• Project Title: Characterizing quantum computers:  Entanglement in noisy quantum error correcting codes
• Status: Completed
2. SERB Core Research Grant (2024-2027)
• Project Title: Controlling imperfections in quantum devices
• Status: Approved, yet to start