Educational Background: 
                    
                      
					 
                        -  B.Sc. (in Physics), 2008, Jadavpur University.
 
                        - M.Sc. (in Physics), 2010, Jadavpur University.
 
                       
                      
                        - PhD (Quantum Foundations), 2016, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata (Degree awarded by Calcutta University.
 
                       
                     
                    Professional Background: 
                    
                        
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October 2015 - January, 2018: Post Doctoral Fellow; Institute of Mathematical
Sciences, Chennai. 
                           
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April, 2018 - February, 2020: DST INSPIRE Faculty; S. N. Bose National Centre for
Basic Sciences. 
                           
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February, 2020 - June, 2022: Assistant Professor (Grade-I); Indian Institute of Science
Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram. 
                           
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June 13, 2022 - till date: Associate Professor; S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic
Sciences. 
                           
                         
                     
				
					 Awards / Fellowships: 
                    
                      
                        - Start up Research Grant, SERB (2021) [to support a JRF for three years] . 
 
                       
                        
                          - Chanakya Post Doctoral Fellowship, I HUB Quantum Technology Foundation (2021)
[to support a PDF for three years].
 
                         
                        
                          - INSPIRE Faculty Award [Offer letter No DST/INSPIRE/04/2017/002288].
 
                          
                          
                          - Joint CSIR UGC Test for Junior Research Fellowship and Eligibility for Lectureship
(NET) held on 20/12/2009 in the subject PHYSICAL SCIENCE.
 
                         
					 
					
		         Main area of Research: 
                    
					   
                        - Quantum Information Theory.
 
					   
					
					
                   
                        
                        
                        
                          - Quantum Foundations (Reconstruction Programme).
 
                         
                        
                          - Causality in Quantum World.
 
                         
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                     
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                    Significant Recent Publications: 
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                    
                     
					 
					    
					 
					 
					 
					   
		        
                        - R. K. Patra et al; Classical analogue of quantum superdense coding and communication advantage of a single quantum system; Quantum 8, 1315 (2024)
 
                        
					 
					    
					 
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
					   
					    
					     
					   
					     
					     
					   
                       
                      
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
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