Anirban Pathak


Anirban Pathak is an Indian physicist, professor, and the Head of the Department of Physics and Materials Science & Engineering at the Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida. He has worked in quantum optics, quantum information, and quantum cryptography. He is a fellow of The National Academy of Sciences, India, the Optical Society of India, and the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers. He is also the 2017 recipient of the Om Prakash Bhasin Award in the field of Electronics & Information Technology.

Education

Anirban Pathak received his Ph.D. in Physics from Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan. Following his doctoral studies, he was a post-doctoral research fellow at the Free University of Berlin, Germany.

Career

He joined the Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, in 2002. He is currently a professor and the Head of the Department of Physics and Materials Science & Engineering. He also heads the Centre for Quantum Science and Technology at JIIT.

Research

His research focuses on quantum optics, quantum information theory, quantum cryptography, and the applications of non-classical light. He has published over 170 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and has an h-index of 38 as of August 2024.

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Academic community involvement

He serves as an Associate Editor for the journal Quantum Information Processing.
He is also on the editorial board of Quantum Review Letters.
In a 2020 interview with Mint, he commented on the state of quantum research in India, highlighting the need for increased investment and focus to compete globally in the field.

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