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 (JIIT), Noida. He has worked in quantum optics, quantum information, and quantum cryptography. He is a fellow of The National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI),

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 (Springer Nature). He is also on the editorial board of Quantum Review Letters (KeAi Publishing).

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.

Awards Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Award for Science and Technology in the field of Electronics & Information Technology (2017) Fellow, The National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) (2017) Fellow, Optical Society of India (OSI) Fellow, Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE)