QuEST (Quantum Enabled Science & Technology)

is a Multi-Institutional Networked Programmme of Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India (GOI).
It has 51 research projects grouped into four themes. QuEST Theme-I has 24 projects based on Quantum Information Technologies with Photonic Devices. The objective of QuEST Theme-I is performing quantum information and quantum communication tasks using photons and study the foundations of quantum mechanics and quantum entanglement.

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18 Institutes
24 Projects



259+ Papers
100+ People

18 Top Research Institutes

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali
Raman Research Institute (RRI), Bangalore
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras
Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur
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24 Research Projects

Percolation and transmission capacity in quantum network
Quantum Correlations: Significance, Characterization, Quantification, Protocols
Sources for quantum information processing
Quantum Foundations to Quantum Technologies
Free space quantum communication: Road to satellite quantum communication
Design and Development of Fast and Robust Authentication and Key Distillation Schemes for QKD Systems
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OUR PUBLICATIONS

"CHSH Inequalities with Appropriate Response Function for POVM and their Quantum Violation"; Asmita Kumari and A. K. Pan; NIT-Patna.
"Optimal Characterization of Gaussian Channels using Photon-Number-Resolving Detectors"; Chandan Kumar, Ritabrata Sengupta, and Arvind; IISER-Mohali.
"Measurement Based Quantum Heat Engine with Coupled Working Medium"; Arpan Das and Sibasish Ghosh; IMSc-Chennai.
"Manipulating Nonclassicality via Quantum State Engineering Processes: Vacuum Filtration and Single Photon Addition"; Anirban Pathak, V Narayanan; IoP-Bhubaneswar.
"Generation of two different polarization-entangled biphoton states in a potassium titanyl phosphate waveguide device with multiple periodic poling"; V K Shukla, Joyee Ghosh; IIT-Delhi.
"Robustness of intra-atomic frequency comb based quantum memory against fluctuating environment"; G. P. Teja, Sandeep K. Goyal; IISER-Mohali.
"Spatial coherence properties of down converted biphoton field generated using partially coherent pump beam"; Stuti Joshi, Bhaskar Kanseri; IIT-Delhi.
"Experimental realization of controlled quantum teleportation of arbitrary qubit states via cluster states"; Bikash K Behera, Prasanta K Panigrahi; IISER-Kolkata.
"Pearson correlation coefficient as a measure for certifying and quantifying high-dimensional entanglement"; C. Jebarathinam, Dipankar Home, Urbasi Sinha; RRI-Bangalore.
"Experimental demonstration of one-sided device-independent self-testing of any pure two-qubit entangled state"; Zhihao Bian, A. S. Majumdar; SNBNCSB-Kolkata.
220 plus plublications!!!

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OUR TEAM



Prof. Arvind
National Coordinator
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Dr. Anand Kumar Jha
National Co-Coordinator
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Prof. Urbasi Sinha
Principal Investigator (Q-97)
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Prof. R. P. Singh
Principal Investigator (Q-48)
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Prof. Anirban Pathak
Principal Investigator (Q-80)
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Prof. Aditi Sen De
Principal Investigator (Q-121)
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Dr. Bhaskar Kanseri
Principal Investigator (Q-86)
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Dr. Sandeep K. Goel
Principal Investigator (Q-77)
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23 top researchers of India in the field of Quantum Information Technologies as Principal Investigators!!!

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