We are always looking for motivated and curious individuals. Specific openings will be posted as they become available.
PhD and Postdoctoral positions, 2026
We recently secured a few grants and are looking for suitable doctoral and postdoctoral candidates. Join us!
Areas of interest
- Classical control of untrusted quantum devices.
- Device independence, adversarial self-testing and the shared-entanglement model.
- Physics with computationally bounded observers.
- Quantum algorithms for near-term devices, intermediate-scale quantum computers, for practical computational problems and alternate models of quantum computations.
- Quantum information theory, focussing on optimal rates of various information processing tasks, study of physical phenomena from the lens of information theory.
Potential advisors
See the faculty page for details.
Positions
| JRF | 6 (NQM w/ IIT Madras) + 1 (ARG w/ IIT Delhi) | 7 |
| 2-year Postdoc | 2 (NQM w/ IISc) + 1 (NQM w/ IIT Madras) + 1 | 3 |
| 1-year Postdoc | 1 + 1 (NQM w/ IIT Madras) | 2 |
Timeline
Expected start date: August 1st, 2026
Application deadline: 11:59 PM, June 15, 2026 (IST)
Offers 1: June 22, 2026
Offers 2: June 29, 2026
Offers 3: July 6, 2026
You are encouraged to apply at the earliest. We expect to start interviews shortly after an application is received.
How to apply?
Application instructions for this call are detailed in this document.
Last updated: Thursday, May 14, 2026
PhD and Postdoctoral positions, 2025
This call has now been closed.
1 PhD scholar and 1 Postdoctoral scholar were hired.