Dr. Rajeev Singh

Assistant Professor
Department/School/Unit Name
Department of Physics, IIT (BHU), Varanasi
Phone No(s): 9962390798
Email: rajeevs.phy@iitbhu.ac.in
Area of Interest: Quantum Computers, Quantum Machine Learning, Quantum Devices

Research Interests

Physical Realizations of Quantum Computers

  • Quantum Computing and Machine Learning
    • Implementation and analysis of quantum algorithms
    • Quantum computer programming
    • Quantum machine learning
  • Quantum and Hybrid Devices
    • Modeling and programming of quantum devices
    • Nano-magnetism and cavity magnonics
    • Magnon-photon interactions

Publications (Google Scholar)

Academic Timeline

Assistant Professor (2017-)
Ramanujan Fellow (2016-17)
    Department of Physics,
    Indian Institute of Technology,
    (Banaras Hindu University),
    Varanasi, India

Postdoctoral Fellow (2015-16)
    Department of Physics,
    Bar-Ilan University,
    Ramat Gan, Israel
    Mentors:
        Dr. Efrat Shimshoni
        Dr. Emanuele Dalla Torre

Postdoctoral Fellow (2013-15)
    Max Planck Institute for the
    Physics of Complex Systems,
    Dresden, Germany
    Mentor: Dr. Frank Pollmann

Integrated Ph.D. (2006-13)
    The Institute of Mathematical
    Sciences, Chennai
    Mentor: Dr. Sitabhra Sinha

M.Sc. (Prev.) Physics (2005-06)
    Hindu College, University of Delhi

B.Sc. (Hons.) Physics (2002-05)
    Hindu College, University of Delhi

XII, CBSE (2002)
    Sunbeam School, Varanasi

X, CBSE (2000)
    Sunbeam School, Varanasi
 

Quantum Computing and Machine Learning

PhD

  • Prashant Choudhary (2022-)
  • Shubham Singh (2023-)

IDD

  • Ujjwal Kumar (2022-)
  • Nischala Pendyala (2023-)
  • Aakash Sharma (2023-)

Quantum and Hybrid Devices

with Dr Biswanath Bhoi

PhD

  • Kuldeep K Shrivastava (2018-)
  • Abhishek Mourya (2022-)
  • Sachin Verma* (2022-)
  • Rakesh K Nayak* (2022-)
  • Manjushree Maity* (2023-)
  • Sanjeev Kumar Gupt* (2023-)

IDD

  • Kartikeya Arora (2020-)
  • Manthan Badbaria (2020-)
  • Moulik D Ketkar (2021-)
  • Aditya A Kapdi (2021-)
  • Fizaan Khan* (2022-)
  • Vandit Jain* (2022-)

MSc

  • Dhananjay Vijay Shinde* (2022-)
  • Ravindra Hazam (2023-)
  • Ekta Tunwal* (2023-)

Quantum Inspired Classical Optics

with Dr Rakesh K Singh

PhD

  • Sourav Chandra* (2019-)
  • Akanksha Gautam* (2019-)
  • Tanushree Karmakar* (2020-)

​*Co-supervisor

Former Students

PhD / MSc

  • Shivangi Bidoliya (2020-21)
    • Scientific Officer, RRCAT Indore
  • Shubham Singh (2022-23)
    • PhD in my group
  • Aadarsh R Sharma (2021-22)
    • PhD, IIT Roorkee
  • Chandan Yadav (2020-21)

MTech

  • Ravi Kumar (2019-23)
    • PhD, Duke University
  • Vedant Kashyap (2018-22)
    • PhD, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
  • S Seshank Bandaru (2018-22)
    • JP Morgan Chase & Co
  • Tarush Tiwari (2018-21)
    • PhD, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
  • Ashutosh Pal (2017-21)
    • Oracle
  • Abhijit Chaudhari (2018-21)
    • PhD, Pennsylvania State University
  • Satyam S. Jha (2017-20)
    • PhD, CUNY, New York
  • Vineesha Srivastava (2017-20)
    • PhD, University of Strasbourg, France
  • Gautam K Naik (2017-20)
    • PhD, Boston University
  • Ninad K Dongre (2017-19)
    • PhD, University of Texas, Dallas
  • Abhishek Raj (2016-18)
    • PhD, CUNY, New York

BTech (Hons) / BTech

  • Anshu K Mishra (2020-21)
    • MTech with Dr S K Singh
  • Swapnesh Khemariya (2020-21)
    • MTech with Dr S Tripathi
  • Shivam Agarwal (2020-21)
    • MTech with Dr S K Mishra
  • Parag Sharma (2018-20)
    • MTech with Dr R K Singh
  • Shashank Sharma (2017-19)
    • MTech with Prof S Chatterjee​​
  • Richa Goyal (2018-19)
    • MTech with Prof D Giri
  • Suman Aich (2017-18)
    • MTech with Dr G Abbas
    • PhD, Indiana University
  • Asmitha M (2017-18)
    • MTech with Prof S Chatterjee​
    • PhD, IIT (BHU)

2023-24 Even Semester

EP101 Practices of Engineering Physics
PYM518 Experimental Aspects of Quantum Information
PHY503 Advanced Experimental Physics

Last Year

  • PHY102 Introduction to Engineering Electromagnetics
    • every odd semester since 2017-18 (seven times)
  • EP101 Practices of Engineering Physics
    • every even semester since 2020-21 (three times)
    • PYM403 Quantum Mechanics I: 2023-24 (odd)
    • PHY503 Advanced Experimental Physics
      • every even semester since 2019-20 (four times)
      • twice in odd semester in 2019-20 and 2018-19

    Earlier

    • H101 Universal Human Values - I: 2018-19 (odd)
    • H102 Universal Human Values - II: 2018-19 (even)
    • PHY201 Quantum Physics
      • every odd semester between 2018-19 and 2021-22 (four times)
    • PHY202 Computational Physics (formerly PHY304)
      • every even semester between 2016-17 and 2020-21 (five times)
    • PHY305 Advanced Quantum Mechanics
      • every even semester between 2016-17 and 2018-19 (three times)
    • PHY302 Relativistic Electrodynamics: 2017-18 (odd)
    • PHY332 Fourier Optics: 2022-23 (even) and 2021-22 (even)
    • PHY332.O Fourier Optics and Imaging: 2022-23 (even)
    • PYM411 Computational Physics: 2020-21 (even)
    • PYM541 Laser Physics
      • every odd semester between 2020-21 and 2022-23 (three times)
    • PYM545 Wave Optics and Imaging: 2022-23 (odd)
    • PYM546 Statistical and Quantum Optics: 2022-23 (even)
    • PHY502 Advanced Classical Mechanics and Electrodynamics: 2017-18 (odd)
    • PHY504 Advanced Mathematical and Computational Physics (formerly AP7102)
      • 2017-18 (even) and 2016-17 (even)
    • PHY505 Advanced Quantum and Statistical Physics: 2019-20 (even)
    • PHY523 Quantum Phase Transition: 2017-18 (even)
    • PHY530 Optical Characterization Techniques: Basic Principles and Applications: 2021-22 (even)
    • PHY541 Nanotechnology for Health, Energy and Environment: 2022-23 (odd)

    Julia and Python are the main programming languages of my group. We occasionally use Mathematica.

    My Cluster (172.16.0.12, local access only)

    • There are currently nine nodes, most with 64GB RAM. 
    • The compute nodes can only be accessed from master.
    • The /home and /software folders are shared among the nodes.
      nCores clock (GHz)
    master 20 2.2
    compute2-3 16 2.1
    compute4-9 20 2.2