C. M. Chandrashekar

C. M. Chandrashekar received his M.Sc.(Research) in Physics from University of Oxford, UK and PhD in Theoretical Physics from Perimenter Insitute for Theoretical Physics (University of Waterloo), Canada in the year 2009. After five years of experience as a post-doctoral fellow and senior reseacher, he joined The Insitute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai as faculty and worked at IMSc till February 2025 where the last position he held was Professor ‘G’. In 2025 he joined Department of Electronic Systems Engineering (DESE) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore as faculty.

Chandrashekar is a recipient of Rhodes Scholarship at University of Oxford in the year 2002, Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Fellowship in the year 2007 at University of Waterloo, Ramanujan Fellowship (availed only research grants) in the year 2015. In 2023 was also elected as a member of The National Academy of Sciences, India.

Chandrashekar’s primary research interest is in the area of quantum information theory, quantum computing and to understand and simulate quantum phenomena in nature for better understanding of nature. Though he is primarily trained as a theorist, his interests in experiments has led him to establish an experimental group which is working on various projects related to quantum technology and probing foundational aspects of quantum physics using single and entangled photons. Some of the topics of experise is listed below.

1. Quantum information theory, quantum algorithms, quantum walks.

2. Quantum information processing and quantum computation (photonic quantum computation)

3. Quantum optics and quantum technology using single and entangled photons.

4. Relativistic quantum physics and particle physics using qubits.

5. Simulate and understading quantum phenomenon in nature using qubits. Relativistic quantum physics and particle physics, dynacmics in chemical complexes are some examples.