Government of Karnataka mission · IMJIR is the Coastal Karnataka node
Q-Shikshashala 2026 · Quantum Research Park (QuRP), IISc Bengaluru
IMJ Institute of Research and MIT, Kundapura bring you
From Light to Qubits: A Hands-On Introduction to Quantum Computing
Quantum Computing Student & Faculty Development Program (Q-SFDP)
Comprehensive, hands-on training in quantum computing — equipping your college to carry the quantum revolution forward.Taught by leading quantum scientists and industry experts from IISc, IISER Pune, RRI, IIT Dharwad and IBM Quantum.
Experiments – Theory – Coding – Hardware exposureA unique opportunity to take a deep dive into the Quantum World.
The programme trains a matched faculty–student pair from each of 30 partner institutions across Coastal Karnataka through a four-stage pedagogy — Observe, Understand, Build, Explore — culminating in the launch of the Coastal Karnataka Quantum Computing Network.
Optical experiments on polarization, interference and diffraction.
The mathematics and quantum theory behind those phenomena: vectors, superposition, measurement, entanglement and phase.
Qiskit programming, with jobs run on real IBM Quantum hardware and a practical mini project.
A comparative survey of quantum hardware platforms (NMR, trapped ion, superconducting, photonic, neutral atom) and a panel on quantum computing in India.
A two-hour online orientation two weeks before the offline programme covers Python and Qiskit installation, IBM Quantum account setup and a pretest, so no workshop time is lost to setup.
30 partner institutions · 60 participants
Open only to institutions in Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada, Shivamogga, Chikkamagaluru, Hassan and Kodagu districts. Interested faculty and students should approach their Principal to be considered. Each partner institution nominates one faculty member and one student (UG or PG) as a pair, and may send up to three pairs. Nominations are reviewed by the organizing team; selected pairs will be informed by email by 7 November 2026, before the online orientation on 18 November 2026.
Each institution nominates pairs of one faculty member and one student, and may send up to three pairs. Faculty members fill in the online form, and the Principal approves it by email with one click. The form opens on this page on 17 October 2026.
Faculty and students who wish to take part: please speak to your Principal first. Every nomination needs the Principal's approval.
Time slots are indicative and will be confirmed closer to the event.
Wednesday, 18 November 2026 · Online
Organizing Team, IMJIR
Organizing Team, IMJIR
Lokesh
Lokesh
Organizing Team, IMJIR
Organizing Team, IMJIR
Wednesday, 2 December 2026
Organizing Team
Inaugurator: Prashanth Upadhya · Chairman, IMJ Institutions · K T Satyajith, Director, IMJIR
Stations: 1 Double slit · 2 Diffraction at a single slit · 3 Malus' law · 4 Polarisation · 5 Simulation: Mach–Zehnder interferometer. Five batches (A–E) rotate, one hour per station. Batch → station: A → 1 · B → 2 · C → 3 · D → 4 · E → 5
Station leads
Batch → station: A → 2 · B → 3 · C → 4 · D → 5 · E → 1
Station leads
Batch → station: A → 3 · B → 4 · C → 5 · D → 1 · E → 2
Station leads
Batch → station: A → 4 · B → 5 · C → 1 · D → 2 · E → 3
Station leads
Batch → station: A → 5 · B → 1 · C → 2 · D → 3 · E → 4
Station leads
IMJIR Team
K T Satyajith, IMJIR
Thursday, 3 December 2026
K T Satyajith, IMJIR
Lokesh, Qiskit Trainer
K T Satyajith, IMJIR
Lokesh, Qiskit Trainer
R Prabhu, IIT Dharwad
Lokesh, Qiskit Trainer
R Prabhu, IIT Dharwad
Lokesh, Qiskit Trainer + Teaching Assistants
Friday, 4 December 2026
Bell states, tensor products, CNOT gate, entanglement as a quantum resource.
Subeesh T., Amrita University
Lokesh, Qiskit Trainer
Entanglement-assisted communication; sending a qubit state with a Bell pair and two classical bits.
Subeesh T., Amrita University
Lokesh, Qiskit Trainer
Bits and qubits, how much information a qubit can carry, no-cloning, entropy.
R Prabhu, IIT Dharwad
Controlled operations, phase kickback, oracle concept, Deutsch algorithm.
K T Satyajith, IMJIR
Lokesh, Qiskit Trainer
Period finding, the quantum Fourier transform and factoring.
Subeesh T., Amrita University
K T Satyajith, IMJIR
5 groups of ~6 partner colleges each, 8 minutes per group.
All Groups (Participating Colleges)
K T Satyajith, IMJIR / Lokesh
Saturday, 5 December 2026
Mahesh T. S.
Dhinakaran Vinayagamurthy, IBM
Debasmita Bhoumik, IBM
Debasmita Bhoumik, IBM
Mahesh T. S.
K T Satyajith
Sunday, 6 December 2026
Baladitya Suri, IISc Bengaluru
C M Chandrashekar, IISc Bengaluru
Saptarishi Chaudhuri, RRI Bengaluru
Dr. Akshay Naik and others
Taught by leading quantum scientists and industry experts.
Faculty, Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE)
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
PhD, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Chief Guest, Valedictory
Dr. Akshay Naik is a faculty member at the Centre for Nano Science and Engineering, IISc Bengaluru. His research focuses on nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS), quantum-enabled sensing, and microfabricated devices for precision measurements and emerging quantum technologies.
Director, Wadhwani-IISc Innovation Center
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru · Adjunct Faculty, Raman Research Institute
PhD, University of Cambridge, UK
Inaugurator
Dr. Prashanth Upadhya is the Director of the Wadhwani-IISc Innovation Center, IISc Bengaluru, and Adjunct Faculty at the Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru. He works on advancing India's quantum technology ecosystem through research and industry collaboration.
Professor, Physics
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune
PhD, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
History of quantum computing; NMR quantum computing
Prof. T. S. Mahesh is a Professor at IISER Pune and leads the NMR Quantum Information Processing Group. His research explores nuclear magnetic resonance for quantum information processing, quantum control, and quantum simulation using spin systems.
Professor
Raman Research Institute (RRI), Bengaluru
PhD, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai
Neutral atom quantum computing
Dr. Saptarishi Chaudhuri is a faculty member at the Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru. His research focuses on quantum optics, ultracold atoms, atomic physics, and precision measurements for quantum science and next-generation quantum technologies.
Associate Professor, Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
PhD, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Superconducting quantum computing
Prof. Baladitya Suri leads a group at IISc working on quantum information and computation with superconducting circuits, including circuit quantum electrodynamics, quantum acoustics with surface phonons, and microwave single-photon sources and detectors. Before joining IISc in 2018, he was a postdoctoral researcher in the Quantum Technologies Laboratory at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. He holds a B.Tech in Engineering Physics from IIT Madras.
Research Scientist, IBM Quantum
IBM India Research Lab
PhD, Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata
Running jobs on real quantum computers; practical mini project
Dr. Debasmita Bhoumik is a Research Scientist at IBM Quantum, with a PhD from the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, on error in discrete quantum circuits. Her work spans quantum error correction, quantum machine learning, and the Qiskit software stack.
Associate Professor of Physics · Dean (Student Welfare)
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Dharwad
PhD, Kuvempu University, Karnataka
Measurement, phase & interference; basics of quantum information theory
Prof. R Prabhu is an Associate Professor of Physics and Dean (Student Welfare) at IIT Dharwad, working in quantum information theory, including its interface with many-body physics, quantum optics, relativistic quantum information, and quantum communication.
Assistant Professor (Sr. Gd.), Centre for Computational Engineering and Networking (CEN)
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
PhD, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
Entanglement, superdense coding & teleportation; Shor's algorithm
Dr. T. Subeesh obtained his Masters degree in Physics from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai. He received his PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai for his work on Phase Properties of Radiation Fields. His areas of research include Theoretical Quantum Optics and Biomedical Instrumentation.
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics
Dr H N National College of Engineering, Bengaluru
PhD, Bangalore University
Optics demonstrations: wave plates, diffraction & interference
Dr. Praveen Parthasarathi is an Assistant Professor of Physics at Dr H N National College of Engineering, Bengaluru, with 16 years' experience in soft condensed matter physics and applied optics, including a postdoctoral position (2021) in Cellular Biophysics at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
Assistant Professor of Physics
Moodlakatte Institute of Technology (MIT), Kundapura
PhD, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
Co-organiser
Polarization, Malus' law, interference and laser demonstrations (Day 1 optics lab)
Dr. Anoop Thomas is an Assistant Professor of Physics at MIT Kundapura, working in condensed matter physics and materials science.
Independent IT Consultant
Hands-on sessions
Lokesh is an independent IT consultant with more than two decades of IT experience, having worked for organisations in the fields of Life Sciences, Capital Markets and Healthcare. He is exploring Quantum Computing and Emerging Technologies.
Director, IMJ Institute of Research (IMJIR) · Professor of Physics, MIT
IMJIR & Moodlakatte Institute of Technology (MIT), Kundapura
PhD, Bangalore University
Organiser
Optics experiments, mathematical foundations, trapped-ion quantum computing
Prof. K T Satyajith's research areas are: ion and electron trapping, laser cooling and precision spectroscopy. He is setting up an ion-trap based quantum computing set-up at IMJIR.
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
PhD, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics / University of Waterloo, Canada
Photonic quantum computing
Dr. C. M. Chandrashekar is a faculty member in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at IISc Bengaluru. He is internationally recognized for his contributions to quantum walks, quantum computation, quantum simulation, and quantum foundations.
Manager, IBM Quantum India
IBM Research India
PhD, University of Waterloo, Canada
IBM Quantum Platform overview
Dr. Dhinakaran Vinayagamurthy is a researcher at IBM Research India working on quantum computing systems and quantum software. His interests include quantum algorithms, compiler technologies, and practical applications of quantum computing on near-term hardware.
Director, IMJ Institute of Research (IMJIR) · Professor of Physics, MIT
IMJIR & Moodlakatte Institute of Technology, Kundapura
PhD, Bangalore University
Organiser
Organizer; mathematical foundations; trapped-ion quantum computing
Prof. K T Satyajith's research areas are: ion and electron trapping, laser cooling and precision spectroscopy. He is setting up an ion-trap based quantum computing set-up at IMJIR.
Assistant Professor of Physics
Moodlakatte Institute of Technology (MIT), Kundapura
PhD, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
Co-organiser
Co-organizer; optics lab sessions
Dr. Anoop Thomas is an Assistant Professor of Physics at MIT, working in condensed matter physics and materials science.
Faculty members fill in the form for themselves and one student. Your Principal then gets an email and approves with one click; no login needed. Up to three pairs per college. Last date: 31 October 2026.
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Q-SFDP 2026 brings about 60 faculty members and students from 30 engineering colleges across Coastal Karnataka together for five days of hands-on quantum computing, as part of the Government of Karnataka's mission to take quantum knowledge and technology to every region. Partner with us to meet them, and to be part of the launch of the Coastal Karnataka Quantum Network.
Meet the people who buy for college labs
Q-SFDP 2026 brings faculty and students from about 30 science and engineering colleges together for five days of hands-on work: optics experiments, electronics, quantum programming and hardware demonstrations. Every participating college commits to running a quantum activity within six months, and many will be setting up or upgrading teaching labs to do it. Show your optics kits, electronics trainers and quantum-education setups to the faculty who choose them.
About 60 faculty and students from 30 engineering colleges, for five full days
Be part of the launch of the Coastal Karnataka Quantum Network
Visibility at a Government of Karnataka supported programme under Q-Shikshashala 2026
Engineering colleges across Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and the neighbouring districts
Lead partner
₹ 75,000/-
Programme partner
₹ 50,000/-
Supporting partner
₹ 25,000/-
All amounts in INR; taxes as applicable. Sponsorship is managed by IMJIR, separately from the QuRP grant.
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IMJ Institutions
IMJ Institute of Research (IMJIR)
Moodlakatte Institute of Technology (MIT), Kundapura
Quantum Research Park (QuRP), IISc
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
Society for Innovation & Development (SID), IIScK T Satyajith, Director, IMJIR
imjir2025@gmail.com
+91 8431795203
IMJ Institute of Research (IMJIR)
Moodlakatte, Kundapura Taluk, Udupi District
Karnataka 576217
Co-organiser: Dr. Anoop Thomas, Assistant Professor, Moodlakatte Institute of Technology (MIT), Kundapura
anoop@mitkundapura.com · +91 8861544179
Host institution: IMJ Institutions, Moodlakatte, Kundapura
Organiser: Prof. K T Satyajith, Director, IMJ Institute of Research (IMJIR)
Co-organiser: Dr. Anoop Thomas, Moodlakatte Institute of Technology (MIT), Kundapura
