I grew up in the foothills of Himalayas in India. Following an undergraduate degree from Kumaun University and a Master’s degree from Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (GBPUAT), Pantnagar,  I received Ph.D. in high energy theory from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.

After Ph.D, I had a great start of the postdoc stage in the TIFR Mumbai where I worked with Prof. Gautam Mandal building intuitions about quantum chaos, SYK model and holography. This made me wonder about condensed matter and measurement aspects of quantum systems. I next worked in the group of Prof. Peter Zoller in Innsbruck. During my postdoc in IQOQI Innsbruck I had transitioned to many-body quantum physics and theoretical side of quantum simulations. My time in Innsbruck led me to win a Marie Curie independent postdoc grant to pursue my research in SISSA, Trieste. Here I worked with Prof. Pasquale Calabrese wondering about the role of symmetries in entanglement.

Beyond research pursuits I enjoy teaching and have taught as a teaching assistant during my PhD. I thoroughly enjoy conducting classroom lectures as well as facilitating laboratory sessions, and mentoring students.

During my academic journey as a theoretical physicist, I have found very few women leaders, therefore I am also deeply interested in promoting women scientists and help researchers with young families to manage work and family life. If you find these topics interesting and want to contribute to discussions and ideas, do write to me. 

I have joined SUTD in July 2026.

My research focuses on various quantum and classical aspects concerning many-body quantum systems and their applications in modern quantum technologies- towards quantum algorithms design, and quantum simulations. I use techniques from quantum information, and condensed matter, and wonder often about noise and error characterization and correction.