2025 ICTP Prize awarded to Titas Chanda, Sthitadhi Roy

IN NEWS : 2025 ICTP Prize awarded to Titas Chanda and Sthitadhi Roy

Analysis

• The International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) announced the 2025 ICTP Prize for Titas Chanda (IIT Madras) and Sthitadhi Roy (International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Bengaluru).
• The award recognises exceptional and original contributions to the theory of quantum many-body systems, at the interface of condensed matter physics and quantum information science.
• Their work has opened new directions in understanding:
  • Non-equilibrium dynamics of quantum systems
  • Quantum correlations
  • Measurement-driven phase transitions
• The research has practical relevance for controlling quantum devices such as quantum computers and quantum sensors, especially when such systems are out of equilibrium.

Individual Contributions

• Titas Chanda:
  • Contributions to quantum information science and quantum many-body physics
  • Work on quantum correlations and open quantum systems
  • Applications in quantum batteries, communication protocols, and resource theories
  • Development of numerical tools across quantum optics, cold atoms, and strongly correlated systems
• Sthitadhi Roy:
  • Contributions to non-equilibrium dynamics of quantum many-body systems
  • Research on measurement-induced phenomena, many-body localisation, and emergent quantum phases
  • Work on hybrid quantum circuits and measurement-based protocols to prepare exotic topological and dynamical phases
• The 2025 ICTP Prize is dedicated to the memory of Giancarlo Ghirardi, noted for foundational contributions to quantum mechanics that anticipated modern entanglement-based quantum information methods.

Background (Static Part of the Award)

• ICTP Prize:
  • Instituted in 1982
  • Awarded annually to young scientists from developing countries
  • Includes a certificate and a cash component
• International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP):
  • Founded in 1964 by Abdus Salam, Nobel laureate in Physics
  • Aims to support scientists from developing countries and strengthen global scientific capacity
• Past Indian Awardeesinclude:
  • Ashoke Sen
  • Deepak Dhar
  • Spenta Wadia
  • Rajesh Gopakumar
  • Mohit Randeria
  • Shiraz Minwalla
  • G. Baskaran

Updated – 15 December 2025; 10:30 AM | News Source:

The Hindu