Congratulations to Sreenath K Manikandan on receiving the ANRF India-Prime Minister Early Career Research Grant. The project aims to come up with new quantum measurement strategies & statistical inference schemes to study the quantum properties of light & gravitational radiation in tabletop expts.

Karthik V Raman (faculty @tifrhyderabad.bsky.social) talks about how the recently launched #TIFR Quantum Foundry in Hyderabad represents a significant step forward for indigenous hardware manufacturing in India. #WorldQuantumDay www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...

(1/n) STAT 2026 focusses on the recent scientific & technical advancements at TIFR Hyderabad. The meeting began with a walk-through of the National Facility for High-Field NMR (Krishnarao D), followed by discussions on engineering design beyond computer aided design (Aathif Ahmedof).

#LabTour: Bharath Niranjan (Master Thesis student) takes us on a tour of the Hybrid Superconducting Quantum Devices lab (Principal Investigator: Vishal Ranjan) @tifrhyderabad.bsky.social. youtu.be/il9EO9NALJM

'सौर सेल: सौर ऊर्जा से विद्युत उत्पादन की वैज्ञानिक पृष्ठभूमि एवं विवरण' (Solar Cells: the science of harnessing solar energy) Brijesh Kumar Patel, graduate student in Pabitra Nayak's lab at TIFR Hyderabad, explains what constitutes a solar cell and how they work. www.tifrh.res.in/~sciencemedi...

National Science Day Celebrations: (a) science demos at the Little Sanctum Montessori, (b) Lab tours for school students (TGSWREIS School, Gowlidoddi), and college students (MSc students, Berhampur university).

Congratulations to Aravind H (graduate student, Manish Jaiswal's lab) on successfully defending his thesis titled 'Regulation of mitochondrial homeostasis during development and disease'.

National #Science Day celebrations at the Little Sanctum Montessori: Young learners interacted with TIFR Hyderabad members and tried out fun science experiments!

Congratulations to Darshika Bohra (graduate student, Aprotim Mazumder's lab, TIFR Hyderabad) on successfully defending her thesis titled ‘The Role of Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation in Regulating DNA Damage Repair and Signalling-Dependent Gene Transcription’.

'విజ్ఞాన రహస్యాలను వాసన పట్టడం నేర్చుకున్నాను' (Learning to Smell the Secrets of Science) Devakinandan (recent PhD graduate from TIFR Hyderabad) writes about his PhD days- the questions, the brainstorming, the failures, & the first 'whisper of discovery'! www.tifrh.res.in/~sciencemedi...

20 MSc Biotechnology students from Berhampur University visited TIFR Hyderabad. They explored research on DNA damage & repair, chemical peptide synthesis and therapeutics, and protein misfolding & aggregation - engaging with researchers on experimental approaches & careers.

#Workshop #NationalScienceDay 'Quantum Sensing & Quantum Metrology for Students' A focused in-person workshop for UG, PG students and emerging researchers. 🗓 Saturday, February 28, 2026 | 9:30 AM – 2:00 PM 📍 TIFR Hyderabad www.linkedin.com/posts/tifr-h...

Congratulations to Smarajit Karmakar (Dean, TIFR Hyderabad) on being awarded the Rajib Goyal Young Scientist Prize for his contributions to the field of Physical Sciences! ✨

(1/2) Subhra Pattanayak (grad student, T N Narayanan's lab, TIFR Hyderabad) in collaboration with researchers from @ucl.ac.uk has assembled a battery so small it can be fabricated directly on a microchip. Using air and a safe electrolyte, it can power tiny sensors and devices.

Update: The last date to apply has been extended till February 28, 2026.

We are #Hiring! Position: Postdoctoral fellow Area: Spatial organisation of protein–lipid clusters in neuronal and non-neuronal membranes using lipid bilayer native mass spectrometry (nMS) Details about the project, eligibility criteria, application procedure below. Apply by Mar 15, 2026.

We are #hiring! Positions: Junior/Senior Engineers Atomic Magnetometry & Quantum Sensing Systems' (QuBeats/Nostrodamus Research Grant Project) at TIFR Hyderabad. Details about the project, eligibility criteria, application procedure in the poster below! Apply by Feb 22, 2026.

(1/2) 'International Day of Women and Girls in Science' at TIFRH: Sudha Rao, Co-Founder and Executive Director at Genotypic Technology Pvt Ltd, reflected on three decades in the field of genomics in India: from academic research to translational science and entrepreneurship.

#ResearchHighlight Selective Amplification of the Topological Hall Signal in Cr2Te3: The Role of Molecular Exchange Coupling | ACS Applied Electronic Materials pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Prof. M. Krishnamurthy (Centre Director, TIFR Hyderabad) unfurls the National Flag on the occasion of the 77th Republic Day.

(1/2) TIFR Hyderabad will be at the Hyderabad Literary Festival (HLF) this year too! 🗓️ 24-26 Jan, 2026 📌 Sattva Knowledge City Here's a quick glimpse of the panels TIFRH members are a part of and we will putting up a STEM booth on Jan 26 as well. Hope to see you at HLF!

Congratulations to Smarajit Karmakar (Dean, TIFR Hyderabad) on being elected as a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences. Smarajit has been working towards elucidating the physics of disordered systems, focussing both on dynamics and micro-mechanics.

Congratulations to Antik Bhattacharya (graduate student, TIFR Hyderabad) on receiving the Sarojini Damodaran International Student Travel Fellowship.

Congratulations to Sourav Das Adhikari for successfully defending his thesis titled ‘Investigation of the Mechanism of Amyloid Aggregation Using Single-Molecule Fluorescence Techniques’.

We are #hiring! Position: Junior Research Fellow in Mrinal Srivastava's lab @TIFRH_buzz Details available below. Last date to apply: Jan 25, 2026

Applications for the Visiting Students Research Programme (VSRP) are now open! Details of the programme and application procedure available here: www.tifrh.res.in/academics/vs... Last date to apply: Jan 31, 2026

Position: Postdoctoral/Project Research Scientist (in an interdisciplinary collaborative ICMR funded project led by Prof. Monika Vig & team) Please send your CV, brief cover letter detailing prior experience, statement of interest & contact info of 2-3 refs to [email protected]

Congratulations to Vipin Agarwal (faculty @tifrhyderabad.bsky.social) on being elected to the International Society of Magnetic Resonance (ISMAR) Council (for the years 2026 to 2029).

(1/n) 'SMCB 2025' begins today with Biman Bagchi’s (IISc Bangalore) talk on glass transition dynamics, followed by talks on machine-learned interatomic potentials (Guillame Stirnemann, Sorbonne Univ), & spatiotemporal dynamics in microbial communities (Pushpita Ghosh, IISER TVM).

TIFR Hyderabad is set to host the second in-person meeting of the "Statistical Mechanics in Chemistry and Biology (SMCB – 2025)" conference during Dec 17–19, 2025. For registration details and more updates scan QR code above or visit the conference website: sites.google.com/view/smcb-20...

(1/2) 'Saving the Dark for Fireflies: Storytelling for Conservation' Sriram Murali took us on an adventure into the dark forests of Anamalai, illuminated by millions of fireflies he has tracked, observed, studied, and is now on a mission to protect. #SawaalJawaab sessions

Congratulations to Subhra R Pattanayak (T N Narayanan's lab) on receiving a poster presentation award at the International Meeting of the Battery Research Society held in Bengaluru (Dec 6-9, 2025).

We are delighted to welcome Sreenath K. Manikandan, who joins TIFR Hyderabad as the newest faculty member. He will be studying the nature of time and clocks in quantum theory and the quantum mechanics of cooling and high-precision tests of gravity in the quantum regime.

(1/n) "In 2023 at the Anamalai Tiger Reserve, as the sun went down, the birds went to roost and the bees started buzzing, the fireflies, perched on the leaves, began flashing with slow pulses. Their light frequency and intensity kept increasing after every break...(contd.)

Join us for a Sawaal-Jawaab session at Aaromale tomorrow (Nov 29, 4 PM)! Sriram Murali (National Geographic Explorer and Fireflies Specialist) will be sharing his field experiences in the jungle, especially rare firefly behaviours. Entry free. All are welcome!

Sriram Murali & Anusha Shankar initiated a thoughtful conversation on a rarely discussed yet crucial issue- sustainable lighting, and how rethinking the way we use light can protect not just us, but birds, fireflies, and countless other light-sensitive species.

Public talk at TIFR Hyderabad: 'Saving the night for us, birds, and fireflies: Why must we light wisely?' Sriram Murali & Anusha Shankar Nov 27, 2025 (Thurs), 4 PM Mode: Hybrid (meeting link on poster) This talk is a part of the nationwide campaign 'Young Birders' Month'.

This weekend (Nov 29; Saturday), join us for a Sawaal-Jawaab session at Aaromale! Sriram Murali (National Geographic Explorer and Fireflies Specialist) will be sharing his field experiences in the jungle, especially rare firefly behaviours.

The TIFR Hyderabad Science Fair is almost here! It's all hands on deck as we are gearing up for the institute's largest outreach event of the year! From Lasers to Birds, Microscopy to the good ol' Oobleck, we're putting together a celebration of science!

Midterm PhD & Int MSc-PhD Admissions at TIFR Hyderabad: Positions open in Vishal Ranjan's lab (www.tifrh.res.in/~vranjan/; Subject Board of Physics) Apply here: gsadmissions.tifrh.res.in/applicants/ Last date to apply: November 30, 2025

Midterm PhD & Int MSc-PhD Admissions at TIFR Hyderabad: Positions open in Vipin Agarwal's lab (www.tifrh.res.in/~vipin/) Subject Board of Chemistry Apply here: gsadmissions.tifrh.res.in/applicants/ Last date to apply: November 30, 2025

(1/n) Talks, posters and in-depth scientific discussions marked the beginning of the two day in-house symposium in TIFR Hyderabad, providing ample opportunities for institute members to discuss latest developments in their research and share ideas.

(1/n) Today, TIFR Hyderabad members gathered to remember and reflect upon Homi Bhabha’s contributions to science and the ideals on which TIFR was built. Mustansir Barma spoke about how Bhabha's vision shaped the scientific landscape of independent India, leaving an enduring legacy.

Congratulations to Marwa (graduate student, Aprotim Mazumder's lab, TIFRH) on receiving a poster award at the 15th Bangalore Microscopy Course, held in NCBS Bangalore.

Gentle Reminder: PhD & Int MSc-PhD Admissions The last date to complete registration is Oct 26, 2025 (11 PM)! Why TIFR Hyderabad? Strong emphasis on interdisciplinary research, sophisticated research facilities, flexible coursework and more! Apply here: www.tifr.res.in/academics/gs...

In a significant move to deepen collaborative science, Dr. Reddy's Institute of Life Sciences (DRILS) has established joint postdoctoral research programs with two premier national institutions: the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) and @tifrhyderabad.bsky.social #postdocprogram

(1/n) The 2025 edition of the ICFO-TIFRH Frontiers Research School begins today! 🗓️ Sep 24-26, 2025 📌 @tifrhyderabad.bsky.social campus The 3-day programme features tutorials, talks, & poster sessions covering a range of topics in Quantum Materials & Ultrafast Optics.

Congratulations to Mohammad Sahil (PhD student, Jagannath Mondal's research group) on receiving the first prize of the Dr. K V Rao Scientific Society Awards for Life Sciences (2024-25).

(1/n) Lab tours at TIFR Hyderabad: Students pursuing MSc in Chemistry from Vivekananda College, Chennai, visited TIFRH last week. They learnt about the ongoing research on peptide chemistry (production and analysis of D-proteins and their therapeutic significance), radicals and diradicaloids,..

The TIFR Hyderabad campus is not only abuzz with students but with some stunning #flora and #fauna as well. Harsha Kumar (postdoctoral fellow, WildEcoPhys Lab) spotted this elegant inhabitant on campus: a caterpillar that later bloomed into a majestic oleander hawk moth.