Biography

Urbasi Sinha is a Professor at the Raman Research Institute in Bangalore, India and also holds a Canada Excellence Research Chair at the University of Calgary, Canada. She heads the Quantum Information and Computing lab at RRI and is also an associate faculty member at the Institute for Quantum Computing, Canada. Sinha completed her PhD (2002-2006) and M.Sc. in Physics (2000-2002) at Cambridge University as a Gates Cambridge and Nehru-Chevening scholar respectively. Her research focuses on quantum information processing, secure quantum communication, and precision tests of quantum mechanics using single and entangled photons. Her recognitions include the Homi Bhabha Fellowship (2017), ICTP-ICO Gallieno Denardo Award (2018), and recognition among Asia's Top 100 scientists (2019). She received the Simon's Emmy Noether Fellowship at the Perimeter Institute (2020-2023) and led the winning team at the 2020 BRICS Future Skills Challenge in Quantum Technology. Recent honours include the ASSOCHAM Women in Cyber award (2021), SIES Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi National Eminence award (2023), a Distinguished International Associate award from the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK (2024), and the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar: Yuva Shanthi Swarup Bhatnagar award from the Indian government (2024).