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CODE:  BIO-01
SUPERVISOR: ATHALE, CHAITANYA
PROJECT: Stochastic simulation of microtubule nucleation dynamics
CATEGORY: Computational
DESCRIPTION: 1) Understand the experimental evidence for the nature of nucleation and polymerization of microtubules (MTs), 2) review the models of monomer-dimer addition in MT growth, 3) Develop a Gillespie based numerical simulation of nucleation of microtubules based on the 13 protofilament model. 4) Parameterize the model and simulate in Python.
DURATION: 2 months
KNOWLEDGE: 1) cell-molecular biology, 2) physical biology of the cell
SKILLS: 1) Python, 2) Numerical computing
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CODE:  BIO-02
SUPERVISOR: LAHIRI, MAYURIKA
PROJECT: Role of Api5 in Breast Cancer
CATEGORY: Experimental
DESCRIPTION: Api5 is upregulated in a number of cancers including breast cancer. This project involves understanding the role of Api5 during tumorigenesis.
DURATION: 4 weeks
KNOWLEDGE: 3rd year onwards in Biology
SKILLS: cloning
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CODE:  BIO-03
SUPERVISOR: DEY, SUTIRTH
PROJECT: Life history of Drosophila populations under laboratory selection
CATEGORY: Experimental
DESCRIPTION: We will conduct a number of assays on populations selected.for various life history traits.
DURATION: Min 8 weeks
KNOWLEDGE: Basic interest in Ecology and Evolution
SKILLS: Prior experience in handling of Drosophila is desirable, though not mandatory

CODE:  BIO-04
SUPERVISOR: MADHUSUDHAN, MS
PROJECT: Computational studies on protein interactions
CATEGORY: Computational
DESCRIPTION: Computational modelling of the 3D structures of biomolecular interactions
DURATION: 5 weeks, during 20th May - 5th Jul
KNOWLEDGE: Strong background in programming. Structural biology knowledge preferred.
SKILLS: Python/C++/C programming

CODE:  BIO-05
SUPERVISOR: SENGUPTA, KUNDAN
PROJECT: Nuclear architecture and genome organization in cancer cells
CATEGORY: Experimental
DESCRIPTION: Genome and chromosomal instability is a hallmark of cancer cells. This project aims to address the mechanisms of genome and chromosomal instability by depleting various specific genes that maintain nuclear structure in cancer cell lines. Molecular and cell biological approaches enable us to determine the effect of perturbing these genes and their effect on the transcriptome.
DURATION: 15th May - 15th July
KNOWLEDGE: 1/2nd Year MSc
SKILLS: Basic laboratory training
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CODE:  BIO-06
SUPERVISOR: NAMBIAR, MRIDULA
PROJECT: Determining the effect of removal of inner kinetochore proteins in fission yeast.
CATEGORY: Experimental
DESCRIPTION: The project involves generation of an aid-tagged allele of a few genes encoding inner kinetochore proteins in S. pombe via homology-mediated genome targeting. The effect of removal of kinetochore proteins on cell growth and chromosomal segregation will also be assessed by appropriate assays.
DURATION: 8 weeks; May 15 - July 15, 2023
KNOWLEDGE: Basic understanding of techniques such as PCR, gel electrophoresis, N- or C- terminal tagging of proteins, protein degradation etc.
SKILLS: Experience of performing PCR, running agarose gels and basic microbial culture techniques will be preferable.
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CODE:  BIO-07
SUPERVISOR: PANANGHAT, GAYATHRI
PROJECT: Cloning and overexpression of proteins in E. coli
CATEGORY: Experimental
DESCRIPTION: Proteins related to bacterial cytoskeleton and motility are the targets for biochemical characterization in the lab. The project will be related to cloning of relevant constructs and their purification and biochemical characterization.
DURATION: 1st June to 25th July
KNOWLEDGE: Basic molecular biology and biochemistry
SKILLS: Acquaintance with basic molecular biology and biochemistry
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CODE:  BIO-08
SUPERVISOR: ASSISI, COLLINS
PROJECT: Pattern separation by recurrent neural networks
CATEGORY: Computational
DESCRIPTION: This project will use neuronal networks inspired by the insect olfactory system, to separate and classify two-dimensional patterns.
DURATION: 20th May - 25th July
KNOWLEDGE: 2nd Year BSc, ideally in Physics or Biology with a strong interest in addressing quantitative problems in Biology.
SKILLS: Programming, calculus
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CODE:  BIO-09
SUPERVISOR: DEY, SUTIRTH
PROJECT: Effects of microbiota on life history
CATEGORY: Experimental
DESCRIPTION: The project will involve assays to understand how microbes affect life history.
DURATION: 8 weeks
KNOWLEDGE: Basic exposure to eco evo
SKILLS: Basic ability to handle microbes will be a plus, though not necessarily mandatory

CODE:  BIO-10
SUPERVISOR: NAMBIAR, MRIDULA
PROJECT: Role of centromeric crossovers in chromosomal missegregation
CATEGORY: Experimental
DESCRIPTION: Generation of yeast mutants that promote centromeric crossovers and studying their effect on chromosomal missegregation during meiosis.
DURATION: 8 weeks, May 15- July 15, 2023
KNOWLEDGE: Basic understanding of concepts in genetics and cell biology; BSc 3rd yr/MSc 1st/2nd year
SKILLS: Previous experience in basic molecular biology and microbiology techniques are preferable.
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CODE:  BIO-11
SUPERVISOR: LAHIRI, MAYURIKA
PROJECT: Cloning and expression of Api5 DNA binding region
CATEGORY: Experimental
DESCRIPTION: It is not known whether the anti-apoptotic protein Api5 can directly bind DNA. In order to study that, cloning and expression of the DNA binding region of Api5 will be done. If time permits, EMSAs will be done to see true DNA binding.
DURATION: mid-May to mid-July
KNOWLEDGE: 3rd year BSc Biology
SKILLS: Molecular biology techniques
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CODE:  BIO-12
SUPERVISOR: ATHALE, CHAITANYA
PROJECT: Purify tubulin from brains of pigs and test their activity in scattering assay
CATEGORY: Experimental
DESCRIPTION: The purification of neuronal brain tubulin is vital to understand cell physiology of cell division, transport, oragnelle regulation, pathogenesis of disease and cellular neurobiology. In the project you will learn the basic technique of purifying tubulin from the brain of an animal used for food purposes (pork) and perform polymerization kinetics with it.
DURATION: 6-8 weeks
KNOWLEDGE: 1) Cell biology of cytoskeleton 2) Biochemistry of proteins 3) Biophysics of polymerization
SKILLS: 1) protein biochemistry 2) spectrometry 3) centrifugation 4) lab-record keeping
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CODE:  CHEM-01
SUPERVISOR: GNANAPRAKASAM, BOOPATHY
PROJECT: Continuous flow synthesis for the drugs and Intermediates
CATEGORY: Experimental
DESCRIPTION: This project involves synthesis of various drugs intermediates in continuous flow process. This provide a training to the intern student, who are very much interested in organic synthesis area.
DURATION: 8 weeks
KNOWLEDGE: MSc Chemistry (I year/II year)
SKILLS: Chemistry Knowledge
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CODE:  CHEM-02
SUPERVISOR: GNANAPRAKASAM, BOOPATHY
PROJECT: Synthetic Studies on Rearrangement reactions for the Heterocycles
CATEGORY: Experimental
DESCRIPTION: This project involves development of rearrangement reaction for the synthesis of various biologically active heterocyles and intermediates. Various synthetic knowledge will be gained during the internship.
DURATION: 8 weeks
KNOWLEDGE: Basic chemistry Knowledge
SKILLS: MSc (I/II year) or Bsc (III year)
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CODE:  CHEM-03
SUPERVISOR: CHUGH, JEETENDER
PROJECT: NMR-based metabolomics to understand complex biological pathways behind different diseases
CATEGORY: Experimental
DESCRIPTION: Student will be learning how to prepare samples for NMR data collection, collect and analyze NMR data, carry out statistical analysis, and build models to understand the perturbed metabolic pathways.
DURATION: 8 weeks minimum
KNOWLEDGE: M.Sc. Chemistry or Biology, 1st year or 2nd year
SKILLS: Basic computer knowledge, familiar with lab instrument handling

CODE:  CHEM-04
SUPERVISOR: MAJUMDAR, MOUMITA
PROJECT: Cationic Main-Group Compounds: Syntheses and Applications
CATEGORY: Experimental
DESCRIPTION: Group 14 and 15 heavier main-group cations will be synthesized. The electronics and applications in catalysis will be studied.
DURATION: 8 weeks, during 15th May - 14th July
KNOWLEDGE: BS-MS 3rd year/MS 1st year
SKILLS: glove box and Schlenk Line handling

CODE:  CHEM-06
SUPERVISOR: HAZRA, PARTHA
PROJECT: Synthesis and Photophysics of Organic Based Luminogens exhibiting Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence and Room Temperature Phosphorescence
CATEGORY: Experimental
DESCRIPTION: In the field of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters have been emerged as a potential candidate for efficient harvesting of triplet excitons from the lowest triplet (T1) excited state to the lowest singlet (S1) excited state via reverse intersystem crossing (RISC), induced by thermal activation. In spite of multiple reports on TADF molecules in the last decade, the development and design
DURATION: 15th May to 15th July, 2023
KNOWLEDGE: Basic Physical Chemistry concept and some knowledge of organic synthesis
SKILLS: some experience in synthesis and purification
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CODE:  CHEM-07
SUPERVISOR: VERMA, SEEMA
PROJECT: Nanotechnological design strategy of transition metal based electrocatalysts for oxygen- and hydrogen- involving energy conversion reactions for clean energy applications
CATEGORY: Experimental
DESCRIPTION: Electrochemical water splitting reaction plays a crucial role in the development of clean and renewable energy production and conversion, which is a promising pathway to reduce social dependence on fossil fuels. Classically, IrO2 and RuO2 are the benchmark oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts. However, the prohibitive cost and scarcity of the noble metals greatly hinder their large scale applications. Synthesizing low-cost electrocatalysts u
DURATION: 15th May - 15th July
KNOWLEDGE: MSc Chemistry with the specialization in Physical, Organic or Inorganic Chemistry
SKILLS: Basic Laboratory skills that include lab safety,Understanding in fundamentals of Electrochemistry and good analytical skills

CODE:  CHEM-09
SUPERVISOR: CHAUDHURY, SRABANTI
PROJECT: Translocation through graphene nanopores
CATEGORY: Computational
DESCRIPTION: Nanopore based DNA sequencing is a effective tool to characterize and identify of a single biomolecules by studying the ionic current signals.This project aims to capture the different effects such as pore geometry, effect of ion distribution , polymer heterogeneity using coarse grained molecular dynamics simulations
DURATION: 6 weeks, 1st June - 20th July
KNOWLEDGE: BSc/Msc in Chemistry/Physics,
SKILLS: knowledge about computer programming
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CODE:  CHEM-10
SUPERVISOR: MANDAL, PANKAJ
PROJECT: Ultrafast spectroscopy advanced materials
CATEGORY: Experimental
DESCRIPTION: Temperature-dependent THz-Raman spectroscopy of potential quantum spin liquid systems. THz and Raman spectroscopy study to understand the role of phonons in metal-organic framework (MOF). Nonlinear optical properties of perovskites.
DURATION: May to July 2023
KNOWLEDGE: Required: basic spectroscopy, optics. Desired: Advanced spectroscopy,
SKILLS: Basic understanding of optics, electronics, programming

CODE:  CHEM-11
SUPERVISOR: DAS, ALOKE
PROJECT: Synthesis of peptides and their conformational studies by solution and gas phase spectroscopy as well as XRD
CATEGORY: Experimental
DESCRIPTION: Aim of this project is to synthesize some selected peptides and study their low energy conformation using FTIR, 2D-NMR, CD, XRD techniques as well as gas phase laser spectroscopy and quantum chemistry calculations.
DURATION: 8-10 weeks
KNOWLEDGE: B.Sc. Chemistry knowledge at the 1st/2nd year level
SKILLS: Good knowledge of Chemistry
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CODE:  CHEM-12
SUPERVISOR: HOTHA, SRINIVAS
PROJECT: Synthesis of saccharides
CATEGORY: Experimental
DESCRIPTION: The project involves synthesis of building blocks and assembly of oligosaccharides that can serve as vaccine candidates
DURATION: 8-10 weeks
KNOWLEDGE: BS/MS 3 year Chemistry
SKILLS: Organic synthesis, column chromatography, Characterization techniques
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CODE:  CHEM-13
SUPERVISOR: VAIDHYANATHAN, RAMANATHAN
PROJECT: Porous frameworks for gas separation and charge storage
CATEGORY: Experimental
DESCRIPTION: This project focuses on the synthesis and scale up of selected MOF and COF materials and their property investigations.
DURATION: 8 weeks during May to July
KNOWLEDGE: Organic Chemistry reactions and some inorganic chemistry knowledge. Experimental experience will be a bonus. 2nd, 3rd or 4th year B.Sc.
SKILLS: Not much.
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CODE:  CHEM-14
SUPERVISOR: MANDAL, PANKAJ
PROJECT: Nonlinear optical properties of polypeptides
CATEGORY: Experimental
DESCRIPTION: We will study the polarization dependent nonlinear optical properties of chiral polypeptides to find out the relation between chirality and NLO properties.
DURATION: May to July
KNOWLEDGE: Foundation course in spectroscopy
SKILLS: spectroscopy, optics

CODE:  CHEM-16
SUPERVISOR: PILLAI, PRAMOD
PROJECT: Photocatalysis with surface engineered nanomaterials
CATEGORY: Experimental
DESCRIPTION: The objective is to control the photocatalytic properties of nanomaterials by tuning their surface ligands.
DURATION: 10 Weeks, May 15 - July 15
KNOWLEDGE: MSc first year
SKILLS: Basic knowledge of working in Chemistry labs
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CODE:  CHEM-17
SUPERVISOR: PILLAI, PRAMOD
PROJECT: Photocatalysis with Surface Engineered Nanomaterials
CATEGORY: Experimental
DESCRIPTION: The objective is to control the photocatalytic properties of nanomaterials by tuning their surface ligands.
DURATION: 10 week, 15 May - 15 July
KNOWLEDGE: MSc 1st year, Chemistry
SKILLS: Basic knowledge of working in Chemistry Labs
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CODE:  CHEM-18
SUPERVISOR: HAZRA, AMRITA
PROJECT: Exploring the anerobic biosynthesis of Vitamin B12 and other cobamides
CATEGORY: Experimental
DESCRIPTION: Vitamin B12 and other cobamides are synthesized exclusively by a subset of bacteria and archaea. Even though the tetrapyrrolic cobamides are very similar to one another, the main difference lies in the structure of the lower ligand. In this project, we will study the enzymes that synthesize and attach different lower ligands in cobamides and explore their mechanisms.
DURATION: 8-9 weeks, during 15th May - 15th July
KNOWLEDGE: B.Sc. 3rd year, MSc. 1st year
SKILLS: Preferred if the student has some background, interest and experience in protein purification, enzyme reactions, analyzing products by various analytical techniques
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CODE:  CHEM-22
SUPERVISOR: BALLAV, NIRMALYA
PROJECT: Metal-Organic Thin Films
CATEGORY: Experimental
DESCRIPTION: Preparation and characterization of metal-organic thin films. If possible, some electronic and electrochemical applications.
DURATION: 8 weeks 15th May-15th July
KNOWLEDGE: BSc 3rd year or MSc 1st year
SKILLS: Hands on experience on undergraduate laboratory experiments.
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CODE:  DATA-01
SUPERVISOR: NARLIKAR, LEELAVATI
PROJECT: Understanding the gene regulatory code using probabilistic models
CATEGORY: Computational
DESCRIPTION: Regulation of gene-expression is critical for the survival of an organism. Non-coding DNA regions play a major role here: they harbour signals that are read by the cellular machinery for activating/repressing expression of target genes. The goal of this purely computational project is to build probabilistic models from information across different types of high-throughput genome-wide data to detect these regulatory signals.
DURATION: 8 weeks during 15th May - 15th July
KNOWLEDGE: Required: basic probability theory, discrete maths Desirable: algorithms (biological background not needed)
SKILLS: Programming (any non-proprietary language like python, R etc)

CODE:  EARTH-01
SUPERVISOR: CHATTOPADHYAY, DEVAPRIYA
PROJECT: Characterization of Cenozoic fossil fauna of western India
CATEGORY: Experimental
DESCRIPTION: The student will document and identify marine fossil fauna of western India
DURATION: 8 weeks, during 20th May - 15th July
KNOWLEDGE: Pursuing BSc/MSc/BSMS in Geology/Earth Science
SKILLS: Basics of Paleontology
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CODE:  EARTH-02
SUPERVISOR: TRIPATHY, GYANARANJAN
PROJECT: Chemical erosion in Indian river basins
CATEGORY: Experimental
DESCRIPTION: This project will investigate the chemical erosion rates of a tropical river basins to assess importance of continental erosion process on global carbon cycle. The student will measure major cations, anions and silica concentrations of a Indian river system to compute the silicate erosion rates and corresponding CO2 consumption rate.
DURATION: 06 weeks, 20th May to 05th july
KNOWLEDGE: Basic understanding of Geology, in particular about geochemistry will be needed.
SKILLS: Basic understanding on inorganic chemistry is required,
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CODE:  EARTH-03
SUPERVISOR: DATTA, ARJUN
PROJECT: Writing a Python program to compute surface wave Green's functions in 1-D elastic media.
CATEGORY: Computational
DESCRIPTION: This project will involve translating an existing FORTRAN code to Python. It is a code that implements one of the well-known algorithms for obtaining surface wave solutions in layered, laterally homogeneous, media.
DURATION: 6-8 weeks, during 15 May-15 July
KNOWLEDGE: A basic course in seismology, such as in MSc Geophysics/BS-MS Physics or Earth Sciences.
SKILLS: Python programming, general familiarity with scientific computing
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CODE:  EARTH-04
SUPERVISOR: DATTA, ARJUN
PROJECT: Rayleigh wave H/V amplitude ratio measurements from Muti-component ambient noise cross-correlations.
CATEGORY: Computational
DESCRIPTION: This project will involve working with a real passive seismic(ambient noise) data set. Multi-component cross-correlations derived from the data will be available, and project is to extract from them, robust measurements of Rayleigh wave H/V ratio.
DURATION: 6-8 weeks, during 15 May - 15 July
KNOWLEDGE: Basic course in seismology, such as in MSc Geophysics or BSMS Earth Sciences/Physics
SKILLS: Python programming, general familiarity with scientific computing.
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CODE:  EARTH-05
SUPERVISOR: DATTA, ARJUN
PROJECT: Derivation of the near-field surface wave Green tensor in 1-D media
CATEGORY: Theoretical
DESCRIPTION: This project will involve working through a specific paper to derive a set of equations, whose asymptotic forms can be found in advanced seismology textbooks.
DURATION: 6-8 weeks, during 15 May - 15 July
KNOWLEDGE: B.Sc./BSMS Physics or Maths, with some interest in elasticity theory
SKILLS: None other than theoretical knowledge
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CODE:  EARTH-06
SUPERVISOR: DATTA, ARJUN
PROJECT: Deriving analytical expressions for noise cross-correlation sensitivity kernels based on the Born approximation.
CATEGORY: Theoretical
DESCRIPTION: This is a theoretical project where the student will work with near-field Rayleigh and Love wave Green tensors, and obtain expressions for their spatial derivatives (gradient and divergence), which in turn will be used to compute sensitivity kernels for noise cross-correlation measurements. A computational component, to implement these calculations, can be included depending on the student's interest.
DURATION: 6-8 weeks, 15 May - 15 July
KNOWLEDGE: 2nd or 3rd year B.SC. Physics or Maths
SKILLS: Python programming, if the student wishes to pursue to the computational aspect.
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CODE:  EARTH-07
SUPERVISOR: CHATTOPADHYAY, DEVAPRIYA
PROJECT: Extraction of calcitic fossils from a mixed matrix
CATEGORY: Experimental
DESCRIPTION: This project will aim to develop a protocol for extracting calcitic fossils from a mixed matrix
DURATION: 8 weeks, during 20th May - 15th July
KNOWLEDGE: Pursuing BSc/MSc/BSMS in Geology/Earth Science
SKILLS: Basics of Paleontology
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CODE:  MATH-01
SUPERVISOR: TALE, PRAFULLKUMAR
PROJECT: Parameterized Complexity of Some Graph Problems
CATEGORY: Theoretical
DESCRIPTION: The possible project would lie at the intersection of theoretical computer science and graph theory. To be more precise, we will try to understand Parameterzied Complexity of some graph problems. For more information, please visit my webpage (https://pptale.github.io/research.html), and in particular semi-formal descriptions of the projects so far.
DURATION: 8 weeks, 15th May to 15th July
KNOWLEDGE: 4th year BS-MS/B.Tech/BE or equivalent. Exceptional 3rd year students who had some exposure to Algorithms and Complexity Theory can also apply.
SKILLS: Latex
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CODE:  MATH-02
SUPERVISOR: TALE, PRAFULLKUMAR
PROJECT: Parameterized Complexity of Some Graph Problems
CATEGORY: Theoretical
DESCRIPTION: The possible project would lie at the intersection of theoretical computer science and graph theory. To be more precise, we will try to understand Parameterzied Complexity of some graph problems. For more information, please visit my webpage (https://pptale.github.io/research.html), and in particular semi-formal descriptions of the projects so far.
DURATION: 8 weeks, 15th May to 15th July
KNOWLEDGE: th year BS-MS/B.Tech/BE or equivalent or 1st year MS/MTech/ME. 3rd year students who had some exposure to Algorithms and Complexity Theory can also apply.
SKILLS: Latex
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CODE:  MATH-03
SUPERVISOR: GOSWAMI, ANINDYA
PROJECT: Introduction to Math-Finance
CATEGORY: Theoretical
DESCRIPTION: In summer school some elementary Math concepts will be taught which are essential for modeling the financial asset price dynamics.
DURATION: 8 weeks
KNOWLEDGE: BSc 2nd year Mathematics
SKILLS: ability to comprehend abstract Math concepts, and present the concepts in short seminars.
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CODE:  PHY-01
SUPERVISOR: NATH, REJISH
PROJECT: Ultra cold quantum gases
CATEGORY: Computational
DESCRIPTION: We study the dynamics in ultra cold quantum gases under different external conditions.
DURATION: 6-8 Weeks (15 May - July 15)
KNOWLEDGE: Numerical expertise in C, Masters first year completed in Physics or integrated MSc third year completed
SKILLS: Programming in C
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CODE:  PHY-02
SUPERVISOR: SANTHANAM, MS
PROJECT: Quantum computing
CATEGORY: Theoretical
DESCRIPTION: This will be an introduction to quantum computing. If the student already is familiar with the basics, some simple problems can be tried out.
DURATION: 5 weeks, tentatively from May 20 to June 30, 2023.
KNOWLEDGE: Knowledge of quantum physics at the level of first course.
SKILLS: Reasonable analytical and computational skills.
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CODE:  PHY-03
SUPERVISOR: DUBE, SOURABH
PROJECT: Electroweak processes at the LHC
CATEGORY: Computational
DESCRIPTION: This project will give basic understanding of collider physics and how to analyse the collisions at the LHC. Special focus will be on electroweak processes which produce leptonic final states. A study of specific selections to isolate multilepton processes will also be undertaken.
DURATION: 8 weeks, 1st June to 30th July
KNOWLEDGE: BSc 2nd year Physics, with exposure to basic quantum mechanics.
SKILLS: Introductory level programming experience in either C++ or python.
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CODE:  PHY-04
SUPERVISOR: ARORA, ASHISH
PROJECT: To design and build a magneto-absorption spectroscopy setup for 2D materials
CATEGORY: Experimental
DESCRIPTION: The student will learn how to design and build state-of-the-art spectroscopy setups for performing precision magneto-optical measurements at low temperatures (4K) and micron spatial resolutions
DURATION: 8 weeks, during 1 June - 31 July
KNOWLEDGE: BSc 3rd year physics
SKILLS: Python programming
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CODE:  PHY-05
SUPERVISOR: PATIL, SHIVPRASAD
PROJECT: Design and development of new interferometer based AFM integrated with single molecule Fluorescence measurements
CATEGORY: Experimental
DESCRIPTION: We have, over the years developed a novel Atomic Force Microscope which is able to measure for the first time, viscoelastic response of single folded proteins. We now want to integrate this to Fluorescence resonance energy transfer measurements so that we can make a simultaneous measurements of protein dynamics and its viscoelastic response. The measuremements will be first to its kind and are likely to provide insight into relationship of protei
DURATION: 8 weeks, during 20th may to 1st August
KNOWLEDGE: 3rd year of B.Sc or BSMS level of Physics.
SKILLS: Design using Katia or Solidworks , python
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CODE:  PHY-06
SUPERVISOR: JAIN, SACHIN
PROJECT: Cosmological Bootstrap
CATEGORY: Theoretical
DESCRIPTION: To understand cosmological correlation functions.
DURATION: 6-8 weeks
KNOWLEDGE: B.Sc 2nd year Physics
SKILLS: Analytical