1. Teaching Assignments:

• Odd Semester: PHM705, (M.Sc. Physics) Mathematical Methods of Physics, PHM702, (M.Sc. Physics) Statistical Physics, PHM303 (B.Sc. Physics) Atomic Physics, PHM181 (B.Tech) Applied Physics I, PHM918 (M.Sc. Physics) String Theory and M-Theory
• Even Semester: PHM281 (B.Tech) Applied Physics II, PHM403 (B.Sc. Physics) Nuclear Physics, PHM803 (M.Sc. Physics) Physics at the Nanoscale

2. Area(s) of Research: String Theory, Quantum Information, Quantum Field Theory, General Relativity.

3. Research Interests

• Chern-Simons theories with matter
• Conformal field theories
• Large N limit of Quantum Field Theories and the AdS/CFT Correspondence
• Fault Tolerant Quantum Computing and contextuality

4. Honors and Recognitions and Projects:

• DST Early Career Research Award (2018)
• Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society, London (Since 2017)
• Associate, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, (ICTS), TIFR, Bengaluru (Since 2017)
• Young System Scientist Award, Systems Society of India (2014)
• DST INSPIRE Faculty Award (2014)
• Visiting Fellow, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, UK (2012)
• CSIR NET Physics, All-India Rank 1, (June 2011)
• Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) Physics, All-India Rank 1, (2008)
• General Proficiency Medal for Best Academic Performance in M.Sc. Physics, IIT Kanpur (2007)
• Proficiency Medal for Best M.Sc. Project Work, IIT Kanpur (2007)

5. Selected Publications:

S Giombi, S Minwalla, S Prakash, SP Trivedi, SR Wadia, X Yin,"Chern–Simons theory with vector fermion matter",
The European Physical Journal C 72 (8), 2112 (2012)

S Giombi, S Prakash, X Yin, "A note on CFT correlators in three dimensions"Journal of High Energy Physics 2013 (7), 105 (2013)

V Gurucharan, S Prakash, "On Anomalous Dimensions in Non-Supersymmetric Bifundamental Chern-Simons Theories"
Journal of High Energy Physics 2014 (9) (2014)

SD Chowdhury, JR David, S Prakash, "Constraints on parity violating conformal field theories in d= 3",
Journal of High Energy Physics 2017 (11), 171 (2017)

S Giombi, IR Klebanov, F Popov, S Prakash, G Tarnopolsky, "Prismaticlarge N models for bosonic tensors"
Physical Review D 98 (10), 105005 (2018)

S Prakash, A Jain, B Kapur, S Seth, "Normal form for single-qutrit Clifford+ T operators and synthesis of single-qutrit gates",
Phys. Rev. A. 98 (3), 032304

6. PhD Students

V Guru Charan , Prakash Sahni (Completed)

Akala K Jain (Ongoing)

7. Projects

MATRICS "Aspects of Chern Simons Theory"