Educational Background: 
                    
                      
					 
                        -  B.Sc. (in Physics), 2008, Jadavpur University.
 
                        - M.Sc. (in Physics), 2010, Jadavpur University.
 
                       
                      
                        - PhD (Quantum Foundations), 2016, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata (Degree awarded by Calcutta University.
 
                       
                     
                    Professional Background: 
                    
                        
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October 2015 - January, 2018: Post Doctoral Fellow; Institute of Mathematical
Sciences, Chennai. 
                           
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April, 2018 - February, 2020: DST INSPIRE Faculty; S. N. Bose National Centre for
Basic Sciences. 
                           
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February, 2020 - June, 2022: Assistant Professor (Grade-I); Indian Institute of Science
Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram. 
                           
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June 13, 2022 - till date: Associate Professor; S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic
Sciences. 
                           
                         
                     
				
					 Awards / Fellowships: 
                    
                      
                        - Start up Research Grant, SERB (2021) [to support a JRF for three years] . 
 
                       
                        
                          - Chanakya Post Doctoral Fellowship, I HUB Quantum Technology Foundation (2021)
[to support a PDF for three years].
 
                         
                        
                          - INSPIRE Faculty Award [Offer letter No DST/INSPIRE/04/2017/002288].
 
                          
                          
                          - Joint CSIR UGC Test for Junior Research Fellowship and Eligibility for Lectureship
(NET) held on 20/12/2009 in the subject PHYSICAL SCIENCE.
 
                         
					 
					
		         Main area of Research: 
                    
					   
                        - Quantum Information Theory.
 
					   
					
					
                   
                        
                        
                        
                          - Quantum Foundations (Reconstruction Programme).
 
                         
                        
                          - Causality in Quantum World.
 
                         
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                     
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                 Significant Recent Publications: 
                 
                    
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Composition of Multipartite Quantum Systems: Perspective from Timelike Paradigm;
                           S. G. Naik, E. P. Lobo, S. Sen, R. K. Patra, M. Alimuddin, T. Guha, S. S. Bhattacharya,
                           M. Banik; Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 140401 (2022). 
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         - Local quantum state marking; S. Sen, E. P. Lobo, S. G. Naik, R. K. Patra, T. Gupta, S.
                           B. Ghosh, S. Saha, M. Alimuddin, T. Guha, S. S. Bhattacharya, M. Banik; Phys. Rev. A
                           105, 032407 (2022) .  
 
                        
                       
                         - Quantum Advantage for Shared Randomness Generation; T. Guha, M. Alimuddin, S.
                           Rout, A. Mukherjee, S. S. Bhattacharya, M. Banik; Quantum 5, 569 (2021).
 
                        
                       
                         - Random-Receiver Quantum Communication; S. S. Bhattacharya, A. G. Maity, T. Guha,
                           G. Chiribella, M. Banik; PRX Quantum 2, 020350 (2021).
 
                        
                       
                         - Multicopy Adaptive Local Discrimination: Strongest Possible Two-Qubit Nonlocal
                           Bases; M. Banik, T. Guha, M. Alimuddin, G. Kar, S. Halder, S. S. Bhattacharya; Phys.
                           Rev. Lett. 126, 210505 (2021). 
 
                        
                       
                         - ndefinite causal order enables perfect quantum communication with zero capacity
                           channels; G. Chiribella, M. Banik, S. S. Bhattacharya, T. Guha, M. Alimuddin, A. Roy,
                           S. Saha, S. Agrawal, G. Kar; New J. Phys. 23, 033039 (2021).
 
                        
                       
                         - Strong quantum nonlocality without entanglement; S. Halder, M. Banik, S. Agrawal, S.
                           Bandyopadhyay; Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 040403 (2019).
 
                        
                      
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
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