Abhishek Kumar Jha

Introduction
Dr. Jha is an Assistant Professor in the School of Technology Management & Engineering at NMIMS Hyderabad. He pursued his doctoral research at the School of Physics, University of Hyderabad, where he explored the interconnection between neutrino oscillations in high-energy physics, quantum information and quantum simulation in his doctoral thesis entitled "Quantum Aspects of Oscillatory Neutrinos." Through the lens of mode entanglement or occupation-number entanglement, he studied various quantum correlations to analyze entanglement in two- and three-flavor neutrino oscillations. He demonstrated that bipartite and tripartite entanglement persists in neutrino oscillations by treating neutrino states as qubits. The correlations exhibited by neutrino oscillations in the tripartite system resemble the W-states, making them tangible assets for quantum information tasks. He further extended this analysis to higher-dimensional systems, such as qutrits. In addition, he developed quantum computer circuits to simulate bipartite entanglement in neutrino oscillations on IBM Quantum (IBMQ) processors, thereby leveraging quantum computing as a powerful tool to study neutrino oscillations phenomena. His work explored the potential viability of neutrinos as resources for quantum information processing.

He also served as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in the Department of Physics (Astrophysics Division) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, where his research continued at the interface of neutrino physics, quantum information theory, and gravitation. His work focused particularly on quantum correlations, including quantum speed limits, entanglement entropy, and quantum spread complexity. He investigated these quantum correlations in neutrino oscillations in both flat and curved spacetime. From a phenomenological perspective, he has developed extensive and distinctive expertise in this emerging interdisciplinary area. Dr. Jha has also made significant contributions to the academic community through his extensive publication record, participation in national and international conferences, and mentorship of students.

Education:

1. Ph.D. in Physics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
2. M.Sc. in Physics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
3. B.Sc. in Physics, Ewing Christian College (Autonomous), University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India

Academic Experience:

1. Assistant Professor in Physics, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies Hyderabad, India (May 2026 to Present).
2. Post-doctoral Researcher, Department of Physics (Astrophysics Division), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (August 2023 to February 2026).
3. Assistant Professor in Physics, MLR Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India (April 2023 to July 2023).

• K. Jha, B. Mukhopadhyay, M. Dutta, M. Pathak, S. Banerjee, ``Probing the quantum speed limit and entanglement in flavor oscillations of neutrino-antineutrino system in curved spacetime'', Phys. Rev. D 112, 043045 (2025), https://doi.org/10.1103/w9gw-j8zv , Impact Factor: 5.3, Q1 Journal.
• Bouri, A. K. Jha and S. Banerjee, "Probing CP Violation and Mass Ordering in Neutrino Oscillations in Matter through Quantum Speed Limits,” Phys. Rev. D 112, 036007 (2025), https://doi.org/10.1103/w6rq-l3ql , Impact Factor: 5.3, Q1 Journal.
• K. Jha, A. Chatla and B. A. Bambah, "Neutrinos as Qubits and Qutrits,” Eur. Phys. J. Plus 139 (2024) no.1, 68, https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-024-04861-5 , Impact Factor: 2.9, Q2 Journal.
• K. Jha and A. Chatla , "Quantum studies of neutrinos on IBMQ processors,'' Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top.  231, 141–149 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-021-00358-9 , Impact Factor: 2.3, Q2 Journal.
• A. K. Jha, S. Mukherjee and B. A. Bambah, "Tri-partite entanglement in neutrino oscillations,’’ Mod. Phys. Lett. A, 36 (2021) no.09, 2150056, https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217732321500565 , Impact Factor: 1.6, Q2 Journal.

Conference Proceedings:

• K. Jha, M. Dutta, S. Banerjee, B. Mukhopadhyay, ``Influence of gravity on the quantum speed limit of neutrino oscillation," Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, vol 61. Springer, Cham. (2025), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-90186-7_40
• K. Jha, B. Mukhopadhyay, M. Dutta, M. Pathak, S. Banerjee, ``Gravitational influence on the quantum speed limit in flavor oscillations of neutrino-antineutrino system," https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.18604 , accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the 17th Marcel Grossmann Meeting (MG17), Pescara, Italy, 7-12 July 2024.
• K. Jha (2021, April 12), "Quantum studies of neutrinos,” The proceedings of the XIX International workshop on Neutrino Telescopes (Neutel 21), INFN, Padova (Italy) have been published on the Zenodo Platform online: Zenodo, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4680524
• K. Jha, A. Chatla and B. A. Bambah, ``Quantum simulation of oscillating neutrinos,'' Part of Proceedings, 5th International Conference on Particle Physics and Astrophysics (ICPPA 2020): Moscow, Russian Federation, October 5-9, 2020, https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.06458

Communicated/ Unpublished in International Journal

• K. Jha, G. K. G, A. P. Prajapati and S. Banerjee, ``Quantum spread complexity as a probe of NSI, CP Violation, and mass ordering in neutrino oscillations in matter,'' arXiv:2509.09854, https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2509.09854
• K. Jha, L. Konwar and R. Mohanta, ``Quantum speed limit time for bipartite entanglement in neutrino oscillations in matter with non-standard interactions,'' arXiv:2602.03748 https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2602.03748
• Dutta, B. Mukhopadhyay, A. K. Jha, M. Pathak and S. P. Das, ``Lepton asymmetry leading to baryogenesis by primordial black holes,'' arXiv:2602.21296, https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.21296

("Bold’’ means for the Corresponding author)

Interest Areas:

1. Neutrino Oscillation
2. General Theory of Relativity
3. Quantum Information and Quantum Simulation
4. Quantum Computing
5. Quantum Correlation

Any Other information:

1. Google Scholar ( https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fPRCLVwAAAAJ&hl=en )
2. Inspire-HEP ( https://inspirehep.net/authors/1873105 )
3. ORCID (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3473-2464 )
4. Scopus ID ( https://www.scopus.com/inward/authorDetails.url?authorID=57219739477&partnerID=MN8TOARS )
5. Address of Correspondence: Jha@nmims.edu

Achievements:

1. Invited to deliver a talk and conduct a workshop at the international conference "Les Rencontres de Noirmoutier," Nantes, France, June 1–5, 2026; fully funded by the organizers.
2. Recipient of ITS scheme (financial assistance), provided by ANRF (SERB), Government of India, for participating at the Seventeenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting, held in Pescara, Italy, from July 7 to July 12, 2024.
3. Recipient of DST-IFAS Junior Research Fellowship, Government of India for the period from May-2014 to March 2015 at School of Physics, University of Hyderabad, India.
4. Summer Research Fellowship Program Certificate- 2013 at Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP), Kolkata, India. The Fellowship is jointly sponsored by Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc), Indian National Science Academy (INSA) and National Academy of Sciences (NASI), India.
5. Certificate of Merit awarded for securing Top 10% at the center and Top 1% in State/ Union Territory among 6730 candidates at the National Graduate Physics Examination (NGPE) organized by Indian Association of Physics Teacher (IAPT) - 2011.
6. Certificate of Merit awarded for securing 6th position in B.Sc. (3-year) - 2011.
7. IIT JAM qualified-2011, AIR-480.
8. Certificate of Merit awarded for securing 10th position in B.Sc. (1-year) - 2009.