Priyanshu Kumar
Incoming PhD Student @ University of Toronto
Namaste,
Welcome to my website.
Engineer by training,
Physicist by passion.
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I am an incoming direct-entry PhD student in the group of Prof. Li Qian at the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada. Following a brief stint at the Birla Institute of Technology (BIT Mesra), Ranchi, I pursued my BTech in Electronics and Communication Engineering (Avionics) from the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram: an autonomous institute under the Department of Space, Government of India, graduating in May 2026.​​
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I consider myself an engineering physicist. In Harry Potter terms, I would be what they call a half-blood. This is courtesy of a diverse training and research portfolio, spanning electronics engineering, communications engineering, space & satellites, physics, photonics, and quantum technologies. Broadly, I am interested in engineering solutions for advanced scientific applications. My recent focus on the latter three, however, firmly places me in the quantum camp.
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​Over the course of my short undergraduate career, I have worked with people from and at the Technische Universität Berlin, Germany; LIP6, CNRS/Sorbonne Université, Paris, France; the Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad, India; the Space Generation Advisory Council, Vienna, Austria; the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India; and my alma mater, IIST. And with my PhD in Toronto lined up, I hope to see this list grow even further in the coming years.
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Sky is not the limit.
