Scientist D in Experimental Quantum Optics at CEQT, IISc Bengaluru (Two Posts)
Job Description
These quantum optics jobs in Bengaluru are two Scientist D posts at the Centre for Excellence in Quantum Technology (CEQT), in the experimental quantum optics and quantum information processing laboratory of the Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics at the Indian Institute of Science.
At a glance
- Position: Scientist D (two posts)
- Where: Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics, IISc, Bengaluru
- Laboratory: Experimental quantum optics and quantum information processing laboratory, CEQT
- Pay: Rs 96,720 a month in the first year, consolidated and including HRA, with set increments
- Duration: Extendable up to five years
- Apply by: Open until filled
About these quantum optics jobs at IISc
CEQT, the Centre for Excellence in Quantum Technology at IISc, has announced Scientist D, Research Associate and Project Assistant positions in its experimental quantum optics and quantum information processing laboratory. This listing covers the two Scientist D posts; the same notice carries separate Research Associate and postdoctoral positions, which ResearchJobs.in lists individually.
The advertisement is short and states eligibility, pay and tenure rather than a task list. The laboratory works on experimental quantum optics and optical quantum information processing, and the announcement is made jointly by Dr. C. M. Chandrashekar, an adjunct faculty member at the department, and Dr. Baladitya Suri. The notice also records that the project assistant and JRF positions from the same announcement have already been filled.
Who can apply
- A PhD, with at least three years of experience in experimental quantum optics, optical quantum information processing or optoelectronics.
- The notice gives no separate age limit or nationality condition; other conditions are as stated on the CEQT openings page.
Why this role matters
India’s quantum technology programme needs people who can keep an optical quantum experiment running for years, not months, and a Scientist D post with a five-year horizon is built for exactly that: the tenure is long enough to carry a platform from table-top demonstration to a working instrument.
Pay and duration
The notice states Rs 96,720 a month in the first year, consolidated and inclusive of HRA, with set increments thereafter. The tenure is extendable up to five years.
Two posts are advertised at this level.
How to apply
Applications go directly to the laboratory: the notice asks candidates to send a CV to chandracm@iisc.ac.in (Dr. C. M. Chandrashekar) and surib@iisc.ac.in (Dr. Baladitya Suri) at the Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics. There is no online form and no application fee is mentioned.
The notice states that the positions remain open until they are filled, so there is no published closing date. ResearchJobs.in has set a provisional date of 16 October 2026 and will re-check the page then.
Read the official CEQT openings page at IISc in full before applying. You can also browse quantum technology jobs and more research jobs on ResearchJobs.in.
Hiring institution: Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
Official advertisement: ceqt.iisc.ac.in
How to prepare for this application
- Structure your CV around experiments you have owned: the source, the detection chain, the stabilisation and what broke when it broke.
- Make the three years of post-PhD experience easy to verify — dates, laboratory, platform and your specific responsibility in each.
- A Scientist D post usually carries responsibility for equipment and for junior members, so mention students you have trained and set-ups you have commissioned.
- List the hardware you can specify and procure: single-photon detectors, timing electronics, lasers, AOMs, EOMs, cryostats.
- Say in your covering email which of the advertised positions you are applying for, because several posts with different eligibility are listed on the same page.
- Give a short, concrete account of the optical or cryogenic set-ups you have built or run yourself, not only the results you published.
About CEQT and IISc
The Centre for Excellence in Quantum Technology (CEQT) at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, is part of the institute's initiative on quantum technology and is hosted with the Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics.
IISc is a public institute of higher learning in Bengaluru, established in 1909, and runs research and postgraduate programmes across the physical, biological, mathematical and engineering sciences. The quantum work advertised here sits in an experimental quantum optics and quantum information processing laboratory on the main campus.
