Workshop on Quantum Communication and Information Security

(30th and 31st May 2026)
Jointly Organized by

NSC Lab(IIIT Allahabad), Cyber MANTHAN Center (IIIT Hyderabad), CDAC Bangalore, SETS Chennai
with the support and sponsor of
Samgnya Technologies Foundation
Venue: Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (IIITA), Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India



Tentative Schedule (Venue: Admin Auditorium)


30/05/2026

09.30 - 10.00 - Inauguration (Venue: Admin Auditorium)

10.00 - 10.30 - Inaugural talk by Shri. Ravindra Barlingay (Venue: Admin Auditorium)

10.30 - 10.45 - Tea Break

10.45 - 11.30 - Panel Discussion (Topic: Post Quantum Security: Role of the Indian Academia and Research Ecosystem by (Mukul Sutaone, Ravindra Barlingay, M. Prem Laxman, Atul Tripathi) – Moderated by Brig. Sunil Agarwal (Retd.) )

11.35 - 12.15 - Talk by Mr. Atul Tripathi (Quantum Security: Various Perspectives)

12.15 - 13.00 - Talk by Dr. Jayasree Sengupta (Post-Quantum Internet Security: Challenges and Emerging Solutions)

13.00 - 14.10 - Lunch (Visitor Hostel - I : VH-I)

14.00 - 15.10 - Talk by Prof. S. Venkatesan (Quantum Basics)

15.10 - 15.25 - Tea Break

15.25 - 17.00 - Talk by Dr. Nitish Kumar Andola and Dr. Vijay Kumar Yadav (Introduction Lattice Based Cryptography, Kyber and Dilithium)

17.00 - 17.30 - Talk by Dr. Debapriya Basu Roy (PQC - ONLINE )

31/05/2026

9.30 - 10.15 - Talk by Prof. Shekhar Verma (Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithms)

10.15 - 11.00 - Talk by Dr. V. Natarajan (Introduction to Quantum Networks )

11.00 - 11.15 - Tea Break

11.15 - 12.00 - Talk by Dr. Prem Laxman Das (MQ based cryptography)

12.00 - 12.45 - Talk by Dr. Anju Radhakrishnan (Quantum Key Distribution: Securing Communication in the Quantum Era)

12.45 - 13.15 - Talk by Prof. S. Venkatesan (Quantum Malware and Attacks)

13.15 - 14.20 - Lunch (Visitor Hostel - I)

14.20 - 15.30 - Poster Session by Shri. Rohit Negi, Dr. Anju Radhakrishnan and Dr. Mandar Karyakarte

15.30 - 16.00 - Talk by Prof. Sandeep Kumar Shukla (Key Note Talk - ONLINE )

16.00 - 16.15 - Tea Break

16.15 - 17.00 - Valedictory

17.00 - 17.30 - Informal discussion with Experts