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January 2019 Issue

The post-lunch session began with a very exciting quiz which is traditionally done by the technical quizmaster Shri
Prodip Mukhopadhyay, CEO, WIL who has already earned a name for himself in making a very fantastic quiz mixed of
wit and intellect. The winners were awarded each with a Medal, a Certificate and a Gift.

Shri Prodip Mukhopadhyay, CEO, WIL conducting Quiz The winners of the Quiz

The next session was on Standards of Quantum Computing. Prof. Guruprasad Kar, Professor and Head, Indian Statistical
Institute talked on the topic “Quantum Cryptography recreates what Quantum Computing destroys”. Prof. Anil
Prabhakar, professor of IIT Madras covered the topic “Practical considerations for QKD links and networks”.

Prof Guruprasad Kar delivering speech Prof. Anil Prabhakar delivering speech

This was followed by a panel discussion on “Quantum Computing – Way Ahead”. The eminent panellists were Prof.
Sonjoy Majumder (IIT Kharagpur), Prof Debasis Sarkar (Dept of Applied Mathematics, University of Calcutta), Prof
Archan S. Majumdar (S.N.Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences), Prof. Somshubhro Bandyopadhyay (Bose Institute,
Kolkata). The session was moderated by Prof. Sudeb Kumar Prasant Pal (IIT Kharagpur).

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