QUANTUM Experimentors

Ajay R H

Ajay holds a master's degree in Physics but his interests extend well beyond science. Drawn equally to art and philosophy, his work lives at the intersection of these worlds. He is fascinated by conversations around science, religion, society, animals and food, and believes that good questions often matter more than easy answers.

He enjoys coffee, a well told story, and the unexpected connections between seemingly unrelated ideas. Find him if you'd like to be the subject of his next painting.

Anandita Balsavar

Anandita is a recent post-graduate with backgrounds in English and Psychology, who might have switched places with herself from another dimension where her life intersects closely with physics. She suspects her love of speculative fiction and a habit of creating multiple alternate universes for original characters, caused the mix-up.

A tabula rasa vis-à-vis the physical sciences, she is searching in a too-familiar garden all the forking paths leading to quantum. Aiming for a creative and curatorial career, she hopes to learn about art history, design, and architecture. Catch her attention by mentioning a certain videogame about interstellar adventurer twins.

Anusha YG

With a background in Chemical Engineering and Renewable Energy, Anusha is passionate about public education engagement and community, and is here to develop a third space where young adults can get access to science and art engagement.

When not mediating, you can find Anusha reading or huddling away in a cosy corner furiously writing fanfiction.

Ashi Mishra

Ashi has studied craft and accessory design and absolutely loves to explore different materials, and art and craft techniques, the miniature the better. She likes to dabble with anything and everything, animal rescue, hammering nails, painting, wire art, stop motion, reading, community stuff (which is actually what enticed her to public engagement).

She loves colourful things (and having colourful hair), squishy things, fluid lines and animals. If you ever hear a random sound in a room or on the street (look for a cat here) it's probably her.

Ashita Yedida

Ashita is a civil engineer by training (studying alongside crocodiles at IIT Bombay and black bucks at IIT Madras) and is always happy to romanticise scientific concepts (feel free to ask about concrete singing and acoustic emissions)!

Ashita is particularly interested in public engagement that encourages folks to think about how we interact with new technologies in everyday life and how the government regulates them. When not on the gallery floor, you can find Ashita looking for pretty rocks or waxing poetic about concrete.

Deepak V S

Deepak is a life sciences graduate from Nrupathunga University, where he enjoyed learning about avian ancestors and phytoparasites and hopes to return to it someday.

Drawing from developmental biology, he looks at how urban history, internet culture, and folklore evolve. Deepak’s fascination with history, culture, and human-centered knowledge exchange has him oscillating between spaces that make that possible. He is constantly looking for YouTube essays for dinnertime, vintage film posters for his walls, or a quirky name for his WiFi.

Tell Deepak you found a niche media snippet, and he will make a note to check it out, and then completely forget about it later.

Hrithika CA

Hrithika CA holds a master's degree in Environmental Science and has spent the past few years running into jungles as a wildlife researcher. Questions about human–wildlife interactions, the why-s and the how-s of coexistence, what monkeys eat, where elephants migrate to, and the occasional “wait, really?” facts are the kinds of things constantly racing through her head.

When she's not in the field, she's usually in Bengaluru, fuelled by filter coffee, chasing bird calls and old darshinis, or happily yapping about cats, monkeys, Bollywood movies, the softest cakes, and whatever has captured her curiosity lately.

Katam Nikhil Teja

Nikhil believes the universe didn't happen by accident—somewhere beneath the chaos, there are rules, and he's determined to find them. A computer scientist and Student President from RGUKT Srikakulam, he is on a mission to make quantum computing feel less like science fiction and more like something you can hold in your hands.

He approaches technology as a form of art, convinced that once you understand the underlying rules of a system, you have the power to rewrite them.

He's at Science Gallery Bengaluru on the lookout for the question nobody has thought to ask yet. The one that might, one day, change everything. When he's not, he's trying to learn skateboarding—one fall at a time.

Manasi Narula

Manasi is a graduate from Ashoka University with research interests flitting between art and narrative histories, performance studies, and sociolinguistics. She plays with art and language to con people into learning about history and the environment, and looks forward to conning herself and others into learning about quantum in the coming year.

She enjoys singing, dancing, and puzzling her way through new languages.

Mulla Aizaz Muzawar

Aizaz is a postgraduate in creative writing from Alliance University, and an aspiring writer. With a background in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering, he maintains that science is a way of life, and that he never truly left it. Aizaz obsesses over the idea that research, of all kinds, can be depicted in ways that make them “breathable’’, in accessibility and emotion.

He is also (may-or-may-not-be) a top-100 speed runner for “the world’s hardest game”. You’ll probably find him in the gallery looking a little zoned out. Why not walk over and tell him about you too?

Rohit Taeja Kumar

Rohit is a researcher by training and a former museum docent. His work in quantum machine learning, alongside studies in the sociology and philosophy of science at IISER Bhopal, sparked an interest in the relationship between science, society, and human understanding. He enjoys exploring these intersections and sharing such ideas with wider audiences. He is particularly interested in what it means to be human in the age of AI.

Outside work, Rohit enjoys strength training, running, and climbing. He hopes to trek to the Everest Base Camp, and eventually run the Everest Marathon. Thoughtful, approachable, and curious, he values conversations across disciplines and perspectives.

Srivikashini

Srivikashini is an interdisciplinary designer with a Master's in New Media Design from the National Institute of Design. She enjoys exploring ideas that sit between art, science, technology, and storytelling. Her work often takes the form of experiences that invite people to question, explore, and participate. A jack of all trades, she loves tinkering, making things, experimenting with new mediums, and following ideas wherever they lead.

Equal parts curious and easily distracted , she has far more unfinished project ideas than completed ones and wouldn't have it any other way. She is currently reading too many books at once and modding her PSP.