Radhika Vathsan
About Radhika Vathsan
Radhika joined BITS Pilani at the Pilani Campus in December 2001, with the Physics Groups as it was called then. She was also associated with the Distance Learning Programme Division. She moved to the Goa Campus in December 2004.
Her research interests include Foundations of Quantum Theory, Quantum Information Theory, Mathematical Physics (formal quantization), Many-body Physics (multi-particle clusters, anyon physics, fractional statistics), and High Energy Physics (gravitation, string theory)
She has also worked on the acoustic characteristics and construction mechanics of Indian musical instruments.
Passionate about physics teaching, she tries out different methods of active learning and blended learning in her classes.
She has authored a text book on Quantum Physics and Quantum Information addressed to undergraduate students, published by CRC Press in 2015
She has an abiding interest in Indian Classical music as a Carnatic vocalist and plays the Sarasvati veena.
Radhika is also an avid bird-watcher, loves painting and sketching and messing about in her garden.
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