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AMA with Prof. Anshuman Kumar

  "Ask Me Anything!" with Prof. Anshuman Kumar Professor Anshuman Kumar is an alumnus of IIT Bombay. He graduated with a B.Tech-M.Tech Dual Degree in Engineering Physics from IIT Bombay in 2010. He then completed his PhD in Nanophotonics at MIT in Feb 2016. His research interests lie in the intersection of quantum optics and condensed matter for low dimensional systems, in the experimental and theoretical aspects of photonics in 2D materials and topological insulators.   More can be found about him on his group webpage http://www.loqm.tech/ 1. Tell us something about your time in IITB as an undergrad. Are there any fond memories you will never forget? How does it feel being a professor in the same college? Do you find any difference from your undergrad years?  Things have changed a lot from the time I was here as an undergrad. Let me first give you an idea of the physical changes. There was no LHC, and all our physics classes from second year onwards were held in the departme