Theoretical physics group at IMSc is the largest group in the institute with the research interests of the faculty members spanning a wide range of energy scales - from string theory to complex systems. Broadly, the research areas pursued and the associated faculty are --
- Astrophysics and Cosmology: Manjari Bagchi, Dhiraj Kumar Hazra
- Fluid Mechanics: Ronojoy Adhikari
- Machine Learning: Ronojoy Adhikari
- Optics and Quantum information: C. M. Chandrashekar, Sibasish Ghosh
- Particle physics phenomenology and non-perturbative QFT: Shankha Banerjee, Sanatan Digal, Shrihari Gopalakrishna, D. Indumathi, Padmanath M., V. Ravindran, Sayantan Sharma
- Quantum condensed matter: Ajit Coimbatore Balram, Syed R Hassan, Mukul Laad
- Statistical physics, Soft Matter, Nonlinear Dynamics, Complex Systems: Debayan Chakraborty, Pinaki Chaudhuri, Arnab Pal, R. Rajesh, Sitabhra Sinha, Satyavani Vemparala
- String Theory: Sujay Ashok, Partha Mukhopadhyay, Roji Pius, Nemani V. Suryanarayana
