Advances in Modern Complexity Theory (Complexity Theory Update Meeting), 21-23 Jan 2026

Venue:

The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai

Nature of the Program

This event is intended to serve as an update meeting, where Indian researchers gather and present recent advances in the field (not necessarily their own work, though that is not excluded), and where doctoral and postdoctoral researchers get an opportunity to network with their counterparts in other institutes/cities.

Link to previous edition Jan 2025

Target audience: researchers (at all levels - masters and PhD scholars, postdoctoral fellows, faculty) based in India and working/interested in the field of computational complexity.

Schedule
Talk titles, abstracts
Complete List of Participants
Practical information
Scientific Organisers

Complete List of Participants

  1. Abhiram Aravind (IISc)
  2. Abhishek Nath (IIT Palakkad)
  3. Agrim Dewan (IISc)
  4. Akhil S (IIT Kanpur)
  5. Amit Sinhababu (CMI)
  6. Anamay Tengse (NISER)
  7. Anil Shukla (IIT Ropar)
  8. Aryan Kusre (CMI)
  9. Ashutosh Shankar (TIFR)
  10. Avishek Hazra (CMI)
  11. Bhabya Deep Rai (IIT Madras)
  12. Bireswar Das (IIT Gandhinagar)
  13. Boyapati Pruthvi (IIIT Hyderabad)
  14. Gopinath Mishra (IMSc)
  15. Harshil M (IIT Madras)
  16. Hitesh Wankhede (IMSc)
  17. Hrishikesh Saikia (TIFR)
  18. Jaikumar Radhakrishnan (ICTS)
  19. Jayalal Sarma (IIT Madras)
  20. K V Subrahmanyam (CMI)
  21. Kailash Gopal D (IIT Madras)
  22. Manaswi Paraashar (IIT Hyderabad)
  23. Manmatha Roy (ISI Kolkata)
  24. Meena Mahajan (IMSc)
  25. Nagashri K (IIT Madras)
  26. Neha Kuntewar (IIT Madras)
  27. Nitin Saurabh (IIT Hyderabad)
  28. Partha Mukhopadhyay (CMI)
  29. Prajakta Nimbhorkar (CMI)
  30. Pratik Shastri (IMSc)
  1. Pratyush Vempati (IIIT Hyderabad)
  2. Praveen Kumaran P (NISER)
  3. Raghavendra Rao (IIT Madras)
  4. Ramprasad Saptharishi (TIFR)
  5. Ramnath Sarnath (St Cloud State Univ, Minnesota)
  6. C Ramya (IMSc)
  7. Rohit Gurjar (IIT Bombay)
  8. Rohit Narayanan (IIT Gandhinagar)
  9. Roseline Jerry Aloor (IMSc)
  10. S Raja (IIT Tirupati)
  11. Sanjay Nair (IISc)
  12. Satya Amar (IMSc)
  13. Shanthanu Rai (TIFR)
  14. Soham Chatterjee (TIFR)
  15. Sourav Chakraborty (ISI Kolkata)
  16. Sravanthi Chede (IIT Ropar --> IMSc)
  17. Srijan Chakraborty (CMI)
  18. Subhadip Das (IIT Palakkad)
  19. Sumanta Ghosh (ISI Kolkata)
  20. Sunaina Pati (CMI)
  21. Surajit Sahoo (IIT Palakkad)
  22. Suryajith Chillara (IIIT Hyderabad)
  23. Sutanay Bhattacharjee (IIT Madras)
  24. Swagato Sanyal (U Sheffield)
  25. Swarnalipa Datta (ISI Kolkata)
  26. Utsab Ghosal (CMI)
  27. Vaibhav Krishan (IMSc)
  28. Varun Ramanathan (TIFR)
  29. Vikram Sharma (IMSc)
  30. Yadu Vasudev (IIT Madras)

Practical information

  1. All talks will be in Alladi Ramakrishna Hall. The titles and abstracts of the talks will appear in the pages following the schedule.
  2. Room 327 is also blocked in the evening for small group discussions.
  3. Tea/Coffee and Snacks will be served in the auditorium foyer.
  4. Lunch will be arranged in the first floor of the old Guest House.
  5. Outstation participants who have requested accommodation will be put up in the Guest House / Hostel of IMSc.
    See allotment list here .

Scientific Organisers

Funded by IMSc APEX project of the Department of Atomic Energy.