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About the Speaker
Everyone has heard the word “quantum.” Almost no one has met a person who actually does quantum physics. Sindhu Jammi has been doing exactly that since she was 21 — using lasers to cool atoms to a few millionths of a degree above absolute zero, then trapping and measuring them. It is the real, hands-on craft behind a word most students only ever meet in a YouTube video.
Her path has taken the same craft across four countries. She did her BS and MS at IISER Pune, with her masters work on cold atoms. From there: a PhD in atomic physics at the University of Nottingham in the UK; research in the United States building compact atomic-clock and quantum-sensor experiments at a national lab and university; and a senior scientist role at a quantum-technology company in Australia, working on sensors precise enough to help things navigate when there is no GPS.
Today she has come home, working as a Quantum Scientist at the Raman Research Institute in Bengaluru — the institute founded by Sir C.V. Raman. Join us for an honest conversation about what “quantum” really means when you do it with your hands, what it takes to keep starting over in a new country, and what she would tell a curious student who loves how the world works.
What We’ll Explore
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What “Quantum” Actually Means
Not science fiction, not a hard chapter in a textbook. Cooling atoms with lasers, trapping them, and building instruments so precise they can sense gravity. What does that actually look like on an ordinary day?
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One Craft, Four Countries
The UK, the USA, Australia, and India — the same science in very different places. What keeps someone willing to start over again and again, and what stays constant through all of it?
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To the Frontier — and Back Home
She worked at the cutting edge of physics around the world, then chose to come back and do research in India. A quiet answer for anyone told they must leave to do serious science.
About the Series
Many Roads: Exploring Careers
Most students in India hear about the same five careers. The coaching pipeline narrows options early, and by the time they’re in middle school, many kids already believe their future is a choice between engineering and medicine.
The reality is far more interesting. The world is full of people who built fulfilling, successful careers by following their curiosity. Through unexpected turns, unusual choices, and paths that made sense only in hindsight.
Many Roads is Gifted World’s monthly career conversation series. Each session, we sit down with someone who has built a career worth talking about. The conversations are honest, personal, and designed to help students aged 10–16 and their parents think bigger about what’s possible.
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Real Conversations
Not lectures. A genuine conversation about choices, failures, and surprises.
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Student Q&A
Every session includes 15 minutes for students to ask their own questions directly.
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Diverse Paths
Tech, science, design, the arts — people who took the road less prescribed.
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Families Welcome
Students and parents attend together. Saturday evenings, 6:30 PM IST on Zoom.
What Our Community Says
“I can easily top my class in school. But here, everyone is very intelligent. I felt challenged and that made me interested.”
— Iniyan, student, Dubai
“Not for coaching, not increasing your marks from 90 to 100%. The goal was to make sure the child understands and enjoys the real deep understanding.”
— Sateesh, parent, Bangalore
500+
Students across India and the UAE
5+ years
Running enrichment programmes for gifted students
India & UAE
Students from both countries in every cohort
Past Sessions
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