SUPERCONDUCTORS: THE TOYS FOR ROCKET BOYS IN 2023. OR MORE!

Are we barking up the wrong tree when we try to find materials that can superconduct at room temperatures? Would it change our computers, our ambitions for levitation and our path on quantum computing?

- Pratima H

DR. G. RAVI KUMAR Distinguished Professor, GITAM

The search for the ultimate superconducting material is as elusive and as exciting as the discussions on Uranium, and Plutonium, that kept physicists and scientists busy almost half a century back. Why does this race matter? And how will it help the IT industry? Who better than a veteran from the Homi Bhabha National Institute for a quick explainer? Indian scientist Dr. G. Ravi Kumar, a Distinguished Professor at GITAM (Deemed to be University) has been a Senior Professor & Associate Dean (Physics) at the Homi Bhabha National Institute and a visiting scientist at science institutes in Germany and USA. Over all these years, he has contributed to some path-breaking research in Electromagnetic Theory, Statistical Physics, Superconductivity and Magnetism, design and fabrication of superconducting magnets and low-temperature equipment.