It is a pleasure to congratulate Md Mahshook A and Chithresh TM — Team IonsVis — on winning Track 04 (Quantum Systems) at QtHack04, the Quantum Technologies Hackathon organised by the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, SRMIST Kattankulathur (March 30–31, 2026).

I am absolutely thrilled and immensely proud to announce that my first PhD student, Karunakaran M has successfully defended his doctoral thesis!