Dr. Kirankumar Hiremath is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at IIT Jodhpur. He is an applied mathematician working in wave-matter interactions, mathematical physics, scientific computations, and applied analysis. His specialization is mathematical optics-photonics and the design of efficient methods to solve problems in integrated optics. At IIT Jodhpur, he is also a member of the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Quantum Information and Computation and the Center for Technology Foresight and Policy.