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Nixon Patel

Nixon Patel is a quantum-computing entrepreneur and adjunct faculty member whose work links machine learning with quantum communication. He holds an undergraduate degree from IIT Kharagpur, an MS in computer science from NJIT and a Master of Business and Science in analytics from Rutgers. In 2018, he co-founded Qulabs, a Hyderabad company building AI-powered quantum computing for secured communication, and was appointed to the ISO Quantum Computing International Standards Working Group. In 2022, India's DoT appointed him to an inter-ministerial committee on quantum communications, and Brightcom Group named him an advisor and announced the Brightcom-Qulabz Innovation Labs with Qulabs; in 2023, he coauthored a paper on quantum secret sharing implemented on IBM Qiskit. He is the CEO of Qulabs and an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Artificial Intelligence at IIT Hyderabad.

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Timeline

  1. 2018

    Co-founding Qulabs

    In 2018, he co-founds Qulabs, also written Qulabz, with Vipul Mankad in Hyderabad. The company provides AI-powered quantum computing for secured communication, with a quantum computing simulator, memory devices for quantum data and machine learning-powered algorithms.

  2. 2018

    ISO quantum standards group

    In 2018, he is appointed to the ISO Quantum Computing International Standards Working Group.

  3. 2022

    Indian quantum communications committee

    In 2022, the Government of India's DoT appoints him to an inter-ministerial committee on quantum communications.

  4. September 2022

    Advisor to Brightcom Group

    In September 2022, Brightcom Group announces him as an advisor. He holds an undergraduate degree from IIT Kharagpur, an MS in computer science from NJIT and a Master of Business and Science in analytics from Rutgers. He is also an adjunct professor at IIT Hyderabad in the AI and EE department, and his earlier ventures include Yantra Soft, Kovid Analytics, eCom Server and Bhrigus Soft.

  5. September 2022

    Brightcom-Qulabz Innovation Labs

    In September 2022, Brightcom Group announces a quantum computing innovation lab in collaboration with Qulabz, to be located in Hyderabad. He joins the Brightcom advisory board and co-creates the Brightcom Qulabz Innovation Labs, which are to hold quantum simulators and networks.

  6. 2023

    Quantum secret sharing on Qiskit

    In 2023, he coauthors "Quantum secret sharing protocol using GHZ state: implementation on IBM qiskit" with Nirupam Basak, Nayana Das, Goutam Paul and Kaushik Nandi. The paper implements GHZ-state secret sharing protocols on IBM simulators and real backends and builds a noise model for simulation.

  7. April 2024

    Quantum talks at Nirma University

    In April 2024, as Founder and CEO of Qulabs, he gives an expert talk on quantum computing to MTech and BTech students in the computer science and engineering department at Nirma University. The visit also includes a session on quantum computing and communication.

  8. As of October 2026

    Qulabs CEO and IIT Hyderabad adjunct

    He is the CEO of Qulabs, which provides AI-powered quantum computing for secured communication from Hyderabad. He is also adjunct faculty in the Department of Artificial Intelligence at IIT Hyderabad, where his research interests are wireless communications and applications of AI and machine learning.

Career

  1. Since 2018QulabsCo-founder, CEO
  2. NowIndian Institute of Technology HyderabadAdjunct Faculty Member
  3. From 2022Government of IndiaMember

Education

  1. Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurUndergraduate degree
  2. New Jersey Institute of TechnologyMS in Computer Science
  3. Rutgers UniversityMaster of Business and Science in Analytics

From the biography.

  1. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.
  2. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and 5+ year employment links, career timing and current workplaces for 187 major-prize and 1,111 best-paper winners.
  3. Universities keep AI researchers for a median of 6 years, compared with 2 years at frontier labsIncludes Rutgers University. Across 15,811 dated work stays (6,529 people), median role tenure runs from 6 years at universities to 2 years at frontier labs. We compare all five organization types, starting decades from the 1970s to the 2020s, and the organizations that keep people longest.
  4. 84% of people shaping AI with recorded undergraduate and doctoral schools changed institutions for their doctorateIncludes Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. 84% of people shaping AI with recorded undergraduate and doctoral schools changed institutions for their doctorate. Across 2,116 people with both an undergraduate degree and a doctorate recorded, we trace which undergraduate schools feed which doctoral programs, how often students stay at the same school, and how paths differ by birth-country region.

Colleagues

People with dated positions at the same organization in the same years.

Sources and credits

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  1. Qulabs - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Competitors & Financials - Tracxn tracxn.com. Checked 22 October 2026.
  2. Brightcom Group onboards Nixon Patel, US-based Tech Innovator, as Advisor | EquityBulls equitybulls.com. Checked 22 October 2026.
  3. 'Brightcom-Qulabz Innovation Labs' for Quantum Computing announced | EquityBulls equitybulls.com. Checked 22 October 2026.
  4. Quantum secret sharing protocol using GHZ state: implementation on IBM qiskit digitalcommons.isical.ac.in. Checked 22 October 2026.
  5. Session on Quantum Computing and Communication by Dr. Nixon Patel - Computer Science and Engineering cse.nirmauni.ac.in. Checked 22 October 2026.
  6. An expert talk by Dr Nixon Patel focusing on Introduction Quantum Computing - Computer Science and Engineering cse.nirmauni.ac.in. Checked 22 October 2026.
  7. Faculty – Department of Artificial Intelligence ai.iith.ac.in. Checked 22 October 2026.