Nithyasri Srivathsan

Founder, SheQuantum

Nithyasri Srivathsan is a young quantum researcher and author based in Singapore. Nithyasri founded SheQuantum in the year 2020 amidst the pandemic, when she was on a gap year before university. Her mission and vision through SheQuantum have been to create quantum technology awareness, inspire and educate women in quantum computing and make the field more accessible and inclusive to young women like herself from across the globe.

She has delivered several talks in France, Spain, Singapore, Netherlands, United States, and India and was invited by the Government of France in 2021 and the Government of Singapore in 2022 to deliver keynotes on quantum computing education and diversity & inclusion in quantum computing. At this young age, she was an invited guest lecturer at University of Massachusetts Boston where she delivered the Women’s Day Guest Lecture titled “Perspectives in Quantum Computing” in the PHYS447 Quantum Information course in 2022.

Nithyasri authored the bestseller “Quantum Computing: An [Unconventional Beginners’] Book” in 2020 which was honored by BookAuthority twice as “Best Quantum Computing Books for Beginners” and “All Time Best Quantum Computing Books”, recognized internationally. She was also invited to contribute to Ernst and Young London’s white paper titled “Ready your Quantum Workforce” where she wrote about the importance of diversity in the field of quantum computing in 2022.

In Nithyasri’s words, “I take pride in our numbers! When I founded SheQuantum, I didn’t expect it to garner a community spread across 80+ countries and 280+ institutions. Over and above that, I’m sincerely grateful to all supporting experts who were pillars of support from the very incubation. It makes me immensely happy to make a difference in women’s lives across the globe and inspire them towards the exciting field I’m pursuing my passion and career in! Two things meaningfully matter to me, Women and Quantum Computing – and I feel lucky to be making a profound difference in this world at their intersection. We need more women in quantum technologies and I’m seeing that SheQuantum is being significantly instrumental towards that very journey!”