Professor Abhishek Dhar is currently a professor at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS) in Bangalore. Professor Dhar completed his Ph.D. in 1998 in Theoretical Physics from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), under the guidance of Professor Deepak Dhar. Following his doctorate, he conducted post-doctoral research at the Indian Institute of Science, the Raman Research Institute, and the University of California, Santa Cruz. Subsequently, he served as a faculty member at the Raman Research Institute before joining ICTS. Professor Dhar's research focuses on the theory and applications of statistical physics, particularly in non-equilibrium systems. His significant contributions include studies on anomalous heat transport in low-dimensional systems and the development of approaches using quantum Langevin equations for open quantum systems. For his groundbreaking work on classical and quantum transport in low-dimensional systems and his contributions to non-equilibrium fluctuation theorems, Professor Dhar was honored with the ICTP Prize in 2008 and the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for Physical Sciences in 2009. He is a fellow of several prestigious scientific academies, including the Indian Academy of Sciences (2012), the National Academy of Sciences, India (2018), and the Indian National Science Academy.