*Description*Dr. Chitraang Murdia is a theoretical physicist at UPenn Philadelphia, and his works comprise areas like CFTs, holography, and entanglement. He is quite well known for being the All India Rank 1 holder in the JEE engineering exam in 2014. The list of his works can be found below.*Some links*1) Dr. Murdia's works: https://inspirehep.net/authors/19385402) Link to the high energy physics resources page on my website: https://hassaansaleem.com/graduate-level-theoretical-physics-resources-in-progress/*Contact Info*My website: hassaansaleem.comFollow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hassaan.3142/Join the Whatsapp channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va9DkjmAzNbs7IlGuv1XFollow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hassaan_PHYEmail Queries: greatestmight@gmail.com*Time stamps*(0:00 ) Coming Up(0:30 ) Intro of the guest(0:45 ) His current projects(2:40 ) His journey from JEE to Physics(13:06 ) CFTs and why to study them(15:27 ) TTbar deformation(24:12 ) Interfaces in CFT(29:16 ) Islands(36:35 ) Generalized symmetries(44:38 ) Minimal strings and matrix models(56:46 ) Using string field theory(1:02:38 ) FZZT and ZZ branes(1:05:28 ) 2D and 10D string theories(1:07:40 ) Building collaborations(1:09:43 ) Problem solving and writing papers (undergrad vs. grad)(1:23:19 ) (People's question) JEE to Ph.D(1:25:09 ) (People's question) Current state of string theory(1:26:41 ) (People's question) Avoid distractions(1:28:30 ) (People's question) Choosing Ph.D. position(1:31:01 ) (People's question) Lack of motivation(1:32:14 ) (People's question) Switching to industry(1:35:05 ) (People's question) Advice for grad students(1:38:00 ) (People's question) Ups and downs(1:39:18 ) (People's question) Most difficult textbook(1:40:38 ) (People's question) Core courses(1:43:30 ) (People's question) Social media addiction(1:47:11 ) (People's question) Internation Physics Olympiad(1:49:04 ) (People's question) Pressure for engineering(1:52:03 ) (People's question) Approaching researchers(1:53:22 ) (People's question) No of papers vs. reference letters