Sadiq Rangwala, an experimental atomic, molecular and optical physicist, is presently a professor at the Raman Research Institute (RRI), Bangalore. He works with ultracold and trapped atoms, ions, molecules and studies interactions between them, using precision laser systems and quantum optics techniques. Atom-cavity QED studies are an important part of his scientific palette. He has received the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Physics, the IPA P.K. Iyengar Award for Experimental Physics and is fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences.