mantri
An Indian English and Hindi word for a minister or high government official — someone holding political or administrative power.
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Designing a Satellite Serviced Quantum Network Backbone for Concurrent Global Connectivity https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.02164 Prateek Mantri, Stav Haldar, Albert Williams, Don Towsley.
Prateek Mantri, Stav Haldar, Albert Williams, Don Towsley: Designing a Satellite Serviced Quantum Network Backbone for Concurrent Global Connectivity https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.02164 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.02164 h…
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An Indian English and Hindi word for a minister or high government official — someone holding political or administrative power. Used across the subcontinent in political commentary, journalism, and everyday conversation. Also appears in chess terminology in some South Asian traditions, where the queen is called 'mantri.' The term carries the weight of official authority and is not informal.
The mantri arrived with a convoy of vehicles and the whole block was closed off for an hour.
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(India) A minister or high official.
“Designing a Satellite Serviced Quantum Network Backbone for Concurrent Global Connectivity https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.02164 Prateek Mantri, Stav Haldar, Albert Williams, Don Towsley.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Prateek Mantri, Stav Haldar, Albert Williams, Don Towsley: Designing a Satellite Serviced Quantum Network Backbone for Concurrent Global Connectivity https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.02164 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.02164 https://arxiv.org/html/2605.02164”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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