1. Aravind Anthur (2014), "All-optical wavelength conversion studies of amplitude and phase modulated data using four-wave mixing" (moved on to Tejas Networks and then to DCU, Ireland, Now at ASTAR, Singapore).

2. Kavita Sharma (2018), " Sensitivity enhancement in optical fiber-based cavity ring-down sensors", co-supervised with Shanti Bhattacharya (now Post Doc at Bar Ilan Univeristy, Israel).

3. Somepalli Bhargav (2018)   "Simultaneous Multi-Point Dynamic Strain Sensing based on Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in Optical Fibers", co-supervised with Balaji Srinivasan, (moved on to HongKong Polytechnical University,  now at Tejas Networks, Bengaluru).

4. Manas Srivasatava (2019) -  "All optical clock recovery for advanced modulation formats", (Project Officer, LIGO Project, IITM, now Post Doc at DCU Ireland).

5. Aneesh S (2021)- "Investigations on SOA-based optical signal processing in coherent optical communication systems" (Post Doc at Aston University, now Assistant Professor at IIT Hyderabad)

6. Lakshmi Narayanan V  (2021) - "High Spectral Efficiency Lightwave Systems using Optical Superchannels and Coherent Multi-carrier Signals" (Project Officer, High Speed Communication Project, now Post Doc at DCU Ireland)

7. Smaranika Swain (2022) "Investigations on Mode Division Multiplexing in Few-mode Fibers: Simulations and Experiments", (now Post Doc at DTU, Denmark) 

8. Anjali Prabhakaran Shiela (2023) "Design and Development of Mode-Locked Thulium Doped Fiber Laser", (now Post Doc at ICFO, Spain)

9. Sreeraj SJ (2024) "Analog Optical Technologies for Generation, Transport and Sensing of mmWave Signals"

10. Sameer Ahmad Mir (2025) "Low Complexity Algorithms and Methods for High-Capacity Coherent Optical Systems", (now Post Doc at Technical University of Denmark)

11. Bhooma G (2025) "Unlocking High-Speed Data Transmission: Optical Phase Locking in Satellite Communication and phase noise analysis for mmWave fiber Transport"

1. Harish Sasikumar (2013) (co-supervised with B. K. Das), "Distributed Bragg reflectors in silicon waveguides with eleventh order diffraction" ; Moved on to pursue PhD at  IISC Bangalore, now at  University of Twente.

2. Manas Srivastava (2013), "Design and Implementation of Q-switched Fiber Lasers"; Moved on to complete Phd, IIT Madras.

3. Ravikiran Kakarla (2015), "All Optical Header Recognition for Packet Switched Networks"; Moved on to complete PhD at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden,  now at ORC, Southampton.

4. Saikrishna Reddy (2015- co-supervised with Liam Barry) - "Modulation formats for next generation passive optical networks"; Moved on to pursue PhD at INRS, Quebec, Canada.

5. Amol Delmade (2017), " Optical Fronthauling for Next GenerationWireless Systems" , Now at DCU, Ireland pursuing PhD.

6. Anjali PS (2017)- " Design and Development of Tunable High power 2 µm Fiber Laser",  Now at IITM, pursuing PhD.

7. Naga Snigdha Konedpatti (2020), Design and analysis of underwater-to-air optical wireless communication system - Up-link and Down-link, Now at Analog Systems.

8. Rekha Yadav (2022), Widely Linear Filters for Multi-Impairment Compensation in High-Capacity Optical Coherent Communication Systems, moved to Tejas Networks

9. Abdulmohsen Alsaui (2023), "Coherent Optical Communication Techniques for Experimental Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution"

10. Arjun Kurur (2024), "Accurate measurement and improvement of laser phase noise performance", Now at DTU,  Denmark pursuing Ph.D

11. Priyanka Sharma (2024) "Generation, decomposition and coupling of linearly polarized modes in few mode fiber", now in ON Semiconductor, Banglore.

1. Dr Karamdeep Singh (now at NIT Kurukshetra)

2. Dr Sugeet Sundar (now at University of Southern California)

3. Dr Debanuj Chatterjee (now at University of Lily, France)

4. Dr Suchita - Project Officer (now at IISc Bengaluru)

5. Rajat Kumar Basak - Project Associate, (now at IITGN)

1. Mohammad Asif Shaik, (2011), "Distributed sensing of temperature using stimulated Brillouin scattering"  ; Now in DRDO, Govt of India

2. Vemuka Venkat Achuth (2012), "Distributed sensing using stimulated Brillouin scattering in optical fibers", Now working in Etihad Airways

3. Raja M (2013), "Study of transmission impairments in high-speed optical communication systems"; Now at NIT Trichy

4. Aneesh S (2014), "Studies on polarization multiplexed transmission systems" , Moved on to pursue PhD, IITM

5. Vinod Bajaj (2016), "Mitigation of Polarization and Fiber Nonlinearity impairments in optical fiber using DSP" , Moved on to Sterlite Technologies, Aurangabad, now pursuing PhD in Technische Universiteit Delft 

6. Vandana Somibabu (2017), co-guided by Dr Balaji Srinivasan, on Underwater communications, Now in 

7. Aditya Sant (2017), co-guided by Prof David Koilpillai - on DSP for optical communication, Now pursuing PhD- UCSD

8. Kanhaiya Mishra (2018) -Hardware Implementation of the OFDM and PPM Transceiver for Under-Water Optical Wireless Communication, Now at Qualcomm

9. Anirudh V (2019) - Impairment mitigation in Coherent Optical Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, Now pursuing PhD in Stanford University

10. Karthik Vijay (2019) - Optical Amplification in Nonlinear Media for Communication Applications, Now pursuing PhD in Purdue University

11. K Nishad (2022) Stable cavity reference for frequency locking- from CUSAT, Kochi

12. Anoops DS (2024) Simulation of optical communication link and establishing a bidirectional transmission link- from CUSAT, Kochi

13. Deepa Prasad(2024) Simulation of Raman amplifiers for WDM networks- from CUSAT, Kochi

14. Manish Kumar(2025), Design and Implementation of Raman Amplifiers, Now at Tejas Networks Banglore

1. Manoj Bhardwaj (2012), on Optical flipflops using SOA lasers; Placed in Goldman Sachs

2. Abhitesh Singh (2012), on Raman effect in silicon waveguides, placed in Ivy Comptech, Hyderabad 

3. Lakshminarayanan (2013), on SOA lasers.

4. Aravinth PS (2013), on Strain sensing using SBS., Placed in Exeter Software India

5. Siddharth Varughese Jacob (2014- co-guided by Prof David Koilpillai), on DSP for high speed communication., Now pursuing PhD in Georgia Tech

6.  Arjun Natarajan Iyer (2016) on Injection locking of lasers for applications in optical communications, Now pursuing PhD in Univerisity of Rochester

7. Saikanth Dacha (2016) on Nonlinearities in semiconductor optical amplifiers for phase sensitive amplification, Now pursuing PhD in University of Maryland, College Park

8. Suparna S (2018) Design and modeling of thulium doped mode locked fiber lasers

9. R Muralekrishnan (2022) Continuous Variable Quantum Key Distribution

10.  Apurva Ashok Padhye (2023) Optical Parametric Amplifiers for Continuous Variable Quantum Key Distribution

11. Rohit Kumar (2024) Analysis of coupling coefficient and cross-talk in homogenous and heterogeneous multi-core fibers

12. Amna Ryan KV(2024) Study on Laser phase noise

National Photonics/INSPIRE Fellowship

1. Rubeena Sheik (2011), on laser linewidth Measurement techniques.

2. Anjali PS (2013), on Synchronously pumped Raman fiber lasers.

3. Krithika VS (2015), on Phase sensitive amplification.