Young Scientist Awardee, URSI

Head, Dr. Harshvardhan Kumar

Dr. Harshvardhan Kumar works as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, The LNMIIT Jaipur, INDIA. Dr. Kumar works in the area of semiconductor and photonic devices for different applications such as fiber-optic telecommunication, biological, and mid-infrared (MIR) sensing/detection. If you are excited to know more about me and my work, feel free to connect through email. 

Educational Background

• Ph.D.: Electronics and Communication Engineering (Photonic Devices), National Institute of Technology Delhi (NIT Delhi), INDIA (2018-2020)

• M.E.:  Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering (Digital Electronics), Amravati University (SGBAU), INDIA (2015-2017)

• M.Tech Dissertation: Optical Devices and Systems, CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, Chandigarh, INDIA (2016-2017)

• B.E.: Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE), Nagpur University (RTMNU), INDIA (2010-2014) 

Work Experience

• Assistant Professor: Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, The LNMIIT Jaipur, INDIA (2021-Present)

• Postdoctoral Fellow: Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chung Cheng University (CCU), Chiayi County, Taiwan (2020-2021)

• Visiting Research Fellow: Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chung Cheng University (CCU), Chiayi County, Taiwan (2019-2019)

• Senior Research Fellow: DST-SERB Sponsored Project, Govt. of India, ECE, NIT Delhi, INDIA (2019-2020)

• Visiting Research Fellow: Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chung Cheng University (CCU), Chiayi County, Taiwan (2018-2018)

• Junior Research Fellow: DST-SERB Sponsored Project, Govt. of India, ECE, NIT Delhi, INDIA (2017-2019)

Professional Services/Invited Talks

• Reviewer to many reputed refereed SCI  journals such as Applied Physics Letters, IEEE Sensors Journal, IEEE Photonics Journal, Optical and Quantum Electronics, Semiconductor Science and Technology, Nanotechnology, and International Journal of Systems Assurance Engineering and Management, Applied Physics Letter, Nanotechnology, Optical Materials.

Professional Membership

• Member, IEEE

• Member, IEEE Photonics Society

• Member, IEEE Electron Devices Society

• Member, IEEE Sensors Council

• Member, Optica (previously known as Optical society of America, OSA)

• Associate Member, IOP

Research Interests

• Optoelectronic devices

• Nano-photonics  

• Electronic devices, silicon-based photonics, and 

• GeSn-based photodetectors