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Teaching Experience (IIST Thiruvananthapuram):
(Academic Session: Jan, 2025 – May, 2025)

PH622: Adaptive Optics (M.Tech/DD B.Tech, Opt. Eng.)
PH642: Adaptive Optics Lab (M.Tech/DD B.Tech, Opt. Eng.)

(Academic Session: July, 2024 – Nov, 2024)

PH613: Optical Fabrication and Testing (M.Tech/DD B.Tech, Opt. Eng., shared with another faculty)
PH637: Electromagnetism and Optics (M.Tech/DD B.Tech, Quantum Tech., shared with another faculty)

(Academic Session: Jan, 2024 – May, 2024)

PH622: Adaptive Optics (M.Tech/DD B.Tech, Opt. Eng.)
PH642: Adaptive Optics Lab (M.Tech/DD B.Tech, Opt. Eng.)
PH241: Optics Lab II (DD B.Tech, Opt. Eng., shared with another faculty)

(Academic Session: July, 2023 – Nov, 2023)

PH411: Optical Engineering Fundamentals (M.Tech/DD B.Tech, Opt. Eng., shared with another faculty)
PH637: Electromagnetism and Optics (M.Tech/DD B.Tech, Quantum Tech., shared with another faculty)
PH231: Optics Lab I (DD B.Tech, Opt. Eng., shared with another faculty)

Work Experience:
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, IndiaRamanujan Fellow (June 2023 - ongoing)Department of Physics

Research Experience:
University of Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomPost Doctoral Research Scientist (PDRS, Aug 2018 - May 2023) Medical Sciences Division andMathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division

Proposed Work (SMP+DOP Groups): Development of a Light Modulator Technology to Control the Spatio-Temporal Coherence of Light Source [EPSRC Grant]
Proposed Work (DOP Group): Design and Implementation of Adaptive Optics Based Multimode Fibre Endo-Microscopy System [EPSRC IAA Technology Grant]
Proposed Work (Perception Group): Development of a Programmable Aperture Based Imaging System for High Resolution In-Vivo Imaging of the Human Retina in an Adaptive Optics Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope [Fight for Sight, John Fell and Welcome Trust Grant].

Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Mohali, Punjab, IndiaPost Doctoral Fellow (PDF, Jan 2018 - Aug 2018)Physical Sciences Division Proposed Work: Development of an Optical System to Focus Light Beam in a Scattering Medium
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India Project Junior Research Fellow (PJRF, Aug 2011 - Mar 2015)Department of PhysicsTitle: Design and Implementation of a High Speed Wavefront Sensor of Light Beams

Academic Background:
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D., 2017)Department of PhysicsThesis Title: Development of a Zonal Wavefront Sensor with Enhanced Performance Using a Reconfigurable Array of Binary Diffraction Gratings
Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India Master of Science (M. Sc., 2011)Applied Physics (First Class)
Cotton College (Gauhati University), Guwahati, Assam, IndiaBachelor of Science (B. Sc., 2009)Physics Major (First Class with Distinction)
Salt Brook Academy (A.H.S.E.C.), Dibrugarh, Assam, IndiaHigher Secondary (H.S., 2006) Science Stream (First Division) Salt Brook School (S.E.B.A.), Dibrugarh, Assam, IndiaHigh School Leaving Certificate (H.S.L.C., 2004)Co-Education (First Division with Star)

Peer Reviewer:

Light: Science & Applications (Nature Publishing Group)
Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group)
Laser & Photonics Reviews (Wiley-VCH)
Optica (OPTICA Publishing Group, formerly OSA)
Optics Express (OPTICA Publishing Group, formerly OSA)
Optics Letters (OPTICA Publishing Group, formerly OSA)
Applied Optics (OPTICA Publishing Group, formerly OSA)
Biomedical Optics Express (OPTICA Publishing Group, formerly OSA)
Journal of Optical Society of America B (OPTICA Publishing Group, formerly OSA)
Journal of Optics (Institute of Physics)
Inverse Problems (Institute of Physics)
Journal of Electronic Imaging (SPIE
Engineering Research Express (Institute of Physics)
Physica Scripta (Institute of Physics)
Springer Nature Applied Sciences (Springer)
Optics Communications (Elsevier)

Membership of Professional Bodies:

Early Career Professional Member (OPTICA, formerly OSA) : 1062419
Early Career Professional Member (International Society for Optics and Photonics, SPIE): 3580038
Life Member (Applied Vision Association, AVA): 19-005
Life Fellow (Optical Society of India, OSI): L1031

Glimpses of few degree receiving moments:

During M. Sc. convocation ceremony

Media coverage (M. Sc. convocation)

During Ph. D. convocation ceremony

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