Thesis guidance

Thesis Guided (till June 2025)

Currently, I am co-supervising one Ph.D. student enrolled at the School of Basic Sciences (SBS) of the Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar (IIT Bhubaneswar) as a joint supervisor, alongside senior Prof. Rajan Jha, who serves as the primary supervisor. 

I have fully guided one Master's thesis and one bachelor's thesis at Leibniz University Hannover, Germany. Additionally, I am mentoring a Ph.D. student under the supervision of Professor Dr. Michael Kues. At the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur), I have mentored a few brilliant students, as listed below, under the guidance of Prof. Shailendra K. Varshney. 

A. Thesis guidance as a supervisor:

I. Ph.D. thesis:

1. Mr. Golak Bihari Bage (Co-supervisor, status: ongoing)

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar (IITBBS) (Roll No: A24PH09022)

Thesis title: To be decided

Submission date: Ongoing

Current employment: Ongoing

Primary supervisor: Prof. Rajan Jha (SBS, IIT Bhubaneswar) 

II. Master's thesis:

2. Mr. Rajdeep Mukherjee (ongoing)

Institute: Leibniz University Hannover, Germany (Mat Nr. XXXXXXXX)

Thesis title: To be decided

Submission date: Ongoing

Current employment: Ongoing

3. Mr. Robert Johanning

Institute: Leibniz University Hannover, Germany (Mat Nr. 10002401)

Thesis title: "Quantum State Tomography of Biphoton Frequency Combs with Applications in Certified Random Number Generation"

Submission date:  16th May 2022. 

Current employment: Robert joined Ph.D. at Leibniz University Hannover, Germany. 

III. Bachelor's thesis:

4. Mr. Erasmus Bosch 

Institute: Leibniz University Hannover, Germany (Mat Nr. 10015250)

Thesis title: "Simulation einer optischen Phasenmodulatorschaltung für Anwendungen im photonischen maschinellen Lernen"

Submission date:  16th May 2022. 

Current employment: Erasmus is a master's student at RWTH Aachen University, Germany.

B. Thesis guidance as a mentor:

I. Ph.D. student:

5. Mr. Hatam Mahmudlu

Institute: Leibniz University Hannover, Germany 

Thesis supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael Kues

Thesis topic:  Entangled photon pair generations in on-chip optical waveguides and resonators (ongoing)

II. Master's student:

6. Mr. Abhik D. Banik

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

Thesis title: "Mitigation of Thermal Effects in Optical Interconnects and Design of Athermal Microresonator for Optical Network on Chip Applications"

Thesis supervisor: Prof. Shailendra K. Varshney

Submission defended:  2014. 

Current employment: Senior research and development engineer, NTT Communications, Japan.

III. Bachelor's student:

7. Mr. Arkadev Roy

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

Thesis title: "Temporal Cavity Solitons in Microresonators and Their Applications"

Thesis supervisor: Prof. Shailendra K. Varshney

Submission defended:  2018. 

Current employment: Ph.D. scholar at California University of Technology (CalTech), USA.