Training Program Manager in Tyndall National Institute, Ireland, May, 2026 - Present

Main Programs involved with: Rinn Semiconductors, IPIC, PIADS and SPEAR 

Website : Tyndall National Institute 

Key Responsibilities:-

• Lead stakeholder engagement, strategic workforce development, and training across semiconductor and photonics innovation programmes, including Rinn Semiconductors, IPIC, PIADS, and the SPEAR Centre.

• Design and coordinate training programmes that support skills development, technology adoption, and innovation within the semiconductor and photonics sectors.

• Build and strengthen collaborations between academia, industry, government, and SMEs to accelerate research translation and economic impact.

• Deliver presentations, workshops, and stakeholder engagement events on emerging technologies, including photonics, semiconductor, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation.

• Develop strategic partnerships that promote knowledge exchange, collaborative innovation, and business growth across regional and international ecosystems.

• Support SME engagement by identifying innovation opportunities and facilitating access to expertise, research capabilities, and collaborative projects.

• Coordinate multi-partner initiatives, ensuring effective programme delivery, stakeholder communication, and long-term strategic impact.

• Serve on recruitment and interview panels for senior researcher positions, contributing to candidate evaluation and selection. 

EU Research Project Leader & Senior Scientist in Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Germany, Jan, 2024 - Dec, 2025

Main Project involved with: QU-PIC (Quantum Universal Photonic Integrated  circuit Platform)

Website : www.qu-pic.eu 

Funding Agency: European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme

Selected Responsibilities & Contributions:-

• Led EU Project of a total fund amount of € 5 947 868,00 as a Project Leader (WP Leader of 4 WPs) with 12 EU participating partners consisting of Industries and Academia;oversee budget, KPI tracking, milestone delivery, and stakeholder reporting.

• Built complete lab set up for Integrated and Nanophotonic Optical Active Elements Characterization; Preapare Test plans for Characterization of PICs.; Characterization of Photonic active elements required for Optical clocks, Ion traps, Quantum Computer & Quantum Sensing applications.

• Overseeing the full project lifecycle: technical planning, budgeting, milestone tracking, team management, and reporting.

• Developed innovation readiness roadmaps, IP managing.

• Dissemination and communication of the project outputs and other outreach activities.

• Co-Supervise Ph.D students.

• Project proposal writing .

Marie Curie Mentor – MCAA Pilot Mentoring Programme (“Careers in the Public Sector”)  in Marie Curie Alumni Association, Jun, 2025 - Nov, 2025

Website : MCAA 

Key Responsibilities:-

• Provided one-on-one guidance to early-career researchers exploring career pathways in public sector research institutions, national labs, and academia.

• Shared insights on grant writing, transitioning from academia to government-funded roles, and balancing research with leadership responsibilities in European public-sector R&D environments.

Research Fellow in Dublin City University, Ireland, Oct, 2023 - Dec, 2023

Main Project involved with: Integrated Photonic Device Characterisation for data centre, access and metropolitan networks

Funding Agency: Science Foundation Ireland

Industrial Partner: Pilot Photonics, Ireland

Key Responsibilities:-

• Use of optical frequency combs for the development of spectrally efficient optical communications systems for high capacity wireless networks.

• Use of optical frequency combs with advanced modulation formats for high capacity optical/wireless systems.

• Design of free space optics-based transceiver for THz application.

Marie Curie co-fund Sparkle Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Dublin City University, Ireland, Oct, 2021 - Sept, 2023

Project: EFFORT (Reconfigurable Fiber to Wireless Transceiver Design)

Funding Agency: Horizon 2020 European Commission

Industrial Secondment: Pilot Photonics Ltd., Ireland

Key Responsibilities:-

•  Design, experimental implementation and testing of optical frequency comb sources developed using external optical modulation, direct modulation, gain-switching and fiber laser.

•  Use a laser optical frequency comb to design and experimentally implement a practical photonic based RF transceiver useful for next generation wireless technologies, optical communication and RADAR.

•  Investigate various nonlinear optical phenomenon like Self phase modulation, Cross phase modulation, Rayleigh scattering, Brillouin scattering, etc.

•  Bidirectional sub-THz frequency transceiver design using external optical modulation.

•  Supervision of undergraduate, internship and Ph.D. students. The works culminated to different international peer reviewed conferences and peer reviewed journal.

•  Laboratory lessons supervision in optical communication course for undergraduate students.

• Project management, financial management, reports and papers writing. 

• Time management of the relevant work package and meeting necessary deadlines.

Key Responsibilities for Secondment with Pilot Photonics Ltd.:-  

• Design, experimental implementation and testing of optical frequency comb sources required for optical communication applications. 

Research Scientist at Lightmotif Automation Sensors and Systems Pvt. Ltd (Now Sasmos Het Technologies Ltd.), India , Mar, 2020 - Apr, 2021

Key Responsibilities:-

• Copyright on Python/MATLAB based coding for standalone application for photonics based RF generation.

•  Design, implement and testing of photonics based high frequency RF transceiver using external optical modulation and low frequency RF transceiver using direct modulation.

•  Project Management: Define the product objectives and design the products in cost effective manner. Set appropriate plans to implement the products in time. Test the products and prepare test reports for the finished products.

•  Design, implement and testing of photonics based high and low frequency RF generation, transmission, reception and also designing of proper impedance matching circuits for the  products.

•  Design and implementation of electronic circuits for RF harmonic suppression and RF filter design for spurious elimination which are generated using photonic techniques.

•  Design, implement and testing of RF amplifier based driver boards required for optical transceivers.

•  Team handling and supervising of employees

College Lecturer in Shree Agrasain College, Liluah, University of Calcutta, India,   Feb. 2011 – Jun. 2011  

Key Responsibilities:-

• Teaching electronics course related to analog semiconductor devices, microcontrollers and digital electronics to undergraduate(Bachelor of Science i.e. B.Sc. in Computer Science Honours) students.  

• Laboratory lessons for undergraduate students in analog electronics, digital electronics and microcontroller .