Faculty and Staff
BALASWAMY VELPULA
Assistant Professor
Email ID : velpulab@iisc.ac.in
Telephone : 08022933172
Bio-sketch
- Assistant Professor: ECE Department, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, from March 2023
- Visiting Scientist: Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, July 2021 to Jan 2023
- Product line manager: Tejas Networks, Bengaluru, March 2020 to May 2021
- Postdoctoral Associate: Boston university, June 2019 to Dec 2019
- PhD: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2015-2019
- M E: Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, 2012-2014
- B Tech: Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad, 2008-2012
Awards/Honours
- Best Student paper award by SPIE Photonics West “Fiber Lasers” conference in Jan 2022.
- SPIE Photonics West “Fiber Lasers” conference, international travel grant in Jan 2019.
- IISc Alumni international travel grant in May 2019 to present work at CLEO, San Jose California, USA.
- Post deadline presentation in “Advanced Solid-State Lasers (ASSL)” Nov 2018 in Boston, USA
- Best Research poster award in Annual CeNSE student research symposium in Feb 2017.
- Awarded M Visvesvaraya PhD fellowship, Meity India in December 2014.
Phd Students
SHANTANU SATISHKUMAR DAMBARE
Graduate Student
Educational History
Email ID : shantanusd@iisc.ac.in
- MTech in RF & Microwave Engineering, EECE Dept, IIT Kharagpur
- BTech in Electronics & Communications ,SRCOEM, Nagpur
VADDI MEHER
Graduate Student
Email ID : mvaddi@iisc.ac.in
Educational History
- B.Sc(research)-M.Sc (physics) in IISc Bangalore.
- M.Tech (specialising in photonics) in CeNSE department, IISc Bangalore
NIKET KUMAR JHA
Graduate Student
Email ID : niketjha@iisc.ac.in
Educational History
- B.E. in Electrical & Electronics Eng. CMRIT Bangalore
- After B.Tech, I Worked at PRDC Bangalore & GETCO, Gujarat.
SRIKAR ANUMANCHIPALLY
Graduate Student
Email ID : srikara@iisc.ac.in
Educational History
Btech in ECE at Vignan institute of technology and science
MTech Students
SHASHI KANT GIRI
MTech Student
Email ID : shashikg@iisc.ac.in
Educational History
- M.Sc. Electronics, Department of Electronics Science, South Campus, University of Delhi
- B.Sc.(Hons.) Electronic Science, Maharaja Agrasen College, University of Delhi
Project Associates
YOGESH N L
Project Assistant
Email ID: yogeshnl@iisc.ac.in
Educational History:
- Pursuing MSc in Photonics(Aug 2022-June2024) from the Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics(DAMP), Manipal Academy of Higher Education(MAHE), Manipal
ANITTA AUGUSTINE
Project Associate
Email ID: anittaaugustine6@gmail.com
Educational History:
- Master’s in Physics from St. Joseph’s University, Bengaluru.
Alumni
Project Staff
- Diya Govind (Sept 2024 – Dec 2024). Current position – PhD Student, Center for Photonics Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Finalnd.
- Sneha S Maligi (Feb 2024 – Oct 2024).
- Raj Kumar Hudda (March 2023 – Oct 2024). Current position – Scientist B, CHESS Hyderabad, DRDO.
Summer Interns
November 2024 to October 2024
- Prgadeeshwaran U K, 3rd year UG, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, Karnataka.
September 2024 to October 2024
- Sushmita K P, 3rd Year UG, P.E.S. College of Engineering, Mandya,Karnataka
May 2023 to June 2023
- Smriti Kohli, 3rd Year UG, IISER Mohali.
- Abhijit Dileep Kumar, Integrated MSc in Photonics, CUSAT, Kochi. Current Position: Technical Support Engineer at Ansys, Bengaluru.
- Sameeha V P, 3rd Year UG, IISER Trivandrum
- Aniketh R Joshi, 4th Year UG, SIT Tumkur, Karnataka
May 2024 to June 2024
- Mrittik Chakraborti, 3rd Year UG, NIT Agartala, Tripura.
- Aishwarya S, Integrated MSc in Photonics, 4th Year, CUSAT, Kochi
- Mihira Mohan KT, Integrated MSc in Photonics, 4th Year, CUSAT, Kochi