Faculty
BALASWAMY VELPULA
Assistant Professor (From March 2023)
Email ID : velpulab@iisc.ac.in
Telephone : 08022933172
Bio-sketch
- 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
- INAE Young Associate and INAE Young ENgineer Award in Sept 2025.
- 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.
Postdoctoral Fellows
Bjaya Saha
National Postdoctoral Fellow (From Nov 2025)
Email ID : bijayasaha2013@gmail.com
Educational History
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Agartala
- M.Tech in Electrical Engineering, Tripura University
- B.E in Electrical Engineering, Tripura Institute of Technology, Narsingarh, (Tripura University)
Professional Experience
- Ad-hoc Faculty, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Andhra Pradesh (Aug 2023 – Oct 2025)
Research Interests
- Fiber Optic Sensors; Fiber Optic Biosensors; Non-Gaussian Beams; Multimode Interference Based Fiber Optic Sensors; Surface Plasmon Resonance; Higher Order modes; Optoelectronics; Optical waveguide
Subhajit Karmakar
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (From Nov 2025)
Email ID : subhajit.k1995@gmail.com
Educational History
- PhD: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, 2017-2022
- B. Tech: National Institute of Technology Delhi, Delhi, 2013-2017
Professional Experience
- Postdoctoral Research Associate: Princeton University, NJ, USA, Sept. 2022 to Sept. 2025
Research Interests
- Metamaterials and Plasmonics; Optical imaging systems; THz spectroscopy and devices
Phd Students
SHANTANU SATISHKUMAR DAMBARE
Graduate Student (From Aug 2023)
Email ID : shantanusd@iisc.ac.in
Educational History
- M. Tech in RF & Microwave Engineering, EECE Dept, IIT Kharagpur
- B. Tech in Electronics & Communications ,SRCOEM, Nagpur
VADDI MEHER
Graduate Student (From August 2023)
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
SRIKAR ANUMANCHIPALLY
Graduate Student (From Jan 2025)
Email ID : srikara@iisc.ac.in
Educational History
B. Tech in ECE at Vignan institute of technology and science, Hyderabad, Telangana
MRITTIK CHAKRABORTI
Graduate Student (From Aug 2025)
Email ID : mrittikc@iisc.ac.in
Educational History
B. Tech in ECE from National Institute of Technology Agartala (NITA)
Masters Students
Project Associates
ANITTA AUGUSTINE
Project Assistant (From Oct 2024)
Email ID: anittaaugustine6@gmail.com
Educational History:
- Master’s in Physics from St. Joseph’s University, Bengaluru.
Alumni
Students
- Shashikanth Giri, M.Tech (from IAP), woked on development of SD-OCT system in ECE, Aug 2024 – June 2025. Current Position – Software Engineer, Chevron, Bengaluru.
- Yogesh N L (Manipal Academy of higher sciences, Manipal), (Dec 2023 – April 2024), worked on numerical optimization phase modulation schemes for SBS suppression in high power, narrow lineiwdth fiber amplifiers.
Project Staff
- Bipin Kumar (Jan 2025 – May 2025). Current position – PhD, Macquarie University, Australia
- Yogesh N L (May 2024 – Dec 2024). Current position – Technical support Engineer, Ansys Bengaluru, India.
- 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
- Mangala Gowri, M.Tech, DIAT Pune (June-July 2025)
- Swarnim Sharma, B.Tech University of Delhi, Delhi (June-Aug 2025)
- Amreen Firdose A, B E 4th year Sri Krishna Institute of Technology (SKIT), Bengaluru,Karnataka. (Feb-May 2025)
- Prgadeeshwaran U K, 3rd year UG, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, Karnataka. (Dec2024 – Jan 2025)
- Yash Vardhan Sagar, B.Tech 4th year, IIT Mandi, Mandi. (Sept – Oct 2024)
- Sushmita K P, B.Tech 3rd Year, P.E.S. College of Engineering, Mandya, Karnataka. (Sept – Oct 2024)
- Mrittik Chakraborti, 3rd Year UG, NIT Agartala, Tripura. (May – July 2024)
- Mihira Mohan KT, Integrated MSc in Photonics, 4th Year, CUSAT, Kochi. (May – June 2024)
- Aishwarya S, Integrated MSc in Photonics, 4th Year, CUSAT, Kochi. (May – June 2024)
- Aniketh R Joshi, 4th Year UG, SIT Tumkur, Karnataka. (Sept – Oct 2023)
- Abhijit Dileep Kumar, Integrated MSc in Photonics, CUSAT, Kochi. (June – July 2023). Current Position: Technical Support Engineer at Ansys, Bengaluru.
- Sameeha V P, 3rd Year UG, IISER Trivandrum (June 2023)
- Smriti Kohli, 3rd Year UG, IISER Mohali. (May 2023)