You are cordially invited to the tutorial organised for our undergraduate and graduate students

Photonics and Optical Switches- An Introduction

by Dr. Gaurav Kumar Bharti from Chandigarh University, India.

Date and Time: Electronics Dept. (D-Block), Classroom Z-43 Monday, December 12, 2022 – 14:30 

(Dr. Bharti will also speak about his research areas on Friday, December 16, at 14:00 (the announcement will be sent soon)).

Please find the biography of the speaker below:

Biography:

Dr. Gaurav Kumar Bharti graduated first in his class with a B.E. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV), India in 2012. He got awarded with MBA degree from IASE Deemed University, Rajasthan in 2014. He has scored All India Rank (AIR)-45 in PGET WB 2014. He received the Master of Technology (M.Tech) degree in Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research (NITTTR), Kolkata, India, in 2016. He has awarded PhD degree in the field of Photonics under the Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering Department of the National Institute of Technology, Agartala, Tripura, India (an institute of national importance in India) in 2020. He was an institute post-doctoral fellow at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India from Sep. 2020 to Dec. 2021.

He is the active member of IEEE, IEEE Photonics Society, IEEE Sensors Council, IEEE Nanotechnology Council, OPTICA (Formerly OSA), SPIE and other professional bodies. He is the founder and past Chairman of the IEEE NIT Agartala student branch. Currently, he is a Chapter Advisor of IEEE Photonics Society Chandigarh University Student Branch Chapter.

He is an active researcher in the field of photonics and more than thirty-eight (38) of his research papers published/accepted in a reputed International Journals and Conferences with the citation of around 300 and with the h-index of 10. He is the reviewer of the various peer-reviewed journals. His current research interests include Photonics, Optical Sensor, Optical Signal Processing and Nonlinear Optics. He has coauthored a chapter in a technical book and another book is in under review. He has filed one Indian Patent. His biography is included in ‘Asia Pacific Who’s Who’ (Volume XVII). He has organized, delivered, and attended many Workshops, Seminars and National and International Conferences in India as well as in abroad. He has given the expert talk in the various reputed institutes of India. He has both industrial and academic exposure.

He is a recipient of “Transformative Researcher of the Year Award-2022 for EE Department” which was awarded by Chandigarh University. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering Department of Chandigarh University.

Dr. Bharti is an Educator, Motivator, and a Researcher.