Centre for Sensors, Instrumentation and Cyber-Physical Systems Engineering (SeNSE)

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Research Group

Ph.D. Thesis Guidance Completed (11)
Kundan Kumar Prasad (2026)

Thesis Title: Ultra-Precision diamond turning processes for the fabrication of freeform and hybrid optics for imaging and communication applications

Current Position:Project Scientist, SENSE, IIT Delhi

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Deblina Sabui (2024)

Thesis Title:Freeform optics and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces for multi-cell indoor VLC system

Current Position: Principal Project Scientist, SENSE, IIT Delhi

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Md Amir (2023)

Thesis Title: Development of SPION-based nanoabrasives for superfinish optical polishing

Co-Supervisor: Prof. S. Wazed Ali, Textile and Fibre Engineering, IIT Delhi

Current Position: Senior Project Scientist, SENSE, IIT Delhi

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Lalit Mohan Pant (2023)

Thesis Title: Optical metrology of non-conventional surfaces

Co-Supervisor: Prof. Chandra Shakher, SENSE, IIT Delhi

Current Position: Scientist (F), Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO), India

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Prabhat Baghel (2023)

Thesis Title: Investigations to improve performance of finishing on glass through line contact Magnetorheological Finishing

Co-Supervisor: Dr Raj Kumar, CSIR-CSIO-Chandigarh

Current Position: Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR-CSIO-Chandigarh, India

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Vivek Rastogi (2022)

Thesis Title: Digital holography and holographic optical elements in quantitative cell imaging and temperature measurement

Co-Supervisor: Prof. Satish Dubey, SENSE, IIT Delhi

Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

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Ashish Dwivedi (2022)

Thesis Title: Design and evaluation of structured-freeform elements for optical engineering

Co-Supervisor: Prof. Anurag Sharma, Department of Physics, IIT Delhi

Current Position: R & D Manager, BARCO, India

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Vinod Mishra (2021)

Thesis Title: Development of ultra-precision machining process for manufacturing of freeform optical surfaces

Co-Supervisor: Prof. Sunil Jha, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi

Current Position: Senior Technical Officer, CSIR-CSIO-Chandigarh, India

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Kamal Kishore Pant (2020)

Thesis Title: Investigations on the sub-aperture stitching-based techniques for measurement of aspheric and freeform optics

Co-Supervisor: Prof. Chandra Shakher, SENSE, IIT Delhi

Current Position: Scientist (F), Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO), India

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Dali Ramu Burada (2019)

Thesis Title: Scanning Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor based measurement scheme for aspheric and freeform optics

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Central University of Jharkhand, India

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Manoj Kumar (2014)

Thesis Title: Optical Metrology- Engineering applications of DSPI and digital holography

Co-Supervisor: Prof. Chandra Shakher, SENSE, IIT Delhi

Current Position: Associate Professor, Kobe University, Japan

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Ph.D. Thesis Guidance in Progress (5)
Avijit Prakash

Thesis Area: Design of freeform and diffractive optics for optical engineering applications

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Arpit Gupta

Thesis Area: Nanostructured optics

Co-Supervisor: Prof. Joby Joseph, Optics & Photonics Centre, IIT Delhi

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Purva Sharnagat

Thesis Area: Optical metrology of high-power laser optics

Supervisor: Jasleen Lugani, SENSE, IIT Delhi

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Vikram Singh Bhandari

Thesis Area: Nanostructured optics using grayscale laser lithography

Co-Supervisor: Dr Amit Agrawal, DRDO-IRDE Dehradun

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Md Talha Ateeque

Thesis Area: Design and development of optomechanical systems and components

Co-Supervisor: Prof. Sunil Jha, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi

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Post-Doctoral Fellow (7)
Dr. Kundan Kumar Prasad

Research Area: Ultra-Precision diamond turning processes for the fabrication of freeform and hybrid optics for imaging and communication applications

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Dr. Deblina Sabui

Research Area: Photolithography, Computer-generated holograms, Freeform and aspheric component metrology

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Dr. Md Shanu

Research Area: Nanophotonics, Nanomaterials, Photonic structures, and optical fabrication

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Dr. Vipender Singh Negi

Research Area: Optical fabrication and testing, thermal analysis of multilayer dielectric grating

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Dr. Md Amir

Research Area: Development of nanoabrasives for sub-angstrom superfinish optical substrate

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Dr. Rohit Sharma

Research Area: Ultra-precision machining, micro/nano-manufacturing, polishing, grinding, subsurface damage and surface metrology

Current Position: Process Engineer, Micro-LAM Technologies, USA

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Dr. Dali Ramu Burada

Research Area: Scanning Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor based measurement scheme for aspheric and freeform optics

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Central University of Jharkhand, India

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M.TECH/ MSR Thesis Supervision
Md Ataul Haque [On-going]

Fabrication process optimization for large size optics using ultra-precision machining. Precision polishing and optimization process.

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Parvina Nasrin [Completed]

Optical System Design for Compact Spectrometer

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Akash Kumar [Completed]

Mitigation of Artifacts in Flat Panel Displays

Co-Supervisor: Dr. Ashish Dwivedi

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Apratim Singh Chauhan [Completed]

Wavefront Sensor for Optical Engineering Applications

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Akhilesh Kumar Yadav [Completed]

Design considerations of freeform optics for projector illumination system

Co-Supervisor: Prof. Chandra Shakher

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Pramod Kumar [Completed]

Development of Twyman-Green Interferometer for precise metrology of optical flat and spherical surfaces

Co-Supervisor: Prof. Chandra Shakher

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Dali Ramu Burada [Completed]

Development of cylindrical polishing process on Aluminium for improving surface profile

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Sandeep Kumar Tiwari [Completed]

Design of freeform surface for LED based collimating lens to obtain uniform illumination

Co-Supervisor: Prof. Chandra Shakher

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Anil Kumar [Completed]

Iterative interferometric analysis for blocking stress during polishing of high-aspect ratio optics

Co-Supervisor: Prof. Chandra Shakher

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Ankit Chauhan [Completed]

Development of Shack Hartmann sensor for wavefront evaluation

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Ravi Chaudhary [Completed]

Development of infrared quartz enhanced photo acoustic spectroscopy-based sensor for trace gas sensing.

Co-Supervisor: Dr. R. B. Ingole (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India)

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Puja Bhardwaj [Completed]
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Nitin Dubey [Completed]

Development of shack-hartmann sensor for measurement of freeform surfaces in reflection mode

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Arjit Pandey [Completed]

Development of long trace profiler for the low varying surface measurement

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Nida Khan [Completed]

Development of algorithms for in-house developed Shack-Hartmann sensor

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Arvind Gupta [Completed]

Development and testing of electroformed NI-replica of designed AL conical frustum

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Ashish Kumar [Completed]

Development of specialised optical component by replication process

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A Sai Kaushik [Completed]

Laser absorption analysis of multi-layer structures

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Shivam Kumar [Completed]

Laser induced damage threshold of different materials and subsurface damage on microstructures

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Tutul Gogoi [Completed]

Design of freeform and diffracto freeform optics for hyper-spectral imaging

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Rajbir Singh [Completed]

Fabrication of freeform surfaces and their application in optical engineering

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Arun Kumar [Completed]

Artificial intelligence-based modelling for manufacturing of space optics

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