Research Group

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Deblina Sabui

Thesis Area: Development of optical front-end for VLC receiver system

Avijit Prakash

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

Arpit Gupta

Thesis Area: Nanostructured optics

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

Kundan Kumar Prasad

Thesis Area: Development of the ultra-precision machining process for manufacturing of structured freeform optical surface

Purva Sharnagat

Thesis Area: Optical metrology of high-power laser optics

Supervisor: Jasleen Lugani, SENSE, IIT Delhi

Rajbir Singh

Thesis Area: Development of novel fabrication techniques for freeform surfaces for optical engineering applications

Vikram Singh Bhandari

Thesis Area: Nanostructured optics using grayscale laser lithography

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

Dr. Vipender Singh Negi

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

Dr. Md Amir

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

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

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

Akhilesh Kumar Yadav [Completed]

Design considerations of freeform optics for projector illumination system

Co-Supervisor: Prof. Chandra Shakher

Pramod Kumar [Completed]

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

Co-Supervisor: Prof. Chandra Shakher

Dali Ramu Burada [Completed]

Development of cylindrical polishing process on Aluminium for improving surface profile

Sandeep Kumar Tiwari [Completed]

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

Co-Supervisor: Prof. Chandra Shakher

Anil Kumar [Completed]

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

Co-Supervisor: Prof. Chandra Shakher

Ankit Chauhan [Completed]

Development of Shack Hartmann sensor for wavefront evaluation

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)

Puja Bhardwaj [Completed]

Nitin Dubey [Completed]

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

Arjit Pandey [Completed]

Development of long trace profiler for the low varying surface measurement

Nida Khan [Completed]

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

Arvind Gupta [Completed]

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

Ashish Kumar [Completed]

Development of specialised optical component by replication process

A Sai Kaushik [Completed]

Laser absorption analysis of multi-layer structures

Shivam Kumar [Completed]

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

Tutul Gogoi [Completed]

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

Rajbir Singh [Completed]

Fabrication of freeform surfaces and their application in optical engineering

Arun Kumar [Ongoing]

Artificial intelligence-based modelling for manufacturing of space optics