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RJ.PNG

Professor of Physics


Room No. 128, Nanophotonics and Plasmonics Laboratory, School of Basic Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India


Phone: +(91)-674-7135136 | Email: rjha@iitbbs.ac.in

About

Research Interest

Optical Physics and Nanophotonics

Research Employment

Professor (Since October 2023) – IIT Bhubaneswar

Associate Professor (October 2018 - October 2023) – IIT Bhubaneswar

Assistant Professor (July 2010 - September 2018) – IIT Bhubaneswar

ICFO Fellow, ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Barcelona, Spain

Education

PhD - IIT Delhi 

M.Sc.- IIT Delhi

B.Sc.- Physics (Hons.), Delhi University

Editorial Activities

Associate Editor- Optics Express- 2024

Associate Editor- IEEE Sensors Journal- 2022

Guest Editor, Journal of Optical Society of America B- 2021.

Guest Editor, Photonics, MDPI, Switzerland-2021.

Editorial board member - Proceeding in Indian National Science Academy, India (2020-Present)

Editorial board member - Frontiers in Sensors, Switzerland (2019-Present)

Membership

The Optical Society, USA

Life member of Optical Society of India

Patron member of Odisha Physical Society

Life member of India Science Congress

Awards

Awards and Honours

2024

Associate Editor, Optics Express, OPTICA, USA

2024

Journal of Light Wave Technology Best Paper Award by IEEE Photonics Society/OPTICA, USA.

2023

Listed in top 2% scientist worldwide by Stanford-Elsevier Release (Last 3 years in both category- Overall carrier wise  and annually).

 Associate Editor, IEEE Sensors Journal, USA.

2022

2021

Director’s Commendation for Outstanding Research.

2021

Guest Editor- journal of Optical Society of America B, USA.

SERB-STAR Fellowship (Physical Science), Govt. of India.

2020

Editorial Board Member-Proceeding of Indian National Sciences Academy, India.

2019

Core Committee Member, Indian National Young Academy of Science (INYAS), an initiative of INSA.

2018

Senior Member, The Optica Society/OPTICA, USA.

2017

Ambassador, Optica Society of America (OSA)/OPTICA.

2017

2016

Regular Associate of International Centre for Theoritical Physics, Italy from 2016-2021.

Member, National Academy of Sciences, India (MNASc).

2016

Recipient of ICO-ICTP Gallieno Denardo award by International commission for Optics and International Centre for Theoretical Physics for the breakthrough contribution in the area of optical sensors and waveguides.

2015

2013

Associate, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India.

2013

DAAD Fellowship by Govt. of Germany, Under DADD- IIT Faculty exchange program.

2009

JSPS (Japan Society for Promotion of Science) fellowship by Japanese Government.

Teaching

Teaching

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Physics

Physics Laboratory

Electricity and Magnetism

Optics and Mordern Physics

Electromagnetic waves and Optics

Preparatory Physics

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Seminar I

Seminar II

Electrodynamics I

Optics and Photonics

M.Sc. Laboratory I

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M.Sc. Laboratory II

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Electrodynamics for Engineers

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Physics and Technology of Lasers

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