Rajan Jha Group
Nanophotonics and Plasmonics Lab
IIT Bhubaneswar
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
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 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
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Physics
Physics Laboratory
Electricity and Magnetism
Optics and Mordern Physics
Electromagnetic waves and Optics
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Preparatory Physics
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Seminar I
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Seminar II
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Electrodynamics I
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Optics and Photonics
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M.Sc. Laboratory I
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M.Sc. Laboratory II
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Electrodynamics for Engineers
Physics and Technology of Lasers