CV

Contact Information

Name Somnath Pandit
Professional Title Senior Reserach Fellow
Email panditsomnath10016@gmail.com
Location Kharagpur, IIT Kharagpur 721302

Experience

  • Jul 2022 - Apr 2023

    IIT Kharagpur, IN

    Research Assistant
    Photonics Systems Lab
    Worked on picosecond laser writing, photonic crystal Tamm laser, interferometric surface profiler, waveguides.
  • Jun 2022 - Jul 2022

    IIT Kharagpur, IN

    Summer Intern
    Photonics Systems Lab
    Study of waveguiding in 1D photonic crystals and Tamm states.
  • Jul 2022 - Apr 2023

    IIT Bombay, IN

    Summer Fellow
    FOSSEE
    Mathematics with Python. Work is available at https://fossee.in/fellowship/2020
  • 2024 - 2024

    IIT Kharagpur, India

    Travel and Accomodation Team
    Photonics 2024
    Streamlining and coordinating for accomodation and travel of distiguished speakers.
  • 2022 - 2022

    IIT Kharagpur, India

    Volunteer Team
    National Laser Symposiym 2024

Education

  • 2023 -

    Kharagpur, India

    PhD
    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
    Photonic Sensors
    • Courses: Optical Fiber Tech. (EX), Quantum Devices (A), Quantum Optics (EX), Thin Film Technology (EX), Introduction to Nanoscience and Technology (EX)
    • Supervisor: Dr. Shivakiran Bhaktha B. N., Associate Professor, Department of Physics, IIT Kharagpur.
    • Joint Supervisor: Prof. Prasanta Kumar Guha, Professor, E& ECE Department, IIT Kharagpur.
  • 2020 - 2022

    Kharagpur, India

    Master of Science
    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
    Physics
    • Courses: Electrodynamics, Optics, Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics, Condensed Matter, Nuclear and Particle, Atomic and Molecular, Fiber Optics, Nonlinear Optics, Quantum Information.
    • Project: Study of One Dimensional Photonic Structures and Transfer Matrix Computation.
  • 2017 - 2020

    Rahara, Kolkata

    Bachelor of Science
    Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College.
    Physics
    • EM Theory, Optics, Stat. Mech., Quantum Mech., Thermal, Solid State, Analogue and Digital, Nuclear and Particle, Communication Electronics

Achievements and Awards

  • 2023
    Prime Minister’s Research Fellow.
    Ministry of Education, Government of India
  • 2023
    CSIR - UGC NET Physics
    Ministry of Education

    JRF(NET) - UGC with rank 201

  • 2023
    GATE Physics
    Ministry of Education

    All India rank 18 with score 841.

  • 2017
    DST Inspire Scholarship
    Department of Science and Technology, GoI

Skills

Research: Photonic crystal fabrication, waveguide characterization, UV-photolithography, Laser writing, spectrometer, picosecond and nanosecond laser, spatial light modulator, dip coater, spin coater, 3D printer, high temperature furnace, plasma cleaner, ultrasonicator
Techincal: Ansys Lumeical, Python, MATLAB, GNU Octave, SolidWorks, Git, $\LaTeX$, Linux, Raspberry-Pi, MS Office.

Languages

English : Fluent
Hindi : Proficient
Bengali : Native speaker

Interests

Photonics: Photonic sensors, Photonic crystal, Bloch Surface Wave sensing, Photonic integrated circuits
Quantum Optics: quantum dots, Photonic quantum systems, quantum information processing

References

  • Professor Shivakiran Bhaktha

    Department of Physics, IIT Kharagpur.

  • Professor Prasanta Kumar Guha

    Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur.