June 25, 2025

Sugandh Sirohi joined Harriot Watt University on 16th June even before completing her Ph.D. Viva on 25th June, defended with flying colours.
 Congratulations Dr. Sugandh!

June 24, 2025

Dr. Mayukh Lahiri, a quantum theorist from Oklahoma State University joins us a s visiting faculty. Welcome Mayukh!

May 25, 2025

Interacted with the students of Nanakmatta Public School, Nanakmatta, Uttarakhand on “Learning Science and Technology in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”. A unique experience of interaction at thee school.

March 28, 2025

2nd quiz of the course “Principles of Nanophotonics” for JAN-May Semester. Excellent course.  Best wishes.

March 21, 2025

Sugandh Sirohi delivered the Colloquium in the department “Investigation of newly synthesised low dimensional materials for photonic applications” towards the activity related to the completion of her Ph.D. Congratulations Sugandh.

March 12,  2025

Yearly MBS scheme for promotions interviews held in the department.

Jan 3, 2025

Prof. Bisht delivered an invited talk on “Optical parametric processes for developing single photon sources for quantum imaging with undetected photonsEmerging Trends in Optical Technologies, SRM-AP.

2 decades ago

Prof. B. M. Sivaram passed away while in service in physics department on 25th Dec. 1999.

Dec. 10, 2024

Prof. Bisht delivered an invited talk on “Micro-nano whispers and limiting optics- a beginner’s approach” at physics department,  IIT Roorkee on Dec. 10, 2024.

Dec. 5, 2024

Yearly review group meeting HSB 209, The program is here.

Dec. 4, 2024

Shouvik’s first paper ‘Cr3+ doped ZnGa2O4 micro-flowers as stable saturable absorber media" has been accepted in “Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics” , congratulations Shouvik!

Dec. 3, 2024

Professor M. P. Kothiyal passed away at Bangalore after struggling with illness for last several months.  Such a kind and soft spoken Optics person, MPK retired from IIT Madras in 2014.   May his soul rest in peace.

Nov.  30, 2024

ANRF project monitoring meeting , Delhi.

Nov. 27, 2024

Prof. Periasamy delivered a seminar at HSB 209 on “Investigation of mitochondrial dysfunction in Live Cancer Cells: Two-photon FLIRR Microscopy”

2 decades ago

A lecture was delivered by Prof. Dr. Eberhard Riedle on “ Tunable 10 fs pulses in the visible and UV: Ideal sources fr the investigation of primary molecular dynamics”  in physics department on Thu, March 6, 2003 at 3 PM in HSB 310.

2 decades ago

A write up by Prof. Barry R Masters  (visited Physics department, IITM during Nov. 12-16, 2003) on "India’s Diverse Centers of Optics Marked by Excellence in Research" in 2004:  https://www.optica-opn.org/home/articles/volume_15/issue_5/departments/global_optics/global_optics/

 

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