INTERNATIONAL
YEAR OF LIGHT
2015

SPIE is an international society advancing an interdisciplinary approach to the science and application of light. IISER Kolkata is amongst the top-notch research institutes in India. It represents a unique initiative in India where teaching and education are totally integrated with state-of-the-art research nurturing both curiosity and creativity in an intellectually vibrant atmosphere of research. With cutting edge interdisciplinary research and a number of well-equipped optics laboratories and researchers working in various zoners of optical sciences, IISER Kolkata is all set to take the history of SPIE Student chapters to the next level.

IISER Kolkata is amongst the top-notch research institutes in India. It represents a unique initiative in India where teaching and education are totally integrated with state-of-the-art research nurturing both curiosity and creativity in an intellectually vibrant atmosphere of research. With cutting edge interdisciplinary research and a number of well-equipped optics laboratories and researchers working in various zoners of optical sciences, IISER Kolkata is all set to take the history of SPIE Student chapters to the next level.

SPIE is an international society advancing an interdisciplinary approach to science and application of light. SPIE chapter at IISER-K is an official organization promoting optical sciences amongst the students of IISER-Kolkata and providing them the privilege to efficiently nurture their intellectual prowess to take the realm of optics to ever interesting domains.

With the beginning of a new journey in group research, we have already taken significant steps towards kicking the chapter off to a great start, with over 70 optics enthusiasts. We have a significant number of undergraduate and graduate students working on various research projects encompassing all aspects of optics and related sciences, under the mentorship of some of the best names in the field, both in India and abroad.

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Ayan Banerjee
Associate Professor, Physics Department
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research

Office Bearers

Other Members

  1. Anchita Addhya
  2. Avigyan Chatterjee
  3. Debanuj Chatterjee
  4. Sristy Agrawal
  5. Shubham Choudhury
  6. Jhuma Dutta
  7. Sumit Goswami
  8. Jeevan Prakash Jankar
  9. Mahendra K.
  10. Kaushalendra Kumar
  11. Baishali Mukherjee
  12. Sabyasachi Mukhopadhyay
  13. Sri Bhavya Muvva
  14. Debapriya Pal
  15. Suman Panda
  16. Aditi S Raju
  17. A. Sahasranshu
  18. Raunak Sen
  19. Karuppasamy Pandian Soundarapandian
Visit to Birla Industrial and Technological Museum (BITM) Asia Student Photonics Conference (ASPC) Winter School on Photonics (WSP)