This website is being built as a repository of Photonics activity in India. The hope is to be able to bring together onto a common platform, leverage of each other’s skills and eventually become a significant player in the global arena. There are a number of collaborative efforts in this direction spanning different research areas
| Bio-photonics | Plasmonics |
| Lasers | Metrology |
| Nano-photonics | Si photonics |
| Optical Communications | Nonlinear optics |
Conferences
There are a number of conferences organized in Optics and Photonics in India every year. While this list is not exhaustive, here are a few of the upcoming ones
- International Conference on Optical Engineering, Belgaum, July 26-28, 2012
- Photonics 2012, Chennai, December 9-12, 2012
Opportunities
Manpower training is an important part of our activities.
- The Govt. of India, has instituted the National Photonics Fellowship to address this need. Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.
- The IndiGO consortium is building a huge Michelson-Morley interferometer to detect gravity waves.
Get Involved
There are a number of active organizations in optics and photonics. You can get involved in any of your local chapters
- IEEE Photonics at IISc
- OSA student chapters at IIT - Madras, IIT - Delhi, etc
- SPIE chapters at IIT - Madras
- Optical Society of India at Kolkata