Prof. Rakesh Kumar Singh

Professor

Department of Physics,Indian Institute of Technology (BHU)

Contact no. +91-542-6701917, +91-9446420555

Institute Profile: https://www.iitbhu.ac.in/dept/phy/people/krakeshsinghphy

Area of Interest:

Fundamental, Applied & Instrumentation: Classical & Quantum Optics, Optics: in disordered media & with disordered light, Information Optics, Structured & Singular light, Holography, Correlation optics, Artificial Intelligence for Optics, Polarimetry

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About:

Prof. R.K.Singh did his B.Sc. from Uday Pratap College, Varanasi, India. He did his M.Sc. in Physics from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He received his doctorate degree in 2009 from the Indian Institute of Technology - Delhi, India.

Experience:

Professor, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi , India (since 23rd August 2024)
Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi , India (28th June 2018 - 22nd August 2024)
Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India (9th February 2016- 27th June 2018)
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India (1st November 2011- 8th February 2016)
M.Tech (Optical Engineering) coordinator at IIST (July 2015- June 2018)
Post-doctoral Researcher, The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan (September 2011- October 2011).
Japanese Society of Promotion of Science (JSPS) fellow, The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan (August 2009- August 2011).
Post-doctoral researcher, University of Oulu, Finland (January 2009- July 2009)
Visiting researcher: National University of Ireland, Tel- Aviv University- Israel, Denmark Technical University-Denmark, Bar-Ilan University-Israel, Huaqiao University- China, Institute of Optics & Electronics (Chinese Academy of Science), Chengdu, China

Awards and Recognition:

Fumio Okano best paper presentation award 2024, by SPIE-USA, sponsored by NHK Foundation.
Dare 2 Dream 3.0 award : Second prize in the individual category by the Defense Research Development Organization, Govt. of India.
Best Teacher Award 2023 (UG category)- by the IIT (BHU) Varanasi
Best Teacher Award 2022 - by the IIT (BHU) Varanasi
Best Teacher Award 2021 (UG science and humanities category)- by the IIT (BHU) Varanasi
Senior Member : Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)- promoted in year 2021
Young Researcher grant award: year 2018 from Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Senior member Optical Society of America (OSA) promoted in year 2017
Awarded JSPS (Japanese Society of Promotion of Science) Fellowship for two years in December 2008;
Junior research fellowship (JRF) awarded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) India.
National Eligibility Test (NET)/JRF
Life Member Optical Society of India (OSI)