About us
About
The Center for Lasers and Photonics (CELP) is an interdisciplinary center of excellence that combines cutting-edge technology from engineering and theoretical advances in science to create new horizons in the field of photonics science and engineering. The faculty in CELP belong to six different parent departments (EE, ME, AE, PHY, CY, and CE) and pursue research in the fields of nanobiophotonics, ultrafast optics, quantum optics and related fields. The Center has research infrastructure worth several crores funded by agencies such as DST, DRDO, CSIR, MHRD etc.
Three PG programmes offered at CELP: PhD , M.Tech and M.S(Research) in Photonics Science and Engineering Programme (PSEP). The aim of PSEP is to train engineers/scientists from diverse background in interdisciplinary activities in photonics and related areas. For details, please visit our admission webpage.
Some of the projects that are currently pursued by CELP students are: Vein imaging, cancerous cell detection, LiDar systems, semiconductor lasers, chaos in fibers, quantum cryptography, photonic crystals, fibre lasers, and particle imaging.
The department coordinates with institute in placement activities for M.Tech and PhD students. Our alumni are working in prestigious organizations such as DRDO, BEL, MathWorks etc. Many of our alumni have chosen to pursue PhD in reputed international and national universities.
Head of the department
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Prof. P K Panigrahi Head, Centre for Lasers and Photonics Phone:0512-2597686 Email: panig[at]iitk.ac.in |
News
- Prof Shilpi Gupta has been awarded with P.K Kelkar Fellowship from the Institute.
- Prof Pratik Sen has been awarded with Poonam and Prabhu Goel Chair Professorship.
Events
Contact
Centre for Lasers and Photonics, No. 215, Southern Laboratory, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur - 208016 Uttar Pradesh, India Phone: 0512-259-7341, 0512-259-7686 |
Admissions
DPGC Convenor

Dr. Saurabh Mani Tripathi
Tel: +91-512-2596871
Mail: smt[at]iitk.ac.in
Lecture Series
Ramachandra Rao Dasari Distinguished Lecture Series
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Late Ramachandra Rao Dasari, worked as a faculty member of Physics department of I.I.T. Kanpur for 16 years. He left IIT Kanpur in 1978.Subsequently, he worked at the National Research Council of Canada, University of British Columbia and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. He passed away in Schererville, IN, U.S.A. on April 12, 2020 at the age of 87.He established the first laser laboratory in India, fabricating the lasers indigenously. This pioneering work later led to the formation of CELT at IITK which has now grown into a vibrant Center for Lasers and Photonics (CELP) offering interdisciplinary training and research. In order to give respect to his contributions towards IIT Kanpur and the whole world, CELP conducts lecture series every year by inviting prominent scientist in the field of photonics.More details about the lecture series click the link below: Prof. R. Dasari's Lecture Series |
Ph.D Student Seminar Series
CELP organizes departmental postgraduate student seminar every week. Seminar is just like any other formal seminar which give students an opportunity to learn and present themselves. |
News & Events
Conference/Symposia
International Day of Light (16 May,2018)Mini-symposium on Photonics (23 Mar,2018)
IEEE Women in Photonics(5 Nov, 2016)
International Year of Light(10 Oct,2015)
QIP School on optics of gravitation waves detectors(22 sept,2014)
Ultrafast photonic processes and interactions Workshop(2014)
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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR Student Chapter of the OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA Estd : 2011 |
Office-bearers of OSA student chapter of IITK for the year 2021-22: President: Ms. Deeksha Jachpure, CELP Vice President: Mr. Dhananjoy De, CELP Secretary: Mr. Ateesh K. Rathi, Physics Treasurer: Mr. Aritra Paul, CELP |
Faculty Mentor Prof. D. Goswami Dept. of Chemistry & CELP |
Upcoming talk: Webinar by: Will be updated Lecture: Will be updated Date: Will be updated |
OSA Student chapter of IITK:Invited Talks-2016-21
Date |
Speaker | Affiliation | Title of the talk |
25th Sep. 2021 | Dr. Sankhyabrata Bandyopadhyay | Dept. of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, City University (London) | Lecture on Optical Fiber Sensors: Opportunities, scope & challenges |
17th Sep. 2021 | Dr. Suchita Yadav | Dept. of Instrumentation & Applied Physics, IISc. Bengaluru | Lecture on Intermodal Stimulated Brillouin Scattering |
18th Jan. 2021 | Dr. Sendhil Raja S. | RRCAT | Precision Optical Measurements -An enabling Tool for Fundamental Physics |
18th Jan. 2021 | Dr. Robert Woodward | Toshiba Research Europe Ltd. | Pushing Fibre Laser Technology into the Mid Infrared:Recent breakthroughs, outstanding challenges, and the route to practical applications |
10th Oct. 2020 | Dr. Deepak Jain | Dept. of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay | A decade of my work with Specialty Optical Fibers & Career pathways in Optics and Photonics |
30th Sep. 2019 | Dr. D. Goswami | Dept. of Chemistry & CELP, IIT Kanpur | Optical Tweezers |
14th Aug. 2019 | Dr. Amol Choudhary | Dept. of Electrical Engineering, IIT Delhi | Next-Generation Communications Powered by Photon-Phonon Interaction |
9th Apr. 2019 | Ms. Garima Bawa | Dept. of Physics, IIT Kanpur | Existence of two unique wavelengths: critical and cross-over wavelengths in the transmission spectrum of directional couplers |
12th Mar. 2019 | Mr. Girish Kulkarni | Dept. of Physics, IIT Kanpur | Novel tools for characterizing photon correlations in parametric down-conversion |
25th Feb. 2019 | Mr. Sabyasachi Mukhopadhyay | TBA | Optical diagnosis of cancer and diabetic macular edema |
1st Feb. 2019 | Dr.Jyoti Jaiswal | Ph.D. from IIT Roorkee | Development of nanostructured thin films for laser detonator, optoelectronic and gas sensing application |
27th Sept. 2018 | Mr. Pavan Kumar | Dept. of Physics, IIT Kanpur | Comparison of different spectroscopic techniques for oral precancer detection on human tissue and saliva |
10th Aug. 2018 | Mr. Syed Tajammul Ahmad | Dept. of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur | Mitigation of linear and nonlinear impairments in coherent optical OFDM system using radial basis function neural networks |
16th Apr. 2018 | Ms. Asha Yadav | Center for Energy, IIT Guwahati | Growth and study of optoelectronic properties of a-Si:H/nc-Si:H based superlattice structures |
16th Feb. 2018 | Mr. Arif Warsi Laskar | Dept. of Physics, IIT Kanpur | Probing, Quantifying and Freezing Coherence in a Thermal Ensemble of Atoms |
8th Nov. 2017 | Dr. Indrajeet Kumar | CELP, IIT Kanpur | Pulsed laser deposition and characterization of carbon thin films |
23rd Oct. 2017 | Dr.Akhilesh Kumar Mishra | Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Technion- Israel, Institute of Technology,Israel | Triggering and controlling coherence in a room temperature quantum dot semiconductor optical amplifier |
16th Oct. 2017 | Mr. Prince Gupta | Dept. of Physics, IIT Kanpur | Surface plasmon resonances and their interactions with molecular resonances on corrugated gold gratings |
12th Sept. 2017 | Dr. Venkata Ramaiah Badarla | University of Tokyo, Hongo Campus, Tokyo, Japan | Development of ultrafast optical parametric oscillators from near to mid-infrared region |
31st Aug. 2017 | Dr. Sudip Kumar Chatterjee | CELP, IIT Kanpur | Selective excitation of higher order modes in Gelatin-coated multilayered fiber for high relative humidity measurement |
29th Mar. 2017 | Prabodh Kumar Pandey | Dept. of Physics, IIT Kanpur | Photoacoustics: A song of light and body |
6th Feb. 2017 | Subodh Kumar Gautam | Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi | Controlled tailoring of oxide thin films by defect engineering for optoelectronic applications |
30th Jan. 2017 | Abhishek Anchal | Department of EE, IIT Kanpur | Optical phase conjugation and its applications in telecommunications |
5th Dec. 2016 | Prof.Eric W. Van Stryland | CREOL, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA | Nonlinear spectroscopy: absorption and refraction |
18th Oct. 2016 | Nikhil Deep Gupta | ECE Department, MNIT Jaipur | Light Trapping in Photonic Crystal based Thin Film |
26th Sept. 2016 | Prof. P. K. Datta | Dept. of Physics, IIT Kharagpur | Optimised Generation of Terahertz Radiation for Phonon Spectroscopy of Doped GaSe Crystal |
8th Sept. 2016 | A. Kani | Dept.of Physics, IIT Kanpur | Weak-field Multiphoton excitation |
Suo Moto Disclosure
Updated: 15th July 2022Vision:
We are an interdisciplinary centre that combines cutting edge technology from engineering and advances in science to create new horizons in the field of photonic science and engineering. Our expertise lies in the areas related to photonics, bio-photonics, imaging, spectroscopy, material processing, optical communication and quantum optics. Being an interdisciplinary research centre we bring together team or individuals that integrate techniques, tools and perspectives from two or more disciplines to advance fundamental understanding or to solve problems whose solutions are beyond the scope of any single discipline or area of research. Our vision is to contribute meaningfully to the world through excellence in scientific education and research, and furthermore create valuable resource for the society at large.
Faculty profile:
We provide platform for interdisciplinary research on light related technologies, and hence draw faculty from various departments across the institute including Aerospace Engineering , Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering , Mechanical Engineering and Physics.
Admission Criterion:
M.Tech/MS(Research):
Candidates are shortlisted for a written test conducted by CELP on the basis of GATE score cutoffs. Subsequently, the candidates who clear the written test are chosen to appear for interview. The final selections are made on the basis of GATE score and interview marks.
Ph.D:
The candidates with qualifying degree of M.Tech/ME or equivalent may be called for interview on the basis of percentage marks/CPI cutoffs in qualifying degree. The candidates with master's degree in science or an allied area may be called for interview on the basis of percentage marks/CPI cutoffs in the master's degree if they satisfy each of the following three criteria:
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a minimum of 65 percent marks/6.5 CPI in the master's degree,
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first division in bachelor's degree, and
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valid JRF/GATE score.
The candidates with a bachelor's degree in engineering or science (4 year programme) with a minimum of 75 percent marks/7.5 CPI and a valid GATE score may be called for interview. The final selections are made on the basis of interview marks.
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For admission to M.Tech, the requirement of GATE score is waived off for candidates with the B.Tech/B.S (Four Year) degree from IITs with a minimum overall CPI of 6.5 and a minimum CPI of 8.0 in the last two years in B.Tech/B.S (Four Year).
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For admission to Ph.D., the requirement of GATE score is waived for candidates with a bachelor's degree in engineering from the centrally funded technical institutes (CFTIs).
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For Part Time/Sponsored/External candidates, the sponsoring organization must specifically undertake to provide full salary to the candidate and to relieve him/her to pursue the programme at IIT Kanpur.
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All candidates applying for PG admission must satisfy the minimum eligibility requirements as per the IIT Kanpur PG Admission guidelines.
People:
1 | Number of faculty | 14 |
2 | Number of staff | 05 |
3 | Number of Research establishment Officer | 01 |
4 | Number of Post-doctoral fellows | 02 |
5 | Number of PhD. students | 23 |
6 | Number of M.Tech students | 19 |
7 | Number of MS (Research) students | 04 |
Research laboratories:
- Optical Instrumentation Laboratory
- Microfluidics and Sensors Laboratory
- Biophotonics Laboratory
- Ultrafast Laser Laboratory
- Optoelectronics & Nanofabrication Laboratory
- Quantum Optics Laboratory
- Photonics Laboratory
- Laser Applications Lab
- Diffuse Light Imaging Laboratory
Central facilities:
- Femtosecond Laser Lab Facility
- DC/RF Magnetron Sputtering System Facility for Thin Film Deposition
- Workshop
- Library