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balajis[at]ee.iitm.ac.in

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Balaji Srinivasan obtained his Ph.D. in 2000 from the University of New Mexico, USA. He subsequently worked as a Senior Development Scientist at Corning Incorporated, USA, where he led technology development efforts related to 3D Optical Cross-connects and Channel Selectable Tunable Filters. Since 2004 he has been with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras as a faculty in the Department of Electrical Engineering, presently as Professor.

 

Balaji’s research interests span the development of active and passive optical components/subsystems for distributed fiber optic sensors and fiber lasers. Balaji has co-authored more than 210 journal and international conference publications, as well as 4 book chapters. He also has 14 patents to his credit (8 more pending). He has successfully executed or currently investigating over 30 research projects, resulting in the development of 8 technologies, 4 of which have been transferred to industry for commercialization.

 

Balaji has served on the Editorial Board of the prestigious Optics Express journal and was until recently one of the Directors of Unilumen Photonics Pvt Ltd, a fiber laser company incubated by IIT Madras. He has previously served as a Member of the Photonics Working Group of the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITy), Government of India, Steering Committee of the National Photonics Fellowship, the Editorial Board of the Springer Photonic Network Communications Journal, and as a Chair for the 2012 International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics. For his professional accomplishments, he has been awarded Senior Membership in Optica.

Awards & Honours

  • Associate Editor, Optics Express (2016-2022)

  • Senior Member, OSA (2016)

  • Co-Chair, Optoelectronics, International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices (2015)

  • Co-Chair, International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics (2012)

  • Member, Working Group on Photonics, Ministry of Information Technology (2009-2015)

  • Member, Technical Program Committee for the following conferences:

    • Optical Fiber Sensors (2018, 2019)

    • Advanced Solid State Lasers (2017, 2018, 2019)

    • International Conference on Fiber Optics & Photonics, Delhi/Kanpur/Kharagpur (2018/16/14)

    • OSI – International Symposium on Optics, Kanpur (2018)

    • Workshop on Recent Advances in Photonics (2017)

    • SPIE Photonic Applications for Aviation, Aerospace, Commercial & Harsh Environments (2014)

    • Asia Pacific Conference on Transducers and Micro/Nano Technologies (2014)

    • Asia Communications and Photonics Conference, Beijing (2013)

  • Mentor, Student Chapter of OSA at IIT Madras which recently was awarded “Chapter of Excellence” by OSA.

  • Collegiate Inventor Award (2000), organized by National Inventors Hall of Fame for significant inventions among US college students.

  • New Focus Student Award (1999), organized by Optical Society of America (OSA) for research excellence, presentation prowess, and leadership in the optics community.

  • Outstanding Graduate Student in EECE Award (1999).

  • New Focus Student Travel Grant (1995), organized by OSA for a paper presentation at the Conference of Lasers and Electro-Optics.

  • Member of the OSA and IEEE/LEOS; Referee for OSA and IEEE publications.

  • Held several organizational positions including:

    • Co-Convenor, Center for Railway Research at IIT Madras (2017-)

    • Board of Directors, Unilumen Photonics (2014-)

    • Member, Intellectual Property Cell, IIT Madras (2016-)

    • Stores In Charge, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras (2014-)

    • Faculty Advisor, Student Chapter of Optical Society of America at IIT-Madras (2010-2014)

    • BTech/MTech Project Coordinator, Electrical Engg Department, IIT-Madras (2006-2009)

    • Timetable Coordinator, Electrical Engineering Department, IIT-Madras (2011-2013)

    • Treasurer, UNM Student Chapter of OSA and EECE Graduate Student Association (1996-97)

    • Vice-President, India Students Association (1997-98)

    • President & Captain, UNM Cricket Club (1997-2000)

Research Interests

  • Distributed Fiber Sensors​

  • High Power Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers

  • Optical Instrumentation for Sensing

Teaching

NPTEL Course : Intro to Photonics

NPTEL Course : Optical Fiber Sensors

​Courses Taught: (*Introduced by B. Srinivasan)

  • ​ EC1010 Electric and Magnetic Circuits (Even 2010, 11)

  •  EE1100 Basic Electrical Engineering (Odd 2013)

  •  EE2001 Digital Systems (Even 2018)

  •  EE2025 Engineering Electromagnetics (Summer 2004, 08, Odd 2007, 08, 12, 17)

  • EE3060 Transmission Lines (Odd 2005)

  • EE4250 Fiber Optic Communications (Even 2007, 08, 09, 10)

  • EE5000 Communications Laboratory (Odd 2006, 08, 09, 10)

  • EE5010 Wave Propagation and Radiation (Odd 2004, 06, 09, 14)

  • EE5410 Fiber Optic Communication Technology (Even 2004, 08, 09, 10, 11,14,16,17)

  • EE5450 Integrated Optical Circuits and Devices (Even 2005, 06)

  • EE5500 Advanced Communications Laboratory (Even 2006, 09, 10)

  • EE5411* Introduction to Photonics (New, Odd 2010, 11, 16, Even 15, 18, 19(NPTEL))

  • EE6501* Optical Sensors (New, Odd 2012, 13, 14, 16)

  • EE6700 Advanced Photonics Laboratory (Even 2017)

  • EE6509* Fiber Lasers and Applications (GIAN, Odd 2016)

  • EE6511* Distributed Fiber Sensors and Applications (GIAN, Odd 2016)

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