Dr. Prita Nair
Professor
Department of Physics
Dr. Prita Nair
M.Sc., Ph.D
Email id : pritanair@snuchennai.edu.in
Education
- PhD Physics from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, (IIT-M) in 1997 for thesis titled “A Study of Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifiers and Lasers”
- M.Sc. Physics from Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kerala.
Awards & Distinctions
- Recipient of Endowment Award for Best Device oriented work to be carried out in an Indian Academic institution at International Conference on Fiberoptics & Photonics, Photonics 2010, Dec 12-15, held at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
- Recipient of Laskar Award for Best thesis in Physics from IIT- Madras in 1997
- II Rank in M.Sc Physics from Cochin University of Science and Technology
- National Merit Scholarship holder from Pre-Degree to Graduation in 1984
Patent filed
Indian Patent-Prita Nair, M. Renilkumar- “Photonic crystal based tunable optical channel drop filter”, Ref No. 1559/CHE/2011
Professional Memberships:
Life Member ISTE, Life Member ISSS, Member IEEE, Member IEEE Photonics Society. Member OSA
Professional Experience: Teaching 22yrs , R&D : 14 years at SSN College of Engineering and 7.5yrs (prior to SSN apart from PhD research topic)
Courses Handled
- UG courses: Engineering Physics, Physics for Information Sciences, Semiconductor Physics & Optoelectronics, Electronic Devices & Circuits, Linear Integrated Circuits, Electronic Circuits, MEMS
- PG Courses: Optical Fiber Communication for M.E Communications, Sensing and Sensors for MS Robotics, (CMU-SSN combined degree),
- PhD level Special courses: Optical components for Elastic Optical network, Theory of Engineered Materials
Research Interests: Fiberoptics, Silicon Photonics, Photonic, Sonic & Ultrasonic Bandgap structures, Metamaterials, Si-EO hybrids, Biosensors
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Research Labs Initiated:
- Optical Research & Networks Lab (ORNL) –Interdepartmental Collaborative Lab between Physics & ECE departments of SSN College of Engineering (2007)
- Sonic Bandgap & Acoustic Metamaterials Lab (2007)
- SSN-NMDC (National MEMS Design Centre) –Interdepartmental Collaborative Lab (2010)
- EO Thin Film Fabrication Laboratory (2012)
Research Experience:
- Project Assistant, Senior Project Officer and Project Consultant at IIT-Madras, executing projects on “Development of some optical couplers” and “Development of 1553-B compatible digital fiberoptic databus for light combat aircraft” for Aeronautical Research and Development Board, Govt. Of India (1987-1995)
- Research Assistant for Private telecom sector working on “Ultra wideband OFA design/simulation for multi-terabit optical network.”(2000-2001)
- Project Investigator/ Mentor at SSN Institutions
Sponsored Research Projects
As Mentor:
- “Fabrication of Nanobiosensor for low cost, point-of-care detection of alpha feto proteins”- (2017-2020)- sponsored under DST-WOSA scheme (DST/WOS-A/ET61/2016) Gayathry Gangadharan (Research Scholar & PI )- Rs 26 lakhs
Status: Ongoing
- “Development of deformable nanophotonic crystal for application as active color change based sensor and tunable reflectors” Internally funded Student Project , 2019 – sponsored by SSN Trust Ongoing
As PI:
- Investigation of Materials in Sonic Band Gap Structures for possible use in stealth applications” (2007-2009), sponsored by Naval Research Board (DNRD/05/4003/NRB-112/MAT/06-07) – Rs 13.61 lakhs ,Status: Completed
- “Reconfigurable Wavelength Selective Filters Using One Dimensional Photonic Bandgap Structures In Silicon for ROADM Applications” (2007-2009), sponsored by AICTE-RPS (F.No 8025/BOR/RPS-85/2006-2007) –Rs 15 lakhs -Completed
- “Reconfigurable Optical Components Based On Photonic Bandgap Structures” (2006-2011), sponsored by SSN Institutions – Rs 16 lakhs, Status: Completed
- “Evaluation of Cell processor for computer vision applications and its application as an embedded processor for robotics” initiated in 2006 -2008 , hardware and software supported by IBM-HCL combine. Status: Completed
As Co-PI
- Development and characterization of PMN-PT single crystals for under water applications” (2014-2017), sponsored by DST (SERB/F/181/2014-2015) –Dr. N.P Rajesh (PI), Dr Prita Nair(Co-PI) Rs 35 lakhs, Status: Completed
Academic projects completed: 14 UG , 11 PG , 4 Summer Interns (from other institutes)
PhD students:
Name of PhD scholar | Topic of thesis/research | Status
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Gayathri Gangadharan | Low cost biosensors for detection of specific protein biomarkers | Ongoing |
Dhakshinamoorthy T | Femtosecond laser etched RF and optical devices | Ongoing |
Balasubramanian M | Study of Electrically Driven Components For Adaptive Data Distribution And Bandwidth Provisioning | Thesis defense pending |
Reshmi K.S | Study Of Silicon/Organic EO Crystal Hybrid Wavelength Filters For Application As Dynamic WH/TS Encoder | Completed (2018) |
Latha G | Studies On Tailoring Optical Guidance In | Completed (2017) |
Mahesh N.R | Acoustic Metamaterial based Frequency Selective Devices for Low Frequency Applications | Completed (2015) |
Ramesh P.G.V | On The Performance Analysis And Simulation of Connection Time Availability based Hybrid Schemes using HMM for bandwidth provisioning in OBS Networks | Completed (2014) |
Renilkumar M | Micromachined Tunable Optical Filter Based On 1 – D Photonic Band Gap In Silicon | Completed (2012) |
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