Prof. Deepa Venkitesh of IIT Madras

IEEE Photonics Society 2023-24 Lecture series on 'The changing phases of optical communication' by Prof. Deepa Venkitesh

Biography:

Deepa Venkitesh obtained her Masters degree in Physics from the University of Kerala and PhD from IIT Bombay. She has worked in SAMEER Mumbai, VES College of Arts Science and Commerce Mumbai before joining the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. She is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras. Her areas of research interest include coherent optical communication and photonic signal processing for analog and digital systems. She has published over sixty articles in international peer reviewed journals and many more in conferences. She was bestowed with the Young Faculty Recognition Award of IIT Madras in 2012, and the Abdul Kalam Technology Innovation Fellowship of INAE in 2021. She is Senior Member of OSA, and is currently the Associate Editor of the OSA journal- Advances in Optics and  Photonics, and Editorial Board member of the IET Optoelectronics. She is also currently the Associate Vice President of “Women in Photonics” of the IEEE Photonics Society. She is also the National Coordinating Faculty for the Prime Ministers Research Fellowship program.

Email:

Address:IIT Madras, , Chennai, India, 600036