Rate My Professor Ardhendu Saha

Ardhendu Saha serves as a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology, Agartala, where he also holds the position of Dean (Research and Consultancy) and is a member of the Senate Committee. He earned his B.E. degree in 1988 from Tripura Engineering College, M.Tech. degree in 1992 from the University of Calcutta, and Ph.D. degree in 2007 from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in the field of solid-state lasers and nonlinear optics from the Electrical Engineering Department. His professional career commenced as a Lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Tripura Engineering College from 1997 to 2002, advancing to Senior Lecturer from 2002 to 2005. In 2005, he joined the National Institute of Technology, Agartala as Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering, was promoted to Associate Professor in 2008, and attained the rank of Professor in 2020.

Prof. Saha's academic interests center on optoelectronics instrumentation and solid-state lasers, extending to nonlinear optics, fiber optic sensors, surface plasmon resonance, photonic structures, plasma physics, and laser technologies. He has produced 157 publications, comprising 98 journal articles, 39 conference proceedings, and others, amassing 1311 citations with an h-index of 18. Prominent works include "Simultaneous multi-wavelength oscillation of Nd laser around 1.3 µm: A potential source for coherent terahertz generation" (Optics Express, 2006, 64 citations), "Tunable photonic band gaps in an extrinsic Octonacci magnetized cold plasma quasicrystal" (Physica B: Condensed Matter, 2017, 43 citations), "Long range surface plasmon resonance enhanced electro-optically tunable Goos–Hänchen shift and Imbert–Fedorov shift in ZnSe prism" (Optics Communications, 2014, 40 citations), "Analysis of surface plasmon resonance based bimetal coated tapered fiber optic sensor with enhanced sensitivity through radially polarized light" (Optics Communications, 2016, 37 citations), and "Laser beam position-dependent PSD-based calibrated self-vibration compensated noncontact vibration measurement system" (IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2018, 31 citations). He has guided 11 doctoral theses, covering topics such as laser beam position-dependent noncontact vibration measurement systems, high-sensitivity fiber optic sensors using non-Gaussian beams, surface plasmon induced tunable bistability, total internal reflection quasi phase matching for second harmonic generation, and photonic structures for filtering and sensing. His accolades include Life Fellow of the Optical Society of India (2009), Fellow of The Institution of Engineers (India), Life Member of the Indian Society for Technical Education (2009), Life Member of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Life Member of The Indian Science Congress Association, and IEEE Member.