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International Conference on Nonlinear Optics and Nanophotonics:
Fundamentals and Technological Applications (ICNNFT) 2025
Date: 9th to 12th July 2025
Venue: Visitor’s Hostel
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Day 1: Wednesday, 9th July 2025
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TimeSession Details
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08:30 – 09:00Registration
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09:00 – 09:25Opening Address (ICNNFT 2025)
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09:25 – 09:45Inaugural Address by Director, IISER Bhopal
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Session 1 (Chair: Prof. Adarsh K V)
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09:45 – 10:20Prof. T. Pradeep (Plenary Talk) IIT Madras
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10:20 – 10:55Prof. M. Krishnamurthy (Plenary talk) Director, TIFR Hyderabad
“Nonlinear plasma resonances for compact particle acceleration”
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10:55 – 11:15High Tea
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Session 2 (Chair: Dr. Surajit Saha)
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11:15 – 11:40Dr. Vivek Pareek (Invited Talk) Caltech
“Time-Resolved ARPES Study of Fouquet-Bloch States in Monolayer WS2”
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11:40 – 12:05Prof. Bhavtosh Bansal (Invited Talk) IISER Kolkata
“Memory and complex behavior in halide perovskites”
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12:05 – 12:30Prof. Prem Bisht (Invited Talk) IIT Madras
“Nano, Micro Whispers for Sensing Applications”
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12:30 – 12:55Prof. Ranjani Viswanatha (Invited Talk) JNACSR Bangalore
“Energy Efficiency through Mn Doping in Perovskite Materials”
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13:00 – 14:30Lunch Break
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Session 3 (Chair: Prof. Bhavtosh Bansal)
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14:30 – 14:55Dr. Jhuma Saha (Invited Talk) IIT Gandhinagar
“Carbon Quantum Dots for Photonics based Applications”
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14:55 – 15:20
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15:20 – 15:45Prof. Sudharsanan Srinivasan (Invited Talk) IIT Madras
“Heterogeneous Integration for Low-Power Nonlinear Optics on a Chip”
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15:45 – 16:00Dr. Rohit Mukherjee (Contributory Talk) Sarala Birla University, Ranchi
“Impact of Relative Phase on Parabolic Nonlinearity in Five-level Asymmetric Multiple Quantum Wells (Light Matter Interaction)”
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16:00 – 16:20High Tea
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Session 4 (Chair: Prof. Ranjani Viswanatha)
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16:20 – 16:45Prof. Shriganesh S. Prabhu (Invited Talk) TIFR Mumbai
“Terahertz Technologies and Applications”
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16:45 – 17:10Prof. Reji Philip (Invited Talk) RRI Bangalore
“Nonlinear Optical Phenomena in Novel Materials”
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17:10 – 17:35Dr. Stefan Frostner (Invited Talk) (Online) ICFO Spain
“Cavity Optomechanical sensing for Fundamental and applied science”
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17:35 – 18:00Dr. Sudheesh Chethil (Invited Talk) IIST TVM
“Ergodicity Breaking and Phase Transition in Quantum Systems”
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18:00 – 18:25Dr. Suchand Sandeep C S (Invited Talk) Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
“Deciphering multiple free charge generation in quantum dots through ultrafast spectroscopy for solar cell applications”
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18:25 – 18:50Dr. K D Mallikarjuna Rao (Invited Talk) IACS Kolkata
“Low Dimensional Materials for Photonics and Optoelectronics”
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18:50 – 19:30Felicitation Ceremony
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19:30 onwardsDinner
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Day 2: Thursday, 10th July 2025
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TimeSession Details
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09:00 – 09:05Welcome / Opening Address
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Session 5 (Chair: Prof. Ravi Prakash Singh)
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09:05 – 09:40Prof. Venu Gopal Achanta (Plenary talk) Director, CSIR-NPL, Delhi
“Single photon metrology”
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09:40 – 10:15Prof. Narayan Pradhan (Plenary talk) IACS Kolkata
“Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals: The Crystal Modulation Vs Change in Optical Properties”
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10:15 – 10:40Dr. Tetsuya Kambe (Invited Talk) Osaka University, Japan
“Synthesis and Functional Development of Stacked Borophene Oxides”
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10:40 – 11:05Dr. Hiroaki Maeda (Invited Talk) Tokyo University of Science, Japan
“Coordination nanosheets for photo functional applications”
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11:05 – 11:25High Tea
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Session 6 (Chair: Dr. Auditya sharma)
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11:25 – 11:50Dr. Jinto Thomas (Invited Talk) IPR Ahmedabad
“Optical emission spectroscopy and its implication in the understanding of laser produced plasma”
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11:50 – 12:15Prof. Sayan Bhattacharyya (Invited Talk) IISER Kolkata
“Tailored low dimensional halide perovskite”
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12:15 – 12:40Dr. Arijit Kumar De (Invited Talk) IISER Mohali
“Optical Trapping with Femtosecond Pulses: Excitements, Challenges and Opportunities”
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12:40 – 12:55Dr. Vikas (Contributory Talk) Politecnico di Milano, Italy
“Fiber Optics SPR Sensor Functionalized with Copper Nanoparticles for Ceftriaxone Monitoring”
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13:00 – 14:30Lunch Break
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Session 7 (Chair: Prof. Narayan Pradhan)
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14:30 – 14:55Dr. Nonappa (Invited Talk) Tampere University Finland
“Precision Nano Engineering for Next-Generation Optoelectronics”
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14:55 – 15:20Dr. Atindra Nath Pal (Invited Talk) SNBNCNS Kolkata
“Light-matter interaction driven enhanced photo-response in 2D-0D hybrid”
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15:20 – 15:45 Dr. Rejish Nath (Invited Talk) IISER Pune
“Rydberg atoms”
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15:45 – 16:00Sponsor Session (Edmund Optics and Futre of Optics)
Deepthi Sasikumar - Senior Sales Manager -Asia
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16:00 – 16:20High tea
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16:20 – 16:45Prof. Goutam K Samanta (Invited Talk) PRL Ahmedabad
“Quantum Science and Technology”
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16:45 – 17:00Dr. Kevin Valson Jacob (Contributory Talk) Wheaton College, USA
“Characterizing Gaussian quantum processes with Gaussian resources”
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17:00 – 19:00Poster Session
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19:00 onwardsBanquet Dinner
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Day 3: Friday, 11th July 2025
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TimeSession Details
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09:00 – 09:05Welcome / Opening Address
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Session 8 (Chair: Dr. Pabitra Kumar Nayak)
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09:05 – 09:40Prof. Samit K Ray (Plenary talk) IIT Kharagpur
“Light-matter Interactions in Low Dimensional Semiconductors for Emerging Photonic Devices”
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09:40 – 10:05Dr. Manas Kumar Sarangi (Invited Talk) IIT Patna
“Modulating Optoelectronics Traits of Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals with Small Molecules”
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10:05 – 10:30Dr. Chaitanya Suddapalli (Invited Talk) TIFR Hyderabad
“Applications of Nonlinear Optics – Mid-IR sources”
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10:30 – 10:55Dr. Harish N S Krishnamoorthy (Invited Talk) TIFR Hyderabad
“Indefinite Nanophotonics – from Reconfigurable Light Emission to Enhanced Scintillation”
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10:55 – 11:20High Tea
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Session 9 (Chair: Prof. Ravi Prakash Singh)
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11:20 - 11:45Dr Sangita Bose (Invited talk) UM-DAE, CEBS Mumbai
"Development and characterization of Optical Materials"
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11:45 – 12:10Dr. Ashish Arora (Invited Talk) IISER Pune
“Faraday and Kerr effects in the 2D: layered semiconductors vs quantum wells”
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12:10 – 12:35Dr. Pabitra Kumar Nayak (Invited Talk) TIFR Hyderabad
“Doping of soft semiconductors towards stable and efficient optoelectronics”
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12:35 – 13:00
Prof. Ayan Banerjee (Invited Talk) IISER Kolkata
“Guiding light to develop waveguides: Towards bio-inspired waveguides and resonators for high precision biosensing using optical tweezers”
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13:00 – 13:15Dr. Madhuri Mukhopadhyay (Contributory Talk) Chanakya University, Bangalore
“Probing Quantum Superposition through Coherent Spectroscopy, Special Studies on Disordered Quantum Dots”
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13:15 – 14:30Lunch Break
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Session 10 (Chair: Dr. Ravi Shankar Singh )
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14:30 – 14:55Dr. Sachin Dev Verma (Invited Talk) IISER Bhopal
“Observation of Hot-phonon Bottleneck in Perovskite Quantum Dots through Ultrafast Time-resolved Emission Spectra”
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14:55 – 15:20Dr. Abhishek Kumar (Invited Talk) JNCASR Bangalore
“Unravelling the topological phase of light: Physics and device applications”
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15:20 – 15:45Dr. Suchand Sangeeth C S (Invited Talk) NIT Calicut
“Tuning the third-order nonlinear optical properties of methyl orange via adding plasmonic nanoparticles and protonation”
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15:45 – 16:00Dr. Arjunan M S (Contributory Talk) NIT Calicut
“Reconfigurable Terahertz Electromagnetic Absorber using Chalcogenide Ge2Sb2Te5 Phase Change Materials”
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16:00 – 16:20High Tea
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Session 11 (Chair: Dr. Sachin Dev Verma)
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16:20 – 16:45Prof. Rakesh Kumar Singh (Invited Talk) IIT BHU
“Optical Sensing Technique and Microscopy”
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16:45 – 17:00Dr. Aseefhali Bankapur (Contributory Talk) Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
“Plasmon fluidic assembly of gold nanoparticles in metal-water interface and beyond”
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17:00 – 19:00Poster Session
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19:00 onwardsDinner
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Day 4: Saturday, 12th July 2025
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TimeSession Details
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09:00 – 09:05Welcome / Opening Address
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Session 12 (Chair: Dr. Phani Kumar Peddibhotla)
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09:05 – 09:30Prof. Arvinder Sandhu (Invited Talk) (Online) University of Arizona, USA
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09:30 – 09:55Dr. Ankur Raina (Invited Talk) IISER Bhopal
“Role of quantum error correction in enabaling practical quantum computing”
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09:55 – 10:20Dr. Rajesh Kumar yadav (Invited Talk) Bar-llan University
“Valley-Selective Spin Photoconductivity in NiPS₃/WSe₂: A Platform for Tunable Opto-spintronic Devices”
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10:20 – 10:45
Dr. Partha Pratim Roy (Invited Talk) IIT Gandhinagar
“Ligand Control Ultrafast Inter-system Crossing and Nuclear Wavepacket Dynamics Revealed By Broadband Impulsive Raman Spectroscopy”
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10:45 – 11:00Dr. Riyanka Karmakar (Contributory Talk) IISER Pune
“Carrier-donor Scattering Enhanced Multiple Carrier Generation at an Exceptionally Low Energy Threshold”
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11:00 – 11:30High Tea
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Session 13 (Chair: Dr. Surajit Saha)
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11:30 – 11:45Mr. Ashutosh Shukla (Contributory Talk) IISER Pune
“Plasmonic Nanoparticle-Driven Optothermal Tweezers”
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11:45 – 12:10Dr. Anirban Mandal (Invited Talk) Korea University, South Korea
“Tuning Electron-Phonon Interactions in Dimension Dependent Perovskite Nanostructures”
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12:10 – 12:25Dr. Maidul Islam (Contributory Talk) The Assam Royal Global University, Assam
“Parity-time symmetry breaking in non-Hermitian terahertz metamaterials”
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12:25 – 12:40Dr. Ganesh Sahoo (Contributory Talk) ICMR-RMRI Patna
"Future Direction of Microneedle( patches) and nanophotonic chip based Drug Delivery System (Sustained Release)(MNDDSSR)
against hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) by HBV Infection"
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12:40 – 14:15Lunch Break
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Session 14 (Chair: Dr. Manas Kumar Sarangi)