Outreach activity:

Outreach funds from SPIE (2008) – organized the Workshop on Photonics to popularize Optics education and research to M.Sc students across India.

Founding mentor for OSA student chapter at IITK – started the student chapter in August 2011 to popularize the subject of Optics to students of IITK. Events such as Faculty seminars and Student seminars organized; volunteering towards popularizing Optics education in schools.

Outreach funds from SPIE (2013-2014):

• funds utilized to develop Optics kit (Level 1) for use in schools – approximately 20 kits and posters distributed to schools in Punjab, U.P, Orissa and W.Bengal.

Outreach funds from IITK (2014-2015):

• funds utilized to develop Optics kit (Level 1, 2 and 3) for use in schools and colleges – approximately 45 kits and posters distributed to schools in U.P, Orissa, W.Bengal andAndhra Pradesh; approximately 10 kits and posters distributed to colleges in U.P.

Outreach funds from IEEE Photonics Society (2015-2016):

• funds to be utilized for organizing two ‘Women in Photonics’ events for female college students in Kanpur city, in order to disseminate information about higher education, technical training, job prospects and entrepreneurial opportunities in Photonics.