"Research is to see what everybody has seen and think what nobody has thought" ~ Dr. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
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About
Dr. Ashish Kumar Chowdhary is a young researcher who aspires to pursue his career in academia. His research interests are focused mainly on the emerging areas of Nanophotonics, Metamaterials, Terahertz Sensing, Terahertz Communication, and AI/ML Techniques for the above verticals. His academic background in electronics, communication engineering, photonics, and research background requiring expertise in physics, chemistry,material science, truly makes him an interdisciplinary researcher.
Dr. Ashish specializes in developing theory, modeling and simulation of smart tunable optical devices. He actively collaborates with many experimental groups from India and abroad. While pursuing a PhD (with Dr. Debabrata Sikdar), he has published over 20 research papers and filed a couple of patents. Through dedication and hard work, Dr. Chowdhary reached a milestone in his career when he graduated with the best thesis award medal in June 2022 for his significant contribution to the field of nanophotonics and metamaterials for designing smart windows, radiative coolers, and solar absorbers.
Presently he is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. Previously, he was working as a Post-Doctoral fellow (with Prof. Ranjan Singh) at the Center for Disruptive Photonic Technologies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Open Positions
Looking for talented and self-motivated B.Tech, M.Tech, and PhD students
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If you are interested, please apply for the relevant PhD position through the IITR institute portal.
You may choose among any active research areas (listed below) and drop me an email at ashish.chowdhary[at].ece.iitr.ac.in with your CV, Transcript, and Research Statement.
Active Research Projects
Smart Optical Devics for Energy Harvesting
Terahertz Filters for Remote Sensing
Metamaterial based Passive Radiative Coolers
Graphene based Tunable
Meta-devices
Terahertz Absorbers for Imaging Applications
Electronics Photonics Integrated Circuits
Media Highlights
From Theory to Reality
PhD research work of Dr. Chowdhary on 'Radiative Coolers' and 'Smart Windows' grabbed significant media attention from 400+ international and national news channels. For consolidated online coverage based on the press release click view more.
Recent Updates
19 March 2025: The peer group of Dr Ashish Kumar Chowdhary at IIT Guwahati was granted an Indian patent for designing Electro-Optic Modulators that are frequency scalable as well as polarization insensitive. Congratulations to the Team !!
18 Feb 2025: Dr. Ashish was awarded the prestigious Prime Minister Early Career Research Grant for conducting cutting-edge research in the field of Terahertz Metamaterial Absorbers.
30 August 2024: Dr Ashish delivered an Invited research talk and interaction session with students and faculty members at The LNM Institute of Information Technology Jaipur, India.
