The present work serves as an accessible entry point into the swiftly advancing domain of fiber optic sensors, which has engendered notable consequences across diverse sectors, including guidance and control, structural monitoring, process control, biotechnology, geographical information systems, and medicine.

Banshi Das Gupta: Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi,India

Academic Background:

· Ph.D. (1979), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

· M.Sc. (1975), Aligarh Muslim University

· B.Sc. (Hons) (1973), Aligarh Muslim University

· Pre-University (1970), Aligarh Muslim University

· High School (1969), U.P. Board

Research Interests:

· Fiber optic sensors

· Evanescent wave absorption sensors

· Surface plasmon resonance based sensors

· Metal nanoparticles based sensors

· Enzyme based sensors

· Physical and chemical sensors

. Molecular imprinting based sensors

. Lossy mode resonance based sensors

Foreign Assignments:

· Visiting Professor, University of Guelph (Canada), June 1982 - June 1983.

· Visiting Research Scientist, University of Toronto (Canada), May 1985 – August 1985.

· Visiting Scientist, Florida State University, Tallahassee (USA), April 1988 – October 1988.

· Visiting Scientist, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow (UK), March 1993 – April 1993.

· Associate, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste (Italy), April 1994 – May 1994.

· Associate, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste (Italy), May 1996 – June 1996.

· Visiting Royal Society Fellow, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (UK), June 2010.

Conferences/Symposium/Workshops:

Member International Advisory/Steering Committee

1.    PHOTONICS-2010: International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, Guwahati, December 11 - 15, 2010.

2.    3rd Asia Pacific Optical Sensors Conference, Sydney (Australia), January 31 – February 3, 2012.

3.    6th European Workshop on Optical Fiber Sensors, Limerick (Ireland), May 31 – June 3, 2016.

Member Organizing Committee

1.    Seminar on Coherent Optical Communication, IIT Delhi, April 4 -7, 1988.

2.    Workshop on Fiber Optic Components and Devices, IIT Delhi, March 17 - 18, 1989.

3.    State of Art and Future Vision Seminar on Fiber Optics and Related Technologies, IIT Delhi, August 11, 1990.

4.    Indo-UK Workshop on Fiber Optics and Applications, British Council, New Delhi, March 16 - 18, 1994.

5.    Workshop on Fiber Optics and Applications, IIT Delhi, December 12 - 16, 1994.

6.    Short Term Course on Fiber Optics for Engineers of Optel Telecommunications Ltd. Bhopal, IIT Delhi, May 1 - 12, 1995.

7.    Training Course for ONGC Engineers on Fiber Optics and Applications, IIT Delhi, November 24 - 28, 1997.

8.    PHOTONICS-98: International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, New Delhi, December 14 - 18, 1998.

9.    Tutorial Seminar on Contemporary Topics in Fiber and Integrated Optics, IIT Delhi, December 22 - 24, 1999.

10.  International Conference on Laser Applications and Optical Metrology, IIT Delhi, December 1 - 4, 2003.

11.  Seminar on Recent Advances in Optics and Photonics, IIT Delhi, December 20 - 21, 2004.

12.  International Conference on Nano Science and Technology, New Delhi, March 16 - 18, 2006.

13.  PHOTONICS-2008: International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, New Delhi, December 13 - 17, 2008.

14.  ICOP-2009: International Conference on Optics and Photonics, Chandigarh, October 30 - November 1, 2009.

15.  Frontiers in Optics and Photonics 2011, New Delhi, December 3-5, 2011.

Member Technical Program Committee

1.    PHOTONICS-98: International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, New Delhi, December 14 - 18, 1998.

2.    PHOTONICS-2008: International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, New Delhi, December 13 - 17, 2008.

3.    ICOP-2009: International Conference on Optics and Photonics, Chandigarh, October 30 - November 1, 2009.

4.    PHOTONICS-2010: International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, Guwahati, December 11 - 15, 2010.

5.    Frontiers in Optics and Photonics 2011, New Delhi, December 3-5, 2011.

Panel Member:

1.    Topic: Biosensors based on plasmonics. Workshop on biosensors based on plasmonics, Busan (Korea) 2nd July 2012.

Chairman Technical Session:

1.    Fiber Sensors: PHOTONICS-98: International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, New Delhi, December 14 - 18, 1998.

2.    Photonic Devices: National Symposium on Advances in Microwaves and Lightwaves, New Delhi (2003).

3.    Plasmonics: PHOTONICS-2008: International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, New Delhi, December 13 - 17, 2008.

4.    ICOP-2009: International Conference on Optics and Photonics, Chandigarh, October 30 - November 1, 2009.

5.    OSA's 93rd Annual Meeting on Frontiers in Optics 2009, San Jose, CA (USA), October 11 - 15, 2009.

6.    PHOTONICS-2010: International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, Guwahati, December 11 - 15, 2010.

Reviewer for the following journals:

Applied Spectroscopy

Applied Optics

Optics Letters

IEEE Sensors Journal

Sensors and Actuators B

Optics Communications

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Optics Express

01. Optical Fiber Sensors 02.Basic Fiber Optics 03.Optical Sources 04.Optical Detectors 05.Evanescent Field Absorption Sensors 06.Regent-Mediated Sensors 07. Wavelength Modulated Sensors 08. Interferometric Sensors 09. Polarimetric Sensors 10.Frequency Modulated Sensors 11. Fiber Bragg Grating Based Sensors 12.Surface Plasmon Based Sensors 13.Distributed Sensors 14.Miscellaneous Sensors