the Name of the Director of the Central Scientific Instruments Organisation Chandigrah is Prof. R. K. Sinha,

Education and Career :

Prof. R. K. Sinha received M. Sc. degree in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India, in 1984,

and Ph.D. degree in the area of Fiber Optics and Optical Communication Technology from the IIT, Delhi, India, in 1990.

He had held various research and academic positions at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore during 1991,

Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani during 1992-1994, REC (now NIT), Hamirpur during 1994-1998 and at Delhi College of Engineering-

DCE (now Delhi Technological University-DTU), University of Delhi during December 31, 1998 to July 01, 2015.

Achievements :

Prof. R. K. Sinha has been awarded
(i) The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) Biman-Behari Sen Memorial Award for outstanding research in the area of Telecom Grade Optical Fibers and Optoelectronic Devices Optics in 2012

(ii) Emerging Optoelectronics Technology Award [(CEOT-IETE, India)]-2006 for outstanding research work in the area of Nano-photonics,

(iii) S. K. Mitra Memorial Award for Best Research Paper in IETE Technical Review 2002 on Nanostructure Electron Waveguides and Devices