2024 Optica Ambassador

The Optica Foundation announced Dr. Ritu Raj Singh, Assistant Professor in Electronics and Communication Engineering Department of NSUT Delhi, India, as one of ten exceptional early-career members who will serve as the 2024 class of Optica Ambassadors. The Optica Foundation identifies an annual class of Ambassadors as part of a program to elevate leaders early in their careers.

As an emerging leader in the optics and photonics community, Ritu Raj will provide career advice, technical knowledge, and mentorship to students and early career professionals in the field by supporting professional development events, meetings and engaging with photonics community. He will receive a lifetime Ambassador distinction visible in the member directory for his efforts to serve the greater optics and photonics community.

“Since 2016, Optica Ambassadors have provided career advice, technical knowledge, and mentorship for our student members,” said Michal Lipson, 2023 Optica President. “Our guiding principles of inclusivity, impact, and innovation are embedded in this program to reinforce our core values in the next generation of scientists, engineers, and corporate leaders.”

Ritu Raj is the member of Optica since 2015. He served as the Optica IIT(ISM) student chapter's vice president in 2018 and president in 2019, respectively. He has started NSUT Delhi Optica Student Chapter and as an advisor he supervises students to actively participate and promotes them to research. He is interested in the field of Optical Networks and Silicon Photonics, and his research work focuses on developing and optimizing optical networks and silicon photonics-based devices. He has developed several new models and simulation tools to analyze and optimize the performance of these devices. His research interests are Grating devices, Nanophotonics, Nonlinear Optics, Optical Sensors/Biosensors, optoelectronics, optical waveguide, silicon nanowire and its applications. He is life member of Optical Society of India (OSI) and member of OPTICA (formerly OSA) - The Optical Society, IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and SPIE - Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.

About Optica Foundation

Established in 2002, the Optica Foundation carries out charitable activities in support of the society’s student and early career communities. It cultivates the next generation of leaders and innovators as they navigate advanced degree programs and become active members of research, engineering and business worldwide. The foundation also works to secure the endowments for Optica’s awards and honors programs.

About Optica

Optica (formerly OSA), Advancing Optics and Photonics Worldwide, is the society dedicated to promoting the generation, application, archiving, and dissemination of knowledge in the field. Founded in 1916, it is the leading organization for scientists, engineers, business professionals, students, and others interested in the science of light. Optica’s renowned publications, meetings, online resources, and in-person activities fuel discoveries, shape real-life applications and accelerate scientific, technical and educational achievement.