Venu Gopal Achanta's Brief ProfileProf. Venu Gopal Achanta, is the Director of the CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL) in New Delhi. He joined CSIR- NPL as Director on June 21, 2021. He has a PhD in Physics from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) for his work on exciton dynamics in low-dimensional semiconductors. Additionally, he was awarded a PhD in Electronics Engineering from Tokyo University for his work on the design and demonstration of an ultrafast all-optical switch. Prof. Achanta is a Fellow of the Optica (Optical Society of America) and the INSA (Indian National Science Academy) and an honorary fellow of the Metrology Society of India (MSI). He is elected as a member of the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM) in 2022. He is currently President of Optical Society of India (OSI), and Vice president of Indian Laser Association (ILA). His research interests are in the application of nano photonics to single molecule and single photon spectroscopy through light-matter interaction in non-perturbative regimes. |