Biography

Dr. Srinivasa Rao Konda has joined as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at IIT Ropar starting from February 2025. He is enthusiastic about establishing the Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Photonics (USP) Laboratory in the Physics Department at IIT Ropar.

Dr.  KSRao received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Hyderabad (UOH) in 2016. His Ph.D. thesis was adjudged the “Best Thesis Award” at the National Laser Symposium (NLS-25). Following his Ph.D., he served as an Assistant Professor in the GPL Photonics Laboratory at the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics, and Physics (CIOMP), China from 2017 to 2024. During this period, his research was primarily focused on the simultaneous generation of higher-order harmonics and terahertz (THz) radiation from novel materials. He successfully built a comprehensive THz generation and detection scheme and conducted THz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) of newly synthesized materials to investigate their nonlinear optical properties.

Dr. KSRao also gained hands-on experience in femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy (fs-TAS) during his tenure as a short-term postdoctoral fellow at the American University of Sharjah (AUS), UAE.

In recognition of his contributions to science and innovation, Dr. KSRao represented UOH at the Meeting of National Innovation Clubs (FION-2017) on March 8, 2017, held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.

With an impressive research portfolio, Dr. KSRao has published 53 influential peer-reviewed articles and authored 1 monograph. He also serves as a reviewer and editorial board member for several esteemed international journals.

At IIT Ropar, Dr. KSRao is committed to advancing research in ultrafast dynamics, nonlinear optics, and terahertz science and technology through the USP Laboratory.

Five Best Publications:

1. Srinivasa Rao Konda, P. Barik, S. Singh, V. Mottamchetty, A. Srivasthava, R. A. Ganeev, V. R. Soma, C. Guo, W. Li, Third?Order Nonlinear Optical Modulation in MoS2 Nanosheets in the Presence of CdSe and CdSe/V2O5 Quantum Dots, Advanced Optical Materials, 2402416, 2025.

2. Yue Fu, Srinivasa Rao Konda, Rashid A. Ganeev, Vyacheslav V. Kim, Ganjaboy S. Boltaev, Weili Yu, and Wei Li, Outstanding nonlinear optical properties of all-inorganic perovskite CsPbX3 (X=Cl, Br, I) precursor solutions and polycrystalline films, iScience, 26,108514, 2023.

3. S.J. Khanam, S.R. Konda, A. Premalatha, R. Ketavath, W. Fu, W. Li, and M. Banavoth, Additive Engineering in CH3NH3PbBr3 Single Crystals for Terahertz Devices and Tunable High Order Harmonics Source, J. Mater. Chem. C., 11, 9937-9951, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2TC05138A

4. R. A. Rajan, S.R. Konda, C. S. Saraj, Y. H. Lai, G. Verma, Z. Yu, W. Yu, D. Yan and J. Yang, Long-term seawater anti-corrosion properties of Al alloy triggered by femtosecond laser structuring with phase change, Applied Surface Science, 573, 151612, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.151612

5. K. S. Rao, A. K. Chaudhary, and F. Yehya, Investigation of solid carbon blacks using pulsed photoacoustic and double resonant Raman spectroscopy for the identification of trinitrotoluene, Sensors Actuators B Chem., 231, 830–836, 2016, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2016.03.052

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Area of Research

Optics and Photonics

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Education

• Ph. D (Physics), University of Hyderabad, India (2016). 
• M.Tech (Computational Techniques), University of Hyderabad, India (2010)
• M.Sc (Computational Physics), Osmania University, Hyderabad, India (2008)
• B.Sc (Maths, Physics, Chemistry), Kakatiya University, Warangal, India(2006)

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Work Experience

• Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, IIT Ropar, Punjab, India (Feb 2025 - Present)
• Post-Doctoral Researcher, American University of Sharjah, UAE (Nov 2024-Feb 2025)
• Assistant Professor, GPL Photonics Laboratory, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP), China (Aug 2017- Nov 2024)
• Research Assistant, ACRHEM, University of Hyderabad, India (Sept 2016-July 2017)

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Other Information

Complete list of my publications can be found below links.

Scopus ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55813681400 

Scholar Mate ID: 11409769 

Orcid Id: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9001-4857 

Researcher ID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/K-7013-2016 

Research gate ID: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Konda_Srinivasa_Rao2 

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Z-QQjn4AAAAJ 

Fellowships and Achievements

• Indian Laser Association "Best Thesis Award" at the National Laser Symposium -25,held at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India.
• Presented our indigenously designed Photoacoustic cell in “The Festival of Innovation” 2017, Rastrapathi Bhavan (President House), India, as a Representative from the University of Hyderabad.
• President International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI) (2021-2022), Chinese Academy of Sciences. (Grant 2021PM0036)