Pratyasha Priyadarshini joined as an MS scholar in July 2018 and as a Project Associate at the centre in January 2021. Her current research interest is distributed Bragg reflector and sub-wavelength gratings based on-chip photonic filters in silicon. She completed her B.Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela in 2017. Apart from research, she likes to read, dance and stargaze.