Sarad Subhra Bhakat joined as a Project Associate in January 2020 and got upgraded as a PhD scholar in January 2024. He is currently working on Silicon Nitride Process flow as well as packaging & fibre pigtailing of Silicon Photonic fabricated devices. He has obtained his M.Tech in Optics and Optoelectronics from University of Calcutta in 2019 and B.Tech in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering from Techno India, Salt Lake (WBUT), Kolkata in 2016. Apart from research, he loves to read books and has a passion for playing Guitar.