Professional Background

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow: University of Cambridge, UK (2008-2010)
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate: Stanford University, USA (2010-2011)
  • Assistant Professor: S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences (2011-2015)
  • Associate Professor: S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences (2015-2020)
  • Professor: S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences (2020--2025)
  • Senior Professor: S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences (2025-present)

Educational Background

  • PhD: University of Bristol, UK (2008)
  • M.Tech: IIT Kharagpur, India (2002)
  • M.Sc: Calcutta University, India (2000)

Current Research Interests

  • High-Resolution Experimental Laser Spectroscopy
  • Optical Physics, Quantum Sensing and Precision Metrology
  • Applied Optics, Nano-Photonics and Plasmonics
  • Laser Chemistry and Molecular Physics
  • Quantum Weak Measurements and Photonic Spin Hall Effect
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Evanescent Wave Spectroscopy and Dynamics

Significant Recent Publications

1. Photonic spin splitting with orbital angular momentum pointer states via modified weak measurement: Soumen Mandal, Dinesh Chandra Dey, Anuradha Sett, and Manik Pradhan, Physical Review A, (Accepted) (2025).


2. Observation of the non-cyclic Pancharatnam–Berry phase in monolayer ReSe2: Dinesh Chandra Dey, Soumen Mandal, Anuradha Sett, Jayeta Banerjee, and Manik Pradhan, Journal of the Optical Society of America, 42, 1746 (2025).


3. Investigation of orbital angular momentum sidebands in anisotropic few-layered ReS2: Anuradha Sett, Soumen Mandal, Dinesh Chandra Dey, and Manik Pradhan, Journal of Optics, 27, 085401 (2025).


4. Simultaneous observation of transverse and longitudinal photonic spin splitting in monolayer WSe2 via quantum weak measurement: Soumen Mandal, Akash Das, and Manik Pradhan, Journal of Applied Physics, 135, 203103 (2024).


5. High-resolution investigation of the spin-rotation doublets of 14NO2 at 6.2 µm mid-infrared region using cavity ring-down spectroscopy: Indrayani Patra, Soumyadipta Chakraborty, Ardhendu Pal and Manik Pradhan, Infrared Physics & Technology, 139, 105317 (2024).


6. Simultaneous measurement of NO2 and NH3 using a quantum cascade laser coupled wavelength modulation spectrometer in the mid-IR region: Indrayani Patra, Soumyadipta Chakraborty, Biswajit Panda and Manik Pradhan, Laser Physics, 35, 055701 (2025).

Awards, Honors and Fellowships