Gallery

Conferences, demonstrations, and Japan

Research is mostly the parts that do not make it into a figure caption — the 87th JSAP Autumn Meeting in Hokkaido, a Sakura Science Program visit to Shimane University, a poster session, a working demonstration and a farewell dinner.

2026 · Hokkaido, Japan

87th JSAP Autumn Meeting 2026

The Japan Society of Applied Physics autumn meeting, with Prof. Sachin Kumar Srivastava and Prof. Goutam K. Samanta, and an afternoon in the port city of Otaru.

Rakesh Naik with Prof. Sachin Kumar Srivastava and Prof. Goutam K. Samanta at Hokkaido University — With Prof. Sachin Kumar Srivastava and Prof. Goutam K. Samanta, Hokkaido University

Rakesh Naik on the Hokkaido University campus — Hokkaido University campus

Rakesh Naik with Prof. Sachin Kumar Srivastava and Prof. Goutam K. Samanta at Otaru Port — Otaru Port, with Prof. Sachin Kumar Srivastava and Prof. Goutam K. Samanta

Rakesh Naik beside the Otaru Canal and its brick warehouses — Along the Otaru Canal

The Otaru Canal lined with old stone warehouses, Hokkaido — The Otaru Canal and its old stone warehouses

October 2025 · Matsue, Shimane, Japan

Sakura Science Program, Shimane University

A research visit under the Japan Science and Technology Agency's Sakura Science Program, hosted by Dr. Hemanth Noothalapati, Associate Professor at Shimane University, whose group works on Raman spectroscopy and single-cell imaging for medical and biological applications.

Diwali celebration at Shimane University, Japan — Diwali at Shimane University

Diwali celebration at Shimane University with Tushar — Diwali at Shimane University, with Tushar

Rakesh Naik outside Matsue Castle, Japan — Matsue Castle, Shimane

Beside Lake Shinji, Matsue, Japan — Lake Shinji, Matsue

Exploring Japanese cultural sites — Japanese cultural exploration

Exploring Izumo city, Japan — Izumo city

A sushi restaurant in Japan — Sushi, somewhere in Shimane

An Indian restaurant found near Shimane — An Indian restaurant near Shimane — a good evening

IIT Roorkee

Lab and conferences

Research group poster session — Group poster session

World Quantum Day celebration with Professor Ajoy Ghatak — World Quantum Day celebration

Demonstrating a fibre Bragg grating sensor — Fibre Bragg grating demonstration

Convocation ceremony with Dr Riya and Dr Arti — Convocation — Dr Riya and Dr Arti

Farewell dinner for Dr Pratiksha — Dr Pratiksha's farewell dinner · 31 March 2026