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Goa scientist one of the world’s top 25 women scientists in field of optics
Preeti Jagadev
Preeti Jagadev, a research scholar at National Institute of Technology (NIT), Goa, made it to the list of 25 renowned women scientists in the field of optics across the globe for the year 2021 by the international society for optics and photonics (SPIE), USA making her the only Indian to get featured in the list this year. Her achievements caught the eye of Union minister for education Ramesh Pokhriyal.
He took to Twitter to congratulate her.
?Extremely happy to know that Ms Preeti Jagadev, a research scholar from NIT-Goa, has been listed as one of the renowned women scientists in optics around the world 2021 by SPIE, USA. Congratulations to you, I wish you all the best for your future! #WomenEmpowerment?, the minister tweeted on Saturday afternoon.
Preeti is a research scholar at NIT Goas department of electronics and communication engineering and works in the area of human health monitoring using infrared thermography and artificial intelligence.
She is currently working under Dr Lalat Indu Giri, for her post-doctoral research. She has presented her work at different conferences across the world, including USA, Tokyo and Brazil.
Last year, she was selected in Brazil, out of 50 research scholars from across the world, to present her work.
Jagadev was also elected as the Vice President of the Student’s Chapter of SPIE in January 2020.
Due to Covid, we could not carry out our activities, so just like the rest of the world, we decided to hold the events virtually. The team created a page on social media that helped us in reaching out to the masses, the events were open to not just researchers, but also other citizens. SPIE was pretty impressed with it, said Jagadev.
Gopal Mugeraya, NIT Goa director said that it was a proud moment for him and an international recognition for NIT Goa.
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