Prof Jolly Xavier is presently an Associate Professor at the department of SeNSE, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. At IIT Delhi he also leads an innovative research group MiD-Q-MiNT (Miniaturized Devices with Quantum enhanced Micro/NanoTechnologies) where his research focuses on design, development, analysis and implementation of advanced devices and technologies integrating Quantum sensing and imaging, Nanophotonics/plasmonics, Neuromorphic photonics, Single molecule Biosensors, Integrated photonics, and Miniaturized electromechanical machines for biomedical and industrial applications. Prof Jolly Xavier received his PhD degree from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in 2012 where part of his PhD research was carried out at University of Muenster, Germany under DAAD sandwich model fellowship. Prior to joining IIT Delhi as Associate Professor in 2021, Prof. Xavier was a Research Fellow/Lecturer in University of Exeter, UK, a Max Planck Postdoctoral Fellow at Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL), Erlangen Germany as well as a Postdoctoral Scientist at Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin (HZB), Germany.