We congratulate Mr. Praveen Kumar, research scholar of Dr. Navin K. Nishchal, for receiving the Best PhD Thesis Award.

We congratulate Mr. Praveen Kumar, research scholar of Dr. Navin K. Nishchal, for receiving the Best PhD Thesis Award (Thesis title: _Investigations on Structured Light to Probe Optical Singularity and its use in Image Encryption_) awarded by Optical Society of India during 44th Annual Symposium of Optical Society of India on _Frontiers in Optics and Photonics _(FOP21) during Sept. 24-27, 2021, Optics and Photonics Centre, IIT Delhi (Online).He has also been selected for JSPS post-doctoral fellowship.