Juthika Basak is a professional in the field of Optics and Photonics, specializing in Optical Communications. She is currently working at Nokia Corporation as an Optical Transceiver Architect. Before that, she was at Finisar (acquired by II-VI Corporation) designing pluggable transceivers for long haul interconnect applications.
Earlier she worked at Intel Corporation and Infinera Corporation, on different photonics technologies. She completed her B. Tech. in Engineering Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engg from University of California, Los Angeles.
Juthika is the Founder and Chair of Women in Photonics, Silicon Valley organization and is passionate about bringing in and retaining women in the photonics workforce.