Bodhisattwa Gangopadhyay

Bodhisattwa Gangopadhyay was born in Haldia, India, in 1981. He received the B.E. degree in instrumentation technology from Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, India, in 2005 and the M.Tech degree in digital electronics and advanced communication from Manipal University, Manipal, India, in 2007. After his initial years as an Intern, an Engineer, and a Ph.D. student (2006–2011) with Siemens (2006–2007) and with Nokia Siemens Networks (2007–2011), he served as Research Engineer, System Architect, and Solutions Consultant with Nokia Siemens Networks (2011–2013) and Coriant (2013–2018) for network planning tools, network planning services, network migrations, multi-layer planning, and optimization of customer networks. At present, he is a Principal Solution Consultant with Infinera, Carnaxide, Portugal, where he is involved in multi-layer planning and optimization of transport networks, focusing toward 5G. He has authored several book chapters, journals, and conference papers in these fields. He has participated in EU project FUTON. His research interests include transport networks for 5G roll outs and planning/operation of network protection/restoration in multi-layer networks (L3-L0). Mr. Gangopadhyay has served as a reviewer for Journal of Lightwave Technology.