Our PhD research scholar Parimal Sah has won the 2nd best oral presentation award for his research paper entitled, "Integrated Optical  λ/4 Phase-Shifted High-Q DBR Cavity in Silicon-On-Insulator" in International Conference on Advances in Optics and Photonics (ICAOP- 2017) held in Hisar, India, during 23-26 November 2017. The award is a worth of Rs. 3000/- sponsored by Optical Society of India.