Akriti Bajpai is pursuing a PhD in Materials Science & Optical Thin Films from CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, Chandigarh, from 2022. She has been a DST INSPIRE Fellow during her doctoral studies and a DST INSPIRE scholarship awardee for 2016-2021. She earned an M.Sc. in Physics from Aligarh Muslim University (University Gold Medal, 2021) and a B.Sc.(H) in Physics from Hindu College, University of Delhi (2019). Currently, she is employed as a Technical Assistant at CSIR-CEERI Pilani.