Azhar Shadab is presently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering of G.L.Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management. In 2010, Azhar Shadab completed his Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication Engineering at Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV) in Bhopal, India. He earned a Master of Technology in the same field from Jaypee University of Information Technology in Waknaghat, Himachal Pradesh, India, in 2012. By 2023, he had achieved his Ph.D. from the Electronics Engineering Department at the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India. Throughout his career, Shadab has been involved in significant research projects, including one funded by the Department of Atomic Energy-Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (DAE-BRNS), in partnership with the Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT) in Indore, India, and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIR) in New Delhi, India. This project focused on developing fiber optic sensors using various 2D materials. Additionally, he has contributed to a project supported by the Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, which concentrated on biomedical sensors. His research interests currently lie in optical fiber sensors, including fiber Bragg grating sensors for detecting chemicals and gases, and surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors.