“…There are several research groups in India working on different aspects of optical networking. Spectrum allocation in elastic optical networks, link failure protection strategies are studied by research groups at IIT Kanpur [51]; resource allocation for mixed grid optical networks, applying deep/machine learning methods to achieve quality aware resource provisioning, nonlinear-impairment-aware proactive de-fragmentation are done at IIIT Delhi [52], energy efficiency of backbone and access networks are studied at IIT Kharagpur [53], application of machine learning in order to maximize performance of distributed RAMAN amplifier for WDM network applications [54], deep learning assisted estimation of Quality of Transmission in optical transport networks [55] is done at IIT ISM Dhanbad. There are several industry players in this domain, including Tejas Networks which global networking product company, who are responsible for design and deployment of the networking infrastructure in the country.…”