Dr K N Shankara was born on May 07, 1945. He
received his Doctorate in Electrical Communication Engineering from Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore in 1972. he joined Space Application Centre,
Ahmedabad in 1971 to work on the design and development of communication
payloads. As Associate Project Director of INSAT- 2A and INSAT - 2B, he was
responsible for the development transponders for these satellites. As Group
Director at SAC until 1996, he has contributed extensively to orgainze the work
in the area of microwave technology and spacecraft electronics.
Dr Shankara moved to ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore in 1996 as Deputy
Director, Electronics Systems Area, to direct technical activities on
spacecraft electronics like, spacecraft power systems, telemetry, telecommand
and data handling, communication systems, assembly, integration and checkout of
spacecraft. In 2001, he took over as Director, Satellite Communications
Programme and Programme Director, INSAT at ISRO Headquarters, Bangalore, in
which capacity, he was involved in the overall planning and direction of the
communication satellite programme of ISRO.
Dr Shankara is at present Director, Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad, which
is the lead Centres of ISRO for the development of technologies for
communication and remote sensing satellites and applications in the area of
satellite communication and remote sensing. He is also Programme Director of
Disaster Management Systems at ISRO Headquarters, Bangalore.
Dr Shankara has a number of technical publications to his credit. He is member
of many professional bodies. He is a recipient of the IETWE-IRS award in 1983,
the Om Prakash Bhasin award in 1997 and the Ramlal Wadhwa Gold Medal in 2000.
Dr K N Shankara is presented the ASI Award for the year 2000 in recognition of
his significant contribution to Space Systems Management.
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