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Dr. Surendra Pal Distinguished Scientist Program Director, Satellite Navigation / Deputy Director, DCA ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore-17 Dr. S Pal, an alumnus of Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani and Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India is presently Distinguished Scientist & Program Director, Satellite Navigation Program and also Deputy Director (Digital & Communication Area) at ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore. He joined Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in 1971, after a brief tenure at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. Dr. Pal pioneered the Microwave & Antenna activities at the ISRO Satellite Centre at the inception. He has been responsible for the development & fabrication of all spacecraft related telecommunication systems for India’s all satellites beginning with Aryabhata to the present day IRS & INSAT series of spacecraft. Dr. Pal is also responsible for pioneering satellite based navigation activities in India. . He is spear heading the Indian Satellite Based Wide Area Augmentation System – GAGAN (GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation System) and Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) activities for civil aviation for civil & restricted users respectively. GAGAN Technology Demonstration Phase has been successfully completed and Final Operation Phase has been taken up. He has been consultant to: (I) INMARSAT/ICO (UK) for LEOSAT definitions, responsible for the development of Satellite Hand Held Telephone Antenna System for ICO (UK) (ii) International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for defining Regional African Satellite Communication System and (iii) Nanyang Technological University, Singapore on X-Sat. He was also Chairman of Information Infrastructure Working Group of Ministry of Information Technology He is also on the United Nations panel of experts on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and Chaired/participated in various UN meetings at Vienna, Geneva and at other international venues. Dr. Pal a Distinguished Fellow of IETE, Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering, Indian National Academy of Sciences, Fellow IEEE(USA), MAMTA(USA), MASI, has received more than a dozen national and international awards, including, Performance Excellence Award by ISRO, Distinguished Achievement Award for launching Aryabhata, Om Prakash Bhasin Award , Hari Om Ashram Vikram Sarabhai Award, IEEE Third Millennium Medal, Prof. S N Mitra Memorial Award (INAE), Om Prakash Bhasin Award, Vikram Sarabhai Award, Four National Research and Development Corporation of India invention awards for various developments, inventions and overall contributions towards the growth of communication and space technology in India. Besides these he holds Indian, European & International patents for his various inventions. He has delivered many memorial lectures including IETE 39th Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Lecture. Dr. Pal has published more than 200 papers in international and national journals of repute , one book on communications & guided number of Ph.D. students. He has been on the editorial board of various technical journals. He

was a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Indian National Academy of Engineering & presently he is on the Distinguished Lecturer Programme of IEEE-USA. He has also given courses on Communication Satellites at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore under Proficiency Scheme and extensively delivered lectures/talks/colloquiums & Symposiums on Microwaves, Space Communications, Satellite Navigation Systems & Antennas in India and abroad. He was Co-convener of International Radar Symposium (IRSI) 2005,2007 & responsible for starting International Microwave Symposium and arranging International Symposium on Measurements & Robotics ISCMR (2004,2006,2008), Bangalore. His fields of interest are Microwave Communications, Space Technology, Electromagnetics, Antennas and Satellite Navigation.