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C V OF DR. S PAL 1.

Name

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Dr. Surendra Pal

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Date of birth

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11-03-1948

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Contact address

: Distinguished Scientist / Program Director, Satellite Navigation Program Deputy Director (Digital & Communication Area) Chairman, GAGAN- SATNAV TDS Project Management Board

ISRO Satellite Centre, Govt. of India Airport Road, Vimanapura post Bangalore-560017, KARNATAKA Ph: 080 25205275 Fx: 080 25083303 E-mail : [email protected] Mob: 9880595280 4.

Engineering Discipline

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Electronics & Communication

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Field of specialization

: Space Communications (RF & Digital), Satellite Navigation (GNSS,GAGAN,GPS/GLONASS/SBASGAGAN), Electromagnetics & Antenna, Information Technology

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Awards and Honours

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Fellowships/Memberships

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Brief statement of the distinguished Achievements and contributions

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See ANNEXURE - A

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Professional history and Educational Details

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See ANNEXURE - B

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Best credited for

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See ANNEXURE - A

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a) Outstanding Leadership for carrying out Research In Eng ineering,Technology & Applications

thereof

b) Technical management & Academics c) For the development of various space-borne communication systems for Indian Satellite Programme d) Expertise in Satellite Based Navigation and GNSS techniques 11.

Strength

His strong convictions and beliefs that: a) b)

c)

To get a grip on any topic or subject one month’s hard-work is needed Engineering achievements are team achievements and the team leader needs to have, by & large, a rapport with each member, should know overall job and be in a position to review and appreciate the work done. He should do periodical technical critical evaluations and be in a position to apply mid course corrections. Credit should be shared with team, however failures one should be able to absorb

ANNEXURE NAME OF CANDIDATE Present Position

PAL LAST (Family Name)

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SURENDRA_________(Dr.)_____________________ First Middle

DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST / PROGRAMME DIRECTOR, SATELLITE NAVIGATION PROGRAMME

(GAGAN & IRNSS) DEPUTY DIRECTOR (DIGITAL and COMMUNICATION AREA), CHAIRMAN GAGAN PROJECT MANAGEMENT BOARD, (INDIAN S-BAS), Organization

ISRO Satellite Centre

Business Address

ISRO SATELLITE CENTRE - AIRPORT ROAD , BANGALORE/KARNATAKA City/State/Province

Home Address

Country

1E 302, DOS/ISRO APARTMENTS, DOMLUR BANGALORE / KARNATAKA City/State/Province

Preferred Mailing Address Date of birth

560 017______________________INDIA_________ Zip/Postal Code

560 071

INDIA

Zip/Postal Code

Country

Business

Home

11-03-1948

Telephone ++91 80 25205275

Fax ++91 80 25083303

Email

[email protected]

Mob: 9880595280

AWARDS AND HONOURS: 1. Prof. S N Mitra Memorial Award 2007, Indian National Academy of Engineering for the overall contribution in the field of electronics 2. Performance Excellence Award – 2006 by Indian Space Research Organization 3. Astronautical Society of India Award – 2004 for Space Systems Management 4. IEEE Third Millennium Medal for overall contribution in the field (2001) 5. National Research and Development Corporation (India) award for X-band High Bit-rate QPSK Modulator (1994) 6. National Research and Development Corporation (India) award for Multiband Antenna System at L,S and UHF Band for Satellite Mobile Handheld Phone (1995) (developed for ICO/INMARSAT, UK) 7. National Research and Development Corporation (India) award for Wide L and C band Antenna for remotely controlled aircraft (1997) for DRDO 8. National Research and Development Corporation (India) award for X and S Band Monopulse Tracking Feed for Remote Sensing Satellite Earth Stations (1998) 9. Aeronautical Society of India – Dr. Biren Roy Space Science and/or Design Award (1998) for outstanding contributions in the field of space. 10. IETE 21st Ramlal Wadhawa Gold Medal (1998) for the outstanding contribution in the field of Electronics and Telecommunication in the last ten years. 11. Om Praksh Bhasin Foundation Award (1997) for the overall contribution in the field of Electronics and Telecommunications. 12. IETE Hari Ram Toshniwal Gold Medal (1989) - for the best innovations in Electronics 13. Hari Om Ashram Prerit Vikram Sarabhai Research Award (1989) - for outstanding contribution in the field of Electronics and Telematics 14. ISRO/DOS - Distinguished Achievement Award (1975) for contribution towards launch of 1st Indian Satellite : Aryabhata

FELLOWSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS 1. Fellow of IEEE, USA 2. Distinguished Fellow, Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), India (Dist.FIETE) 3. Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering (FNAE) 4. Fellow, The National Academy of Sciences, India (FNASc.) 5. Member, Indian Science Congress Association 6. Member, Astronautical Society of India 7. Member, Antenna Measurements Technical Association 8. Council Member, IETE National Council (1994-97)(1998-1999)and(2000-2002, 20032004, 2007-08) and Co-Chairman, IETE Science Forum, Chairman, IETE Research Board (2003-2004) 9. Council Member, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), (2001-2004) 10. Member Sectional Committee (Engineering Sciences), The Indian Science Congress Association IEEE SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP: (i) AES (ii) (Earlier – APS & COMMUNICATION also) IEEE Bangalore Section Executive Committee, (i) Fellow IEEE-USA (ii) Chairman, IEEE Bangalore Section (year 2004 & 2005) i (iii) Vice Chairman 2000, 2001, 2002 & 2003 ii (vi) Vice Chairman and Incharge Students Activities 1999 and 2000 (v) Member/Incharge Student Activities 1998 and 1999 iii (vi) Member 1997 and 1998 CONSULTANCY/CHAIRMAN/VISITING PROFESSORSHIP 1. ITU – Geneva for Regional African Satellite Communication Definition (1989-90) 2. INMARSAT/ICO-UK on LEOSAT Definition Project-21& development of Mobile

satellite Handheld Antenna (1993-96) 3. Indo-UK REC Project at MREC Jaipur (1998) 4. Ministry of Information Technology, Govt. of India (Chairman, Working group on Information Infrastructure 2000-2002) 5. Reviewer of various projects of DRDO,MIT 6. Gave courses on Advanced Communications at Indian Institute of Science, under Proficiency Porgramme (1999, 2000,2001,2002,2003) 7. Distinguished Visiting Professor of INAE (2003 to 2006) 8. On the GNSS Expert Panel of UN Office of Outer Space, Vienna 9. Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE-AES Society, USA 10. Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Lecture: GNSS – A Vast System of Systems, IETE Mid Term Symposium – 2007 11. Co-convener, International Radar Symposium IRSI-2005,2007 12. Organizing Chair, International Microwave Symposium, ISM-2004

BRIEF STATEMENT OF THE DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS

INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS A. Identify the area where has made significant contributions have been made Engineer/Scientist

Technical Leader

Educator

Dr. Pal, a Space Communication Technologist of repute, starting, at the inception of ISRO’s satellite activities , from scratch, is responsible for design, development and fabrication of space-borne telecommunication systems (TT&C & data transmitting systems) for all Indian scientific, remote sensing and communication satellites [47 launched and 10 more are scheduled for launch in next three years]. He has also pioneered the activities of satellite-based navigation in India and initiated the following activities: 1. Satellite Based Navigation Related Activities The usage of GPS receiver on-board the Low Earth satellites, for providing navigation solution was initiated as technology development effort. This was later translated as operational system to support the data product generation all over the world, where Indian Remote Sensing Satellite Systems (IRS) data is being utilized for image applications. Many on-board requirements for precise orbits are being served by the GPS receivers flying on-board the satellites. The social significance of these activities is derivable from the fact that the IRS data products are currently generated with greater accuracy and minimum external interface. GPS Aided & Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN), a satellite based augmentation system for India, built over the GPS system, is expected to provide seamless navigation support over the Asia-Pacific regions. This system is being built with the participation of the Airports Authority of India. The proof of concept has been demonstrated with the technology demonstration system. The system consists of 8 monitoring stations located in the land mass in India, a master control centre and an uplink station co-located in Bangalore. The final operations phase of the project has been taken up currently. The Airports Authority of India will be able to reduce the operational and maintenance costs of aircraft operations across the country. The AAI being service providers for all airlines using the Indian airspace for over-flying, landing etc is expected to earn very large revenue. Although primarily built for AAI, the services will be available as a free-to air service and numerous users will benefit through higher navigational accuracies. An innovative proposal based on a unique concept of using geo-stationary satellite for navigation application is being implemented for India. The system is named as IRNSS (Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System), a regional self-reliant, all weather, 24 hour navigation support system over the Indian region (+1500 KMS) for land, air and sea users. This constellation concept is distinctive constellation consisting of only 7 satellites in the GEO (3) and inclined GSO (4), and is a regional system equivalent of GPS constellation of the US. By virtue of the fact that these satellites will be visible over the Indian region all the satellites will be in the visibility of ground stations within the country, thereby providing an opportunity of uplink the clock, iono and ephemeris parameters as and when required from the ground uplink stations, as against other navigation satellite constellation like the GPS, GLONASS or the GALILEO, thereby improving the accuracy of the solution to the user. With the development of ground and space infrastructure, together with the development of IRNSS receivers, this concept is expected to support all the navigation requirements of air, sea and land users in the region. With the advent of IRNSS, India will be able to have a self-reliant navigation with entire control and operations over Indian region. The concept of IRNSS when implemented is expected to yield numerous civil and strategic benefits for the navigation user community in Indian region; together with the regional supremacy of Indian space organization in the international navigation scenario. The usage of the IRNSS receiver is expected to earn significant revenue.

2. Antenna/Microwaves and Space Communication related activities Dr. Pal is responsible for design, development and fabrication of space-borne telecommunication systems, from the inception of Indian satellite Programme, in VHF, L,S,C,X and Ku bands for all Indian scientific, remote sensing and communication satellites [45 launched and 10 more are scheduled for launch in next three years]. A few developed systems for GEO & LEO satellites are: (i) High sensitivity Telemetry Tracking and Command (TT&C) transponders in S & C band (ii) X-band High bit-rate (200 ≈MBPS) QPSK data transmitters (iii) Space-borne Satellite Positioning System based on GPS constellation (iv) Omni-directional and wide beam TT&C antennas for spacecraft of different sizes and shapes with varying requirements (v) Directional, Shaped Beam & Array Antennas at C,X & Ku & Ka bands. In the process of the said developments he has also built up a strong team of RF engineers at ISRO. Besides these, he has also developed high efficiency ground station antennas with feeds, of novel design using dielectric spheres, cones at X,C and S bands. He has developed expertise in the area of microstrip large array antennas for air surveillance, multiple beam phased array antennas and use of light weight (less than 30 gms) integrated quadrifilar helix for TT&C omni-antennas for spacecraft. His long dedicated service of 34 years has resulted in putting Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on firm footing in the area of Antenna and Microwave Communication for Space. The matter of significance is the fact, that developments were carried out in a very short time at a modest cost of about less than 20% of the similar systems available elsewhere. This is achieved by incorporating many innovative ideas and techniques to suit Indian technological needs. He is also on the GNSS expert panel of UN-Office of Outer Space, Vienna. B. Explain why the contributions are substantially better than peers Dr. Pal’s contribution stands apart in providing timely, cheaper, better and appropriate solutions in highly demanding and critical areas, where India in general & ISRO in particular has to face export sanctions and technology denials. The result is all there to see with systems developed, providing flawless performance in orbit and saving millions of $ worth precious Foreign Exchange. The following three examples of his (out of numerous developments) innovative thinking & leadership speaks for him: a) Development of a dual beam (RHC polarized, operating simultaneously at two frequencies) spherical phased array scanning antenna system at X-band for IRS series of spacecrafts. The two beams can dump data over two geographically widely separated ground stations, from an imaging satellite, taking in to account the orbital velocity & all the orientation of the spacecraft, encountered during various imaging modes. Similar system as of today does not exist. A conical array with single beam from M/s Alcatel would have costed Rs.60 crores while a far superior in performance developed here costs less than Rs. 2 crores. The inorbit performance of the phased array in TES, IRS-P5, CARTOSAT-2 spacecraft had been flawless in simultaneously transmitting data to Delhi & Hyderabad ground stations . A lighter and more efficient version is developed for Cartosat 2A & 2B. A dual polarized version for RISAT is under development. In the civilian domain except India, such a concept and antenna has not been used by any other space agency. b) Development of L,S,C,X and Ku band ground station composite feeds with monopulse tracking. Along with feeds reflectors have been shaped and a typical ≈70%. The indigenous feed cost is
youngest Distinguished Fellow of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India, which is a highly coveted recognition. He is also Fellow of IEEE, USA. His overall multifaceted, technical/managerial contributions are of par excellence. C. Other individual contributions : Besides the various contributions to India's Space programme, he has developed systems for India’s Defence Research & Development Organization and INMARSAT/ICO-UK. He has been consultant to ITU on Regional African Satellite Communication and INMARSAT-UK for Project-21-LEO Mobile Satellite Definition. He had also developed satellite hand held telephone antenna systems at L,S & FPLMTS band for ICO. He has given courses on Satellite Communication at IISc under Proficience Programme, published/presented more than 200 technical papers in national/international journals/conferences, guided 50 M.Tech and 6 Ph.D. students for their dissertations. He is also a Distinguished Visiting Professor of INAE & Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE-AES. He is also Chairman of the review board for Communication Payload of India's INSAT series of geostationary communication satellites and Launch Vehicle Range Related Programmes. He has been on the editorial board of various technical journals and founder editor of the Journal of Spacecraft Technology. He is also co-editor of a book "Perspectives in Communications" published by World Scientific Publications, Singapore. He is a Ph.D. examiner for various Indian technological institutions and Universities. He has also been associated with the framing of syllabus for Communication Systems at Post Graduate level. He had been Chairman of Working Group on Information Infrastructure of the Ministry of Information Technology, Govt. of India for popularizing research activity in the field of E-commerce and Information Technology (2000-2002). EVIDENCE OF TECHNICAL ACCOMPLISHMENT. Note: Indian Space Research Organization, being a government body and hence developments are not widely published in the public domain. PART I (Three Most Important Items of tangible and verifiable evidence of technical accomplishment) (1) Design, Development and Fabrication of a high bit-rate data transmitters at X band (QPSK modulations, data rates ≈200MBPS, RF output power 12, 20 and 40W) along with QPSK modulators, SSPAs and shaped wide beam antenna (path loss variation is compensated by onboard antenna gain pattern), for India's IRS series of remote sensing spacecraft. The varying power and bit-rate requirements for all the orbiting satellites have been successfully met. (2) Design, Development and Fabrication of a light weight Space Borne Hemispherical Phased Array Antenna at X-band, capable of generating two beams to point to two different ground stations, compensating the spacecraft orbital motion as well as pitch, roll and yaw movements during complex imaging mode of a spot from a sun synchronous orbiting remote sensing spacecraft (IRSTES,IRS-P5 & Cartosat-2). The minimum eirp is ≈22dBW in any beam. The development restricts: (i) interference from satellite to other networks (ii) spill over of RF signal and remote sensing data to undesired regions. (3) Design Development and Fabrication of a Ultra Low Side Lobe Array Antenna (4M x 1.1M, -36dB SLL, 12% Bandwidth, 1.5MW Peak and 8.4 kW average power handling capability) using Microstrip Patch Antennas. The complex development has broken the myth that microstrip antennas are of narrow band width and low power handling capability. The antenna is developed for India's Air Borne Surveillance Radar Programme. The same technology is used for Air Borne SAR antennas (Radar Symposium – IRSI-99-Dec 99, Bangalore-India pp-114-119)). PART-II (15 more additional items) (1) S-band PLL based coherent TT&C Transponder (with associated diplexers) with -127 dBm sensitivity, used in IRS and SROSS series of Spacecraft (Total No. orbited 11, slated for launch in the next two years 5). The import cost of such a system is ≈1.5M US $; per piece. The same is made in-house for ≈ 80K US $ (Total no qualified so far 42).

(2) -110dBm sensitivity, C-Band TT&C Transponders, along with associated filters for India's Geostationary INSAT series of spacecraft (Total satellites launched :10). International cost ≈1.00 million US $; indigenous cost ≈100K US$ (3) Space Borne Satellite Positioning System utilizing GPS constellation along with its antenna system. The in-orbit position accuracy obtained in IRS series of spacecraft is ±10meters. Such systems will henceforth become a part of the main bus of India's all orbiting spacecraft. (Import cost per piece : 150K US$, Indigenous cost 25K US$) (Total No. used in space till date : 12) (4) Monopulse Tracking feed for ground stations at S and X band. The conventional corrugated or pyramidal horns for such a system have been replaced by dielectric spheres reducing the cost & weight by almost a factor of TEN. The feeds are compact and provide for 10mϕ paraboloid with a G/T of ≥33dBo/k. These are being extensively used at various ground stations in India for tracking remote sensing satellites. (5) Light Weight Miniaturized Multi Frequency (FPLMTS and L/S band)) Antenna (weight <30 gms, 10mmϕ, 14mm long) for Mobile Satellite Hand Held Antenna for INMARSAT/ICO U.K. The first successful trials for mobile satellite communication were carried out by INMARSAT using this antenna system. ISRO along with ICO holds a patent for it. The antenna can be used for variety of other applications. (6) Different types of omni antenna systems ( at VHF, S and C bands) for India's various spacecraft with varying size and requirements. The antennas are wide band, light weight and provides >85% of the radiation sphere coverage. The systems have been used in 40 orbited spacecraft (including IRS and INSAT series) and 10 more are slated for launch in the near future. (7) Study of Spherical Dielectric Antennas which had led to the development of item (1) above. (S Pal, "Spherical Dielectric Antenna", Proceedings of RF Technology Expo, Anaheim, California USA, pp. 451-472, Jan-Feb 1986) Academic, Studies, Patents and Research Oriented Activities (8)

Book edited : U.R. Rao, K Kasturirangan, K R Sridharamurthy and Surendra Pal "Perspectives in Communications" Vol I and II, World Scientific Publication, Singapore – 1987

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Founding Editor of Journal of Spacecraft Technology 1991-99 (b) Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research 1994-99. Member, Editorial Board of IETE Technical Review, Journal of ICFAI Institute of Technology Guest Editor: Four Special Issue of IETE Technical Review on Antennas, Microwave Components,MIC/MMIC, Microwave Solid State Devices, Microwave Tubes Published/presented 170 technical papers in national and international journals and conferences.

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Mobile Satellite Communication for India (2000) (ii) Regional African Communication System Study -ITU-Report (1989) INMARSAT-P, Project-21 - LEO Constellation Study for Mobile Satellite Communication (1991-92) Study on Satellite Navigation for civil aviation for India (SBAS system) & Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) Patent: A multiband Antenna System for operating at L,S and UHF Band, US patent No. 08/378171, European Patent no. 94308939.1 *Applied for three more patents

Published/Presented 200 Technical articles in National & International Journals in the field of Electromagnetics, Microwaves and communications.

ANNEXURE EDUCATION Educational Institution

Location

Degrees

Year INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE

(IISc)

BANGALORE-INDIA

Ph.D. (Communication)

PILANI-INDIA

M.Sc. (Tech) Electronics

PILANI-INDIA

M.Sc.(Physics)

PILANI-INDIA

B.Sc.

1984 BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY and SCIENCE 1970 BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY and SCIENCE 1968 BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY and SCIENCE 1966

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY (current position first) From (year) to (Year)

Name of Company

Position Held and Responsibilities (brief

description) 2008-todate

Distinguished Scientist

2003-2008

Outstanding Scientist and Deputy Director Digital and Communication Area/Chairman, GAGAN (Indian WAAS system) Project Management Board

ISRO Satellite Centre Bangalore, INDIA 2001-2003

1997-2001

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1992-1997

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1987-1992

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1982-1987

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1971-1982 1970-71

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay

Deputy Director Digital and Communication Area/Chairman, GAGAN (Indian WAAS system) Project Management Board Sci./Engr. `H and Group Director Communication Systems Group Sci./Engr. `G' and Group Director Communication Systems Group Sci./Engr. `SG' and Head Communication Systems Dvn. Sci./Engr SG and Project Manager IRS-1A / Head Communication Systems Dvn. Sci./Engr SC/SD/SE & SF Sci./Engr SC2

Engaged in Design, Development and Fabrication of variety of spacecraft related TT&C transponders, High bit-rate data transmitters, various types of antennas and other system in VHF,L,S,C,X and Ku bands. The responsibilities also include future planning and reviewing telecommunication payloads for Indian INSAT (Geostationary communication & Met satellites) series of satellites, Indian Launch Vehicle Range related issues and also implementation of Satellite Based Navigation System – SBAS/GPS and GEO overlay system for Indian Airspace and Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System – an independent constellation for India. As Deputy Director and Group Director provided technical and managerial guidance for design, development and fabrication of various systems related to aerospace electronics in the area of digital and RF techniques for Indian space programme

Worked on Ooty Radio Telescope and also a longrange radio interferometer at ≈326-327 MHz.

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