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Before
taking over as Chief Controller R&D at DRDO
Headquarters, New Delhi, he served as Director, Centre
for Artificial Intelligence & Robotics (CAIR),
Bangalore, during 2000-2006 and Head of Communication
Division of Electronics & Radar Development
Establishment (LRDE) prior to that. A number of
equipment and systems developed by him and under his
leadership have gone into successful series production
and fielding.
He is an
alumnus of Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore
and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur.
He is a
Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE),
Member of Institute for Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE), and Member and past Chairman of
Society of Electronics Engineers (SEE)-India.
He is the
recipient of DRDO Scientist of the Year award in 1996
and "Agni Award for Excellence in Self Reliance" in
2003. He was selected by DRDO as "Outstanding Scientist"
in 2002 and by Government of India as “Distinguished
Scientist” in 2006.
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