Shri N Sitaram, has over three decades of professional experience, during which period he has made significant contributions in the fields of Military Communication, Communication/Information Security, and Tactical Command & Control Systems.

As Chief Controller (R&D) at DRDO Headquarters, he is responsible for steering development of systems and technologies in the areas of Radar, Electronic Warfare, Electro-optical Devices & Systems, Communication & Networking, Information Systems, and Communication/ Information Security.

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.