IEEE APS-MTT Joint Chapter

IEEE BANGALORE SECTION

Pramod Kumar
Execom Member

Pramod Kumar (M’13, SM’ 21) received the B.Tech. degree in electronics engineering from the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IT-BHU, now IIT-BHU), Varanasi, India, in 2003, and the MTech. degree in RF design and technology from IIT-Delhi, Delhi, India, in 2010., He has contributed toward design and development of slotted waveguide antennas and other microwave antennas at Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (LRDE), Bangalore, India. Currently, he is working on design and development of active phased array antennas at LRDE (DRDO). Mr. Kumar is the member of IETE. He is the recipient of DRDO Young Scientist Award in 2010 for his achievements in design and development of slotted waveguide antenna arrays.Puneet Kumar Mishra earned his M.Tech (RF & Microwave) from IIT Roorkee in the year 2004. Since 2004 he is with UR Rao Satellite Centre, Bangalore. He has rich experience of RF characterization of 45 Satellites, 280 antennas and radomes He has indigenously developed C-Band, Ku Band and Ka-Band Compact range feeds to meet various requirements of ISRO’s satellite program. He has played a pivotal role in establishing satellite level EMC facility. He is also responsible for establishment of Asia’s largest Subsystem level Magnetic Measurement Facility and World’s first and largest compact range with 10 m quiet zone. He has Received IETE-IRSI Young Scientist Awards in the year 2012, ISRO Young Scientist Award in the year 2013, ASI-ISRO Space Gold Medal in the year 2014, GE Foundation Award for Academic Excellence and Leadership (2002-2004) and 4 best paper awards. He is also recipient of IEEE MGA Achievement award for the year 2017. He has also developed a payload to study the RF blackout phenomenon during re-entry of space vehicle. He has successfully developed Indigenous BusBars for High power satellites and used in multiple spacecrafts, He has published more than 45 technical papers in International conferences and IEEE Transactions. He is Senior Member of IEEE Fellow of IETE and Life Member of ASI. He is a passionate Volunteer and serving as Chair, IEEE Bangalore Section and Secretary, IEEE India Council. Presently He is Heading Satellite Antenna Characterization, Test & Design Section.