Shri. V. Mahadevan obtained his B.Tech (Hons) in Electronics & Communication from IIT Kharagpur and M.E. in Communication Engineering from IISc Bangalore. He joined ISRO Satellite Centre in the Communication Systems Group and contributed in the design and development of Antenna & Passive Systems flown in all the spacecrafts. One of the major contribution is in the development of Active Phased Array Antennas which was successfully flown and is being adopted for many future spacecrafts. He was appointed as Associated Project Director for CATF ( Compact Antenna Test Facility) and the same was established in ISRO Bangalore in a record time. He held a number of posts in various satellite projects and finally appointed to the post of Group Director, Communication Systems Group, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore. He retired on superannuation in April 2010 and is presently serving as Professor in the Dept. Telecommunications at PESIT (An autonomous Engineering College under VTU and UGC Delhi), Bangalore. He received NRDC award from Govt. of India for his contribution on Handheld Antenna for Satellite Telephone, Team Award For Cartosat-2 Satellite from President of India, ISRO Award for Phased Array Antenna System, and IRSI-IETE 2007 Award for Contributions on Spacecraft Omni directional and Phased. Array Antenna System. He holds two Patents, one Handheld Antenna System and the other on UltraLow Sidelobe Antenna. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, Life Member ASI (Astronautical Society of India) and Life Fellow Member IETE and has published a number of papers in international and national journals.