Professor
Electronics & Communication Engineering
vsrao@pes.edu
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+91.80.2672.1983
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Qualifications :
Ph.D. (BITS,Pilani -2010) & B.E. (Andhra University -1973)
Professional Experience :
37 years of experience in satellite communication systems design at ISRO, Bengaluru.
Publications :
65 (Journals - 39, Conferences -26) & presentations-25
- At Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), responsible for TTC & high bit rate data transmission systems for all Indian satellites
- Developed a state of the art steerable beam spherical phased array antenna systems for high bit rate data transmission from IRS satellites
- Developed digital modulation techniques viz., BPSK,QPSK,OQPSK, UQPSK & 8-PSK, and Solid State Power Amplifiers at S,C and X-bands for high bit rate data transmission from satellites
- Established S-band satellite control facility at PESU campus
- Carried out a project on RF wireless LAN for satellites
- Designing and realizing a student's nano satellite - PISAT at PESU
Held various positions at ISRO
- Project Manager/Deputy Project Director for different satellite projects
- Associate Director, Satellite Technologies at ISRO HQ
- Dy. Director, Digital & Communication Area at ISRO satellite Centre
Also carried out:
- Various studies related to satellite technologies at ISRO
- Test and Evaluation of TTC and Data Reception ground stations of ISRO
Satellite Communication, RF & Microwave systems
Professor, Electronics & Communication Engineering, PES University, Bengaluru.
- Senior Member, IEEE
- Fellow, Institution of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers
- Life Member, Astronautical Society of India
- Published more than 65 technical papers in national/international journals/symposiums/institutions and made presentations at various places
- Associate Course Director of the course on ‘Microwave communication systems’ conducted at IETE, Bengaluru in August 1994
- Guided more than 100 BE/ME/MCA students for project work @ISRO
- Advisory committee member for different workshops/symposiums organized by ISRO and some academic institutions
- ASI-ISRO Award for 2007 from Astronautical Society of India (Spacecraft & Related Technologies), 2010
- Team Excellence Award from ISRO for the development of X-band Phased Array Antenna, August 2009
- IETE-IRSI (83) Award 2006 for outstanding contribution in the field of high bit rate data Transmitting Systems for Indian Remote Sensing Programme
- Independence Day (1994) NRDC Award from Govt. of India for Meritorious Inventions - the development of X-band high bit rate QPSK Modulator
- Distinguished Achievement Award - 1975, by Dept. of Space for the successful launch of 'Aryabhata'- India's first satellite
Research Interests
RF and microwave communication systems