K. BANDYOPADHYAY

K. BANDYOPADHYAY, after obtaining the Master Degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Jadavpur University, Calcutta he joined Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in 1972. He worked in German Space Research Centre, DLR in 1978 as visiting Scientist. At present he is Group Director of two Groups, Systems and Applications Group and Satcom Ground System Technology Group of in Space Applications Centre, ISRO, and Ahmedabad. He was involved in many pioneering activities of Indian satellite communication program, such as, Project leader of India’s first satellite COMNEX, Project Manager of India’s first indigenously developed VSAT pilot project, Satellite Based Rural Telegraphy Network, SBRTN, for North-East Region of India, Chairman of System Definition Team for INSAT Mobile Satellite System, Project Director of GSAT-1 Applications Project to introduce digital TV, digital sound and data broadcast in the Indian satellite system; Project Director of GSAT-4 applications Project involving use of onboard processing; Associated Project Director for Indian Satellite Navigation Project, GAGAN; Project Director of Communications Systems for Disaster Management in Disaster Management System Program. He represented India and presented paper in GPS summit conference in Munich, Germany during March 2003, at UN workshop on Bridging the Digital Divide - Space Technology Solutions, in 2000 at Kulalampur, Malayasia, and participated in many International & National conferences