Siddheshwari Prasad Chakravarti | |
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Born | |
Died | 15 July 1981 76) | (aged
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | University of Lucknow Imperial College, London |
Occupation(s) | Engineer, Researcher, Educator |
Years active | 1930-'81 |
Organisation(s) | IISc Bangalore JEC Jabalpur University of Saugor University of Jabalpur DRDO |
Known for | Establishing Electronics & Telecommunication engineering education, research and training in India |
Prof. Siddheshwari Prasad Chakravarti was an Indian engineer, researcher, and educator. He was known as the father of electronics and telecommunications engineering in India. [1] [2] [3]
He was educated at the University of Lucknow and Imperial College London. [3]
He served as Head of the Electrical engineering department at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, [4] as the founding Principal of Government Engineering College, Jabalpur, the oldest technical institution in central India, where he established the first Electronics & Telecommunications engineering department of India, [5] and as the first Dean of the Faculties of Engineering of the University of Saugor and the University of Jabalpur. [6] The State Technological University of Madhya Pradesh has instituted a gold medal in his memory. [7]
Post retirement from academia, he joined the Defence Research and Development Organisation, in 1959, upon request of the then Defence Minister of India, V K Krishna Menon, as Dy. Chief Scientific Officer. [8] During his tenure at DRDO, he was responsible for the founding of three major research laboratories of DRDO, viz., Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (LRDE) Bengaluru, Defence Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL) Hyderabad and the Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) Delhi. He served as the first Director of the Laser Science and Technology Centre (LASTEC) Delhi. [3]
He was the National Vice-President of the Institution of Engineers (India) and the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers. [3] He was a distinguished fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, [9] and the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers. [10]
During his career, he held the following posts: [3]
He contributed to more than half of India's total research in electronics and telecommunications engineering at the time [3] [11]
List of inventions of Prof. Chakravarti: [3] [11]
Some of his notable students include: [3] [11]
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