About the Speaker:

Dr. Prem Shankar Goel did B.E. in Electrical Engineering from MBM Engineering College, University of Jodhpur, M.E. in Applied Electronics from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and Ph.D. from Bangalore University. He started his career with initiating activity on Satellite Attitude Control System for spinning RS-1 Satellite at Trivandrum and later moved to Bangalore as part of Aryabhata Project team. He contributed significantly to the mission planning for remote sensing, communication and scientific missions and authored over hundred research papers. Dr. Goel moved to Delhi as Secretary, Department of Ocean Development and transformed it into Ministry of Earth Sciences by integrating Ocean, Atmosphere and Geo Science and Technologies. Dr. Goel was awarded Padma Shree in 2001. He received several other awards including Distinguished Scientist Award of ISRO and lifetime achievement award of INAE. Currently, Dr. Goel is Honorary Distinguished Professor at ISRO HQ, Honorary Visiting Professor at National Institute of Advanced Studies. He is chairing Technology Research Board (TRB) of Ministry of Earth science.