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Communication Systems, Spacecraft RF systems, Microwave Antennas, Systems Design, Satellite Systems

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Chandrakanta Kumar received M. Tech and PhD in Radio Physics and Electronics from the University of Calcutta, and completed Space Studies Program, from International Space University, Strasbourg, France.

He joined U R Rao Satellite Centre in 2001 and responsible for designing antennas for more than 20 Indian spacecrafts and related ground stations, that include Chandrayaan-1 and 2, Mars Orbiter Mission, Moon Impact Probe, ASTROSAT, Indian Deep Space Network Stations, to name a few. He has served as project manager, antenna systems, for three spacecrafts and deputy project director, RF Systems, for two spacecrafts. At present he is the project director of an upcoming RADAR imaging satellite mission of ISRO. He has supervised 3 PhDs and has more than 155 publications including 59 in IEEE Journals and published a book on ‘Defected Ground Structure (DGS) Based Antennas’ from IEEE Press Willy/USA. 

Dr. Kumar is a fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), The National Academy of Science, India (NASI), West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology (WAST) and IETE. He is a senior member of IEEE USA. He is the chair of the IEEE Bangalore Section and Past-Chair of its MTT-APs joint chapter. He is a recipient of ‘Young Scientist Merit Award’ and ‘Team Excellence Award’ from ISRO; and ‘Hari Ramji Toshniwal Award’ and ‘Prof. S. N. Mitra Memorial Award’ from IETE and 6 best paper awards in conferences. He is an associated editor for IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters. He has delivered 55+ talks across India and has steered 7 IEEE conferences in primary role and another 15 in supporting role.

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