Chandrakanta Kumar
Project Director, URSC/ISRO || Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering || Fellow, The National Academy of Science, India || Fellow, IETE || Fellow, WB Academy of Sc and Tech || Chair, IEEE AESS Bangalore Chapter
- Role
- Rf and Microwave Engineer at Isro - Indian Space Research Organization
- Location
- Bengaluru, KA, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Chandrakanta Kumar
M Tech and PhD in Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta | Space Studies Program, International Space University, Strasbourg, France Joined U R Rao Satellite Centre in 2001, at present working as Project Director for an upcoming satellite series Headed \'Electomagnetics Section\'-URSC Designed antenna systems for 20+ Indian spacecrafts including Mars Orbiter Mission, Chandrayaan-1 & 2, Moon Impact Probe (MIP) and ground stations like 32m dia ‘Indian deep space network station’ IDSN 32, feed of 11m dia tracking antenna, transportable terminalsPioneered using Axially Displaced Ellipse (ADE) reflectors; dual-band dual-polarized hybrid array (16×32); very low XP large (32×32) microstrip array; dual CP spherical phased array; reconfigured TT & C antenna for near 100% coverage for satellites and new dielectric rod antennas for G/S, beam wave guide (BWG) for IDSN and ADE for transportable terminalsServed as Deputy Project Director, RF Systems of Chandrayaan-2 (Orbiter), EOS-04Project Manager of Chandrayaan-1, MIP, ASTROSAT and GSAT-12155+ technical publications; 52 in journal, 7 in Magazine. Book on Defected Ground Structure (DGS)-integrated antennas from Press.Supervised 2 MTech and 3 PhDAssociate Editor, Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters; Reviewers jour on Microwave, Antenna, etc. Research areas—low cross-pol antennas, DGS, phased array antennas, lightweight spacecraft antennas, advanced communication techniques, systems engineeringFellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)Fellow, The National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI)Fellow, Inst of Electronics and Telecommunication Eng (IETE) Fellow, West Bengal Academy of Sc & TechSenior Member, Astronautical Society of India AwardsTeam Excellence Award-2008 of ISRO Young Scientist Merit Award-2009 of ISROProf. S N Mitra Memorial Award-2011 of IETE Hari Ramji Toshniwal Award-2018 of IETE 2nd Best paper: InCAP-20192nd & 3rd Best paper: iAIM-2017 KU Limaye Memorial Best Paper: ISM-2008 and IRSI-2009National Scholarship-1997, MHRD, Govt. of IndiaMiddle Scholarship-1988, Govt. of VolunteeringChair 2026, Chair Elect 2024-25 AESS Bangalore chapterChair 2025, Chair-elect 2024, Vice Chair 2021-23, Jt Secretary 2020: Bangalore SectionChair 2024, Chair Elect 2022-\'23 and Sect. 2019-21: AP-MTT Jt chapter MAPCon: TPC Chair 2026, Publication Chair 2024, 2025, Finance Chair 2022CONECCT: General Chair 2025, Organising Chair 2021-23 B-HTC 2020-TPC and Publication chairR10-HTC 2021 TPC Chair
Experience
Rf and Microwave Engineer
Isro - Indian Space Research Organization
Nov 2001 — Present · IN
Education
University of Calcutta
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
2009 — 2012
International Space University
Space Studies Program
2013 — 2013
Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira
B Sc Physics (Hons), Physics
1994 — 1997
University of Calcutta
Master of Science - MSc, Electronic Science
1997 — 1999
University of Calcutta
Master of Technology - MTech, Radio Physics and Electronics
1999 — 2001
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