Dr. Kamaljeet Singh, joined U R Rao Satellite Centre in Nov 1999 and worked in the area of RF receiver for satellite as designer. He contributed in various capacity and areas at U R Rao satellite centre notably realization and production of satellite transponders, Head of central fabrication facility responsible for flight cards fabrication. He was head of MEMS Development Division in SCL (2010-2015) responsible for the re-establishment of 6” fab-line responsible for the realization of various sensors.He was Group Director of HMC group from 2020-2023 where he was involved in development of HMCs and MIC/MMIC circuits. Since December 2023 he was heading SCL unit of MeitY. He is Fellow of IETE, Fellow of Punjab Academy of sciences, Life member of ASI & IMAPS and senior member of IEEE. He has published more than 200technical articles in various journals/conferences and has written various technical books. He was awarded by IETE, INAE, and ISRO for his technical contributions.
Ayan Karmakar received his M.Tech (Electronics & Telecom Engineering) degree from NIT-Durgapur. Currently he is working in SCL, Chandigarh as a Scientist-SF . His research interests include design and development of various passive microwave integrated circuits and antennae using silicon based MIC, RF-MEMS and THz-technology. He has authored one technical book named ‘Si- RF Technology’ (Springer-2019) and co-authored another book titled ‘Printed Antennas for Future Generation Wireless Communication and Healthcare’ (CRC Publication (2023)’. He has more than 45 publications in refereed journals and conferences, He serves as a reviewer in top tier international journals, like- IEEE Access, RF-MiCAE, Springer, EJAET, etc. He is the Fellow of IETE and life member of Indian Science Congress Association and ISSE.