Shri Pramod Purushottam Kale


About Me:

  • Name:

    Shri Pramod Purushottam Kale

  • Category:

    Civilian Award

  • Award:

    Shri Hari Om Ashram Prerit Vikram Sarabhai Award (1975),Padma Shri (1984),Bharat Jyoti Award (1999),Aryabhatta Award (2006).

  • Area:

    Space Scientist

Details:

Education: Matriculation in 1956 From The M.C. High School, Vadodara, Bsc Physics from Maharaja Sayajirao University Of Baroda In 1960, Msc (Physics-Electronics) From Gujarat University, Ahmedabad In 1962.

Biography: Pramod Kale is An Indian Engineer who has Worked for The Indian Space Research Organisation In Various Leadership Roles. He was Born on 4 March 1941 In Pune, India.

In 1963, He was Selected as a Team Member for The Establishment of Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS), Near Thiruvananthapuram and for that work He was Deputed to Work at Goddard Spaceflight Centre, NASA, USA.

Before Becoming Director, VSSC In 1994, He has held Several Key Positions In ISRO Viz Head-Electronic Division (Satellite Systems), Space Science and Technology Centre, Now Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram. 1967-1969; Resident Representative Of ISRO at Goddard Space Flight Centre, NASA, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA 1969-1972; Project Manager – Electronics and TV Hardware, Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE), 1974-1976, Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad; Project Director, INSAT 1 Space Segment Project, Department Of Space, Bangalore, 1977-1987; Director, Space Application Centre, Indian Space Research Organization, Ahmedabad, 1987-1994 And His Contributions Were Multi-Disciplinary In Nature.

Later Dr Kale Functioned as Executive Director and Head, Microwave Antenna Division, Global Wireless Technology Limited, Pune (1996 Till Mar 2002). He was also Director, Global Information Technology Academy, Pune (From June 2000 Till Jul 2002).

Resident Representative Of ISRO at Goddard Space Flight Centre, NASA, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA 1969–1972.

Project Manager- Electronics and TV Hardware, Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE), 1974–1976, Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad.

Project Director, INSAT 1 Space Segment Project, Department Of Space, Bangalore, 1977 -1987.

Director, Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organization, Ahmedabad, 1987–1994.

Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Indian Space Research Organization, Thiruvananthapuram, 1994.

Executive Director And Head, Microwave Antenna Division, Global Wireless Technology Limited, Pune 1996 Till Mar 2002.

Director, Global Information Technology Academy, Pune June 2000 Till Jul 2002.

Head-Electronics Division, (Satellite Systems), Space Science And Technology Center, Now Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram. 1967–1969.