Shiban K Koul is Dr. R.P.Shenoy Astra Microwave Chair Professor and Deputy Director (Strategy and Planning) at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He is also the Chairman of Astra Microwave Products Limited, Hyderabad, a major company involved in the Development of RF and Microwave systems in India. His current research interests include: RF MEMS, Device modelling, Microwave and Millimetre wave IC design and Reconfigurable microwave circuits including antennas. He is the author/co-author of 252 Research Papers and 7 state-of-the art books and 3 book Chapters. He holds 6 patents and 6 copyrights. He has successfully completed 28 major sponsored projects, 52 consultancy projects and 40 Technology Development Projects.

Dr Koul  has received Gold Medal by the Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Calcutta (1977); S.K.Mitra Research Award (1986) from the IETE for the best research paper; Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Young Scientist Award (1986); International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Young Scientist Award (1987); the top Invention Award (1991) of the National Research Development Council for his contributions to the indigenous development of ferrite phase shifter technology; VASVIK Award (1994) for the development of  Ka- band components and phase shifters; Ram Lal Wadhwa Gold Medal (1995) from the Institution of Electronics and Communication Engineers (IETE); Academic Excellence award (1998) from Indian Government for his pioneering contributions to phase control modules for Rajendra Radar, Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Award (2009) in the field of Electronics and Information Technology, Teaching excellence award (2012) from IIT Delhi, VASVIK Award (2012) in the category of Information & Communication Technology, Award for contributions made to the growth of smart material technology (2012) by the ISSS, Bangalore, M.N.Saha Memorial Award  (2013) from the IETE for the best application oriented research paper and IEEE MTT Society Distinguished Educator Award (2014).

Dr Koul is a Fellow of the Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, USA (IEEE), Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), Fellow of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), Member of the Micro and Nano Technology Foundation (MANCEF), USA, Member of the Indian Society of Smart Materials (ISSS), Chief Delegate for world Micro machine Summit from India.  He is the Chief Editor of IETE Journal of Research, academic expert member on the board of smart materials and research (B-smart) and a member of the national committee of COSPAR-URSI-SCOSTEP. He is on the Editorial boards of Journal of IETE and Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, John Wiley, USA. He is currently serving as one of  the associate Editor of the International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies, Cambridge, UK.

Dr. Koul is a serving ADCOM member and a Member of IEEE MTT society’s Technical committees on Microwave and Millimetre Wave Integrated Circuits (MTT-6) and RF MEMS (MTT-21), Member of India Initiative team of IEEE MTT-S, Membership Services Regional Co-coordinator India, Vice Chair Education Committee MTT-S, and MTT-S Speaker bureau lecturer. He has served as the Distinguished IEEE MTT-S lecturer for the period 2012-2014 and is currently Distinguished Microwave Lecturer Emeritus.