K. P. Ray

Unlike the design of Strategic Radars, which detects point targets, the design of
Atmospheric Radars is very complex. These Radars deal with distributed targets with
minimal back scattering (RCS). A VHF Mesosphere Stratosphere Troposphere
(MST) Radar, having very high power aperture product (Figure of Merit) was
designed, developed, installed and commissioned indigenously for ISRO/DOS,
which is being operated over last 30 years. Design/developmental details of this
Radar will be discussed in the interactive lecture.

Biography:

Prof K. P. Ray (IEEE M-1993, SM-2005) is M. Tech in Microwave Electronics from
University of Delhi and Ph D from IIT, Bombay. Presently he is the Head of the Dept
of Electronics Engineering and Director, School of Radar Technology at Defence
Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT), DRDO, Pune. Prior to joining DIAT in
2016, he was the Programme Director of SAMEER (MeitY) Mumbai, wherein he
joined SAMEER (TIFR) in 1985 and worked for over 31 years in the areas of
Electromagnetics, Radars, RF and microwave systems/components and developed
expertise in the design of antenna elements/arrays and high-power RF/microwave
sources for RADAR, scientific and industrial applications. He has successfully
executed over 55 projects sponsored by various Govt. agencies (DRDO/MOD,
ISRO/DOS, DAE, DST/DSIR/TIFAC, Meity, DBT, IMD, BHEL, etc.) and many
industries. He was a guest/invited//adjunct faculty in EE Dept at IIT, Bombay, Goa
Engineering College, University of Mumbai and CEERI (CSIR) Pilani for post
graduate courses. He has published extensively in almost all the reputed journals in
his field, holds 3 patents, earned 10 Transfer of Technology (ToT) for
commercialization and filed 5 patents. He is a prolific reviewer of almost all the
reputed journals in his fields and is associated editor of few journals. He is a fellow of
IETE, a fellow of VEDAS, a senior member of IEEE (USA), and life member of
Instrument society of India and Engineers of EMI/EMC society of India. He received
many awards including the most coveted IETE-Ram Lal Wadhwa Award 2018.

Address:Radar Technology at Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT), DRDO, Pune., Pune