Dr. Janakiraman of Marine Electricals (I) Ltd, Bangalore

Biography:

Dr. Mohinder Jankiraman is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, Pune,
32nd Course (July 1967). He then graduated from the Naval Electrical School, Jamnagar, India
in 1971 receiving his B. Tech. Degree in Electronics and Telecommunications. Subsequently,
he served as an Electrical Officer in the Indian Navy for many years. In 1982 he was seconded
for research work in military electronics. He took part in several military research projects in
India and won several awards for technology development in India. His research has spanned
several disciplines, emphasizing signal processing, development of naval mines, torpedoes,
sonars, radars and communication systems. He was awarded the Defence Research and
Development Organization (DRDO), award of "Scientist of the Year 1985" for his work in
developing naval mines. He retired from the Indian Navy in 1995 with the rank of a
Commodore and joined the International Research Centre for Telecommunication and Radar
(IRCTR) in the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands in 1997. He completed his
degree of Master of Technological design (MTD) in 1999, graduating cum laude and went on
to complete his Ph.D. degree from the University of Aalborg, Denmark in September 2000. He
then worked with Summitek Instruments, Denver, CO for about a year as a Senior RF Engineer
on the design and development of Passive Intermodulation Measurement (PIM) analyzers,
before joining the University of Aalborg, Denmark as Assistant Research Professor in June 2002.
During this phase, he worked extensively in the area of OFDM based communication
systems and cell phone location systems for the European Commission. He returned to the USA
in June 2003. He then was a technical consultant in radar and wireless communications and was
based in Dallas, Texas. He returned to India and became a consultant for the Hero group on the
development of radars. He subsequently joined Larsen & Toubro Ltd, Bangalore, for designing
FMCW radars in 2011. He left the firm in 2016 and founded the radar division of Marine
Electricals (I) Ltd, in Bangalore, in September 2023. This firm undertakes research work in
radar development. He is a Life Member of IEEE (USA) and Fellow of IE (India).

Address:Marine Electricals (I) Ltd, , Bangalore, Telengana, India