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Chandrakanta Kumar

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Space Scientist and Project Director at ISRO | IEEE Leader.

Space Scientist and Project Director at ISRO | IEEE Leader.Space Scientist and Project Director at ISRO | IEEE Leader.Space Scientist and Project Director at ISRO | IEEE Leader.Space Scientist and Project Director at ISRO | IEEE Leader.Space Scientist and Project Director at ISRO | IEEE Leader.

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Awards & Accolades

AWARDS, CERTIFICATES and ACHIEVEMENTS

  1.  ‘Hari Ramji Toshniwal Award (2018)’ for “Significant contribution in developing innovative antenna systems for the space programme of ISRO especially for the Mars Orbiter Mission, the first interplanetary mission of India” from The Inst, of Electronics and Telecom. Engineers (IETE), India 
  2. ‘Prof. S. N. Mitra Memorial Award-2011’ for “Outstanding contribution to the development of antennas required for the space programme of ISRO and successful implementation and performance of the antennas designed for the first Indian mission to the Moon, Chandrayaan-1” from IETE, India .
  3. ‘Young Scientist (Merit) Award-2009’ in “Recognition to his meritorious contribution to the Indian Space Programme” from Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
  4. ‘Team Excellence Award-2008’ in “Recognition to his contribution to the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft including MIP (Moon Impact Probe) Project as Team Member” from ISRO.
  5. Certificate for ‘Exceptional Performance form May 1, 2020 to April 30, 2021 as a Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation’ from IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society.
  6. Identified by Elsevier in the top 2% of researchers across the world in 2022, 2023, based on the citation impact of a single year of the authors.
  7. Member of the prestigious Technical Committee on Antenna Measurements, of IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society 2025, 2026
  8. Associate Editor; IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters: March 2023-till date

AWARDS IN CONFERENCE AND SYMPOSIUM

 

  1. "Best Paper Award Under Bachelors Category-First Place” 2025 IEEE Wireless, Microwave and Antenna Symposium, WAMS, Kancheepuram, Chennai India, June 5-8, 2025
  2. ‘Second Best Paper Award’ in IEEE Indian Conference on Antenna and Propagation (InCAP 2019), Ahmedabad, India, 2019
  3. ‘Second Best Paper Award’ in IEEE International Conference on Antenna Innovation and Modern Tech. for Ground Aircraft and Satellite Applications (iAIM 2017), Bangalore, India, 2017
  4. ‘Third Best Paper Award’ in iAIM 2017, Bangalore, India, 2017
  5. ‘Best Paper in a Session Award’ in iAIM 2017, Bangalore, India, 2017
  6. ‘Best Paper of the Session Award’ in Conference of the Antenna Test and Measurement Society ATMS-2013, Kolkata, India
  7. ‘K U Limaye Memorial Best Paper Award’ in International Radar Symposium India, IRSI-09, Bangalore, India
  8. ‘K U Limaye Memorial Best Paper Award’ in International Symposium on Microwave, ISM-08, Bangalore, India 

IEEE Volunteering Award in Leadership Position

  1. Certificate of recognition, for achieving outstanding member recruitment performance in the Bangalore Section for 2025 membership year, from 2025 IEEE Member Recruitment and Recovery Committee
  2. As the chair AP/MTTs Bangalore Joint Chapter, received ‘2024 Outstanding Large Chapter Affinity Group Award’ of IEEE Bangalore Section
  3. As the chair AP/MTTs Bangalore Joint Chapter  membership strength rose to 1050 from 536—almost doubled. The chapter becomes the 2nd largest Globally!
  4. As the Vice-Chair AP/MTTs Bangalore Joint Chapter, received ‘2023 IEEE AP-S Outstanding Chapter Award (1st Place)’ among all APS-chapters Worldwide
  5. As the Vice-Chair AP/MTTs Bangalore Joint Chapter, received ‘2023 IEEE MTT-S Outstanding Chapter Award’ among all MTTs chapters Worldwide.
  6. As the Secretary AP/MTTs Bangalore Joint Chapter, received ‘2020 Outstanding Small Chapter Award’ of IEEE Bangalore Section 

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