P.K. Jain

Associate Director, Frequency Management at ISRO

Dr. P.K. Jain has been working in ISRO Headquarters, Bangalore as Associate Director for ‘Frequency Management & Satcom Planning’. Presently he is also Vice Chairman, ITU-R Study Group-4. He started his career with ISRO in 1989 and has worked for establishment of remote sensing and Satcom earth stations, implementation of Satcom Application-Programmes like Tele-education, Search and Rescue, DTH based Disaster Warning Dissemination System, etc. He has also held responsibility for the implementation of Satcom Policy & transponders capacity management and navigation programme.
He is recipient of two ISRO Team Excellence Awards in 2009, IETE – Biman Behari Sen Memorial Award (2010) and D.V. Nirmal & Mangal Sain Award (BES-2012 Award).
He has published more than 25 papers in various journals & magazines of national and international repute. He can be reached at pkjain@isro.gov.in