Tapan Misra | |
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Director, Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation | |
In office February 2015 – July 2018 | |
Preceded by | A. S. Kiran Kumar |
Succeeded by | D. K. Das |
Director, Physical Research Laboratory, Indian Space Research Organisation | |
In office June 2016 – February 2017 | |
Preceded by | Utpal Sarkar |
Succeeded by | Anil Bhardwaj |
Personal details | |
Born | Rayagada, Odisha, India | 20 January 1961
Education | Jadavpur University (Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering) |
Website | sisirradar |
Tapan Misra (born 20 January 1961) is an Indian scientist who has been the Director of Space Applications Centre[1] and Physical Research Laboratory[2] in ISRO. He later became Senior Advisor to the Chairman, ISRO.[3]
In 2022, Misra founded a space-tech startup called Sisir Radar, which manufactures Synthetic Aperture Radars (SAR), a technology that he pioneered in ISRO, for drones and satellites.[4] Sisir Radar will make synthetic aperture radars (SAR) that can be fixed on drones for imaging smaller land areas.[5]
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