Prof. Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan

Prof. N. Balakrishnan is a prominent aerospace electronics and computer scientist. Currently, he works at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, as the Honorary Professor at the supercomputer education research. He is also an Honorary professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore.

He has received a number of accolades for his contributions to the field of science and research, including the Homi J. Bhabha Award (2004), the Academy Excellence Award from the Defence Research and Development Organization (2009), and Prof. S. N. Mitra Memorial Award from the Indian National Academy of Engineering (2013). He was recently awarded the Distinguished Alumnus award of the Indian Institute of Science. In 2002, the Government of India honored him with the fourth highest civilian award in India, the Padma Shri.

Prof. Balakrishnan, a J. C. Bose National Fellow of the Department of Science and Technology since 2007 till 2018, is an elected Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Sciences, India and Institution of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineers. His scientific achievements and observations have been recorded in over 230 articles including many peer reviewed published in national and international journals and conferences, Google Scholar, an online repository of scientific articles, listing 216 of them.