Laboratory, Trivandrum 2003–2018: Chairman, Scientific Advisory Committee, National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Tirupati 2000–2002: Chairman, Lunar Mission Study Task Force 1998–2001: Chairman, Technical Review Committee for Remote Sensing Applications 1997–1998: Chairman, Management Council, Remote Sensing Application Missions 1995–1998: Member, INSAT Project Management Council 1992–1998: Member, Management Council for Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems 1992–1998: Member, Mission Management Council for Integrated Mission for Sustainable Development 1989–1998: Member, Project Management Council, Indian Remote Sensing Satellite 1988–1997: Alternate Chairman, Management Council, Remote Sensing Application Missions 1988–1998: Chairman, Steering Committee for Remote Sensing Applications of Agriculture Mission 1987–1990: Director, Indian Remote Sensing Satellite Utilisation Programme 1987–1988: Member, Executive Committee, Microwave Remote Sensing Programme 1987–1988: Member, Remote Sensing Application Mission Council 1984–1992: Associate Project Director, (Very High Resolution Radiometer, Payload), INSAT-II Test Spacecraft Project 1980–1988: Associate Project Director (Payloads), Indian Remote Sensing Satellite Project 1975–1985: Principal scientistSEO/ Bhaskara TV payload Professional bodies Fellow Indian Academy of Sciences Fellow National Academy of Sciences, India Fellow Indian National Academy of Engineering Fellow Indian Geophysical Union Fellow Gujarat Science Academy Fellow Indian Meteorological Society Fellow Indian Society of Remote Sensing Fellow Astronautical Society of India Recognition Padma Bhushan (1999) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Alumni Association Excellence Awards (2009) Outstanding Life Time Contribution in Ocean Science and Technology (2009) Life Time Achievement Award, Geospatial Technologies (2008) Outstanding Achievement Award, Indian Space Research Organization (2008) Aryabhata Award, Astronautical Society of India (2007) Melpadom Attumalil Georgekutty Merit Award, Mar Thoma church (2006) Bhaskara Award : Lifetime Contribution Awarded Instituted by Indian Society of Remote Sensing for outstanding achievement (1997) Om Prakash Bhasin Award for Science and Technology in the discipline of Space and Aerospace (1987) SICO – National Academy of Sciences Award for Instrumentation (1986) Publications Fundamentals of Remote Sensing, University Press (India), 1st edition, 2003, 2nd edition 2005 Building Earth Observation Cameras, CRC Press, 2015 India's Journey Towards Excellence in Building – Earth Observation Cameras, re-published by Notion Press 2016 Fundamentals of Remote Sensing, (with C. Jeganathan) University Press (India), 3rd edition, 2018 References External links Personal Website 1938 births Living people Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in science & engineering 20th-century Indian physicists Indian Space Research Organisation people Indian space scientists Remote sensing professionals People from Alappuzha district Fellows of the Indian Academy of Sciences Scientists from Kerala Malayali people University College Thiruvananthapuram alumni Fellows of The National Academy of Sciences, India Fellows of the Indian National Academy of Engineering