Research Area:
• Microwave Engineering
• Radio Engineering and Electronics
• Applied Physics and Acoustics
• Atmospherics and Meteorology
• Non-magnetic Mass Spectrometry
• Dielectric Waveguides and Cavity Resonators

Biography:
He was born in Bengal on January 1, 1909, and completed his early education at Hooghly Branch School and Hooghly College (Physics Honours). He received his MSc degree in Applied Physics with ‘Wireless’ as a special subject from the University of Calcutta in 1931.

He served as a Lecturer at the Signal Training Centre, Jabalpur, and later as an Assistant Lecturer in Electrical Communication Engineering at the Department of Applied Physics, Calcutta University. He worked as a Professional Assistant and then as an Assistant Meteorologist in a project titled “Investigations on the Direction of Arrival of Atmospherics,” jointly sponsored by the Radio Research Committee and the Department of Meteorology.

He joined the Indian Institute of Science as a Lecturer in the Department of Electrical Technology in 1946. In 1949, he was deputed by IISc to go to USA as a Guest Worker at the National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C. After returning in 1951, he served as an Assistant Professor and later as a Professor in the Department of Electrical Communication Engineering. During this period, he established the Microwave Engineering Laboratory for B.E. and M.E. courses and research activities.

His research included Acoustics, Radio Engineering, Electronics, Ultra-High Frequency techniques, and Microwave Engineering. His work resulted in more than 100 research papers and nine unpublished project reports. Seven of these reports were part of the PL-480 Project (Contract No. E-262-69) titled “A Systematic Theoretical and Experimental Study of Modulated Surface Wave Structures.” He also prepared a research report on the “Non-magnetic Mass Spectrometer” at the National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C., in 1951, and another on the “Direction of Arrival of Atmospherics” for the Radio Research Board of India in 1945.

Eight students completed their PhD degrees in Microwave Engineering under his supervision at the Indian Institute of Science.

Awards:
• Sir J. C. Bose’s Premium by the British Institution of Radio Engineers (1953) for his paper “Microwave Cavity Resonators – Some Perturbation Effects and Their Applications.”
• Lord Mountbatten Premium and Sir J. C. Bose’s Premium (1965), jointly with Mrs. Rajeswari Chatterjee, for their four-part review paper “Dielectric-Loaded Waveguides,” published by the British Institution of Radio Engineers.
• Fellow of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), New Delhi.

(Source(s): Wikipedia)