Biography:
Personal Life:
• Born on August 23, 1937, in Khundu, India, son of Y. Satyanarayan and Shantamma Naidu
• Married Madhumati Rokkan on July 29, 1967; children – Srikant, Sridhar, and Srinath

Education:
• B.Sc. and M.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur – 1962
• Ph.D., University of British Columbia, Canada – 1965

Career Highlights:
• Distinguished academician and researcher in Electrical Engineering with major contributions to signal processing and geophysical analysis
• Joined the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore and served as:
  – Assistant Professor (1971–1976)
  – Associate Professor (1977–1982)
  – Professor (1983–2002)
• Authored numerous research papers on signal processing algorithms, object shape parameters, geophysical modeling, and tomographic imaging
• Recognized for impactful teaching, mentorship, and long-standing contributions to engineering education and research in India

Research Areas
• Signal Processing
• Sensor Array Signal Processing
• Geophysical Potential Field Analysis
• Time Series Analysis
• Diffraction Tomographic Imaging
• Acoustic Source Localization
• Aeromagnetic Data Analysis

Awards and recognitions/ Positions held:
• Best Ph.D. Thesis Award, IISc
• Invention Report Awards, Nokia Research Center, Finland
• Lucent Technologies (Bell Labs) Award for contributions to the Bell Labs Technical Journal
• Humboldt Fellow, Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, Bonn, Germany
• Senior Research Associate, National Research Council, Washington, D.C.