14 Facts About Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan

Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan is a Professor of the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Supercomputer Education Research Centre of Indian Institute of Science and a visiting professor of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research.

Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan, hailing from the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, was born on 1 July 1950.

Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan graduated in Electronics and Communication in 1972 from the Coimbatore Institute of Technology, University of Madras and obtained his doctoral degree from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru in 1979.

Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan started his career as an assistant professor at the Department of Aerospace Engineering of IISc and continues his service there as an associate director and professor.

Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan works as a visiting professor of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research and the Institute for Software Research International, Carnegie Mellon University and is a director of the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Industrial Finance Corporation of India, Bharat Sanchar Nigam and the Data Security Council of India.

Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan held the Satish Dhawan chair professorship of the Division of Information Sciences of IISc from 2003 to 2006 and is a former member of the National Security Advisory Board and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.

Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan is a former Deputy Managing Director of El Forge Ltd, and has held the posts of a director at C-DOT Alcatel Lucent Research Centre and Bharat Electronics.

Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan has served as a director of the Central Bank of India from where he retired in January 2015.

Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan is known to have contributed to the establishment of the National Centre for Science Information and Supercomputer Education Research Centre, in 1984 and 1994 respectively, at the Indian Institute of Science.

Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan is involved with the Million Books to the Web Project, an initiative of the Digital Library of India.

Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan was on the Engineering and Computer Science jury for the Infosys Prize from 2016 to 2018.

Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan received two awards in 1998, the Institute for the Future Award and the Aeronautical Society of India Aerospace Education Excellence Award.

Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan received the Academy Excellence Award from the Defence Research and Development Organization in 2009 and Prof.

Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan is a recipient of the doctoral degree of PhD from Punjab Technical University and has delivered the CDAC-ACS Foundation Award Lecture, Dr Neelakantan Memorial Award Lecture and Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary Lecture of the Indian National Science Academy.