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| Name | : | Prabhakar Shankar Deodhar |
| Address | : | 13, Landmark, 175, Carter Road, Bandra (W), Mumbai 400050, India. |
| : | psdeodhar@vsnl.com | |
| Website | : | www.psdeodhar.net |
| Telephone | : | Off. 0091-22-25823117 Res : 0091-22-26494847 |
| Fax | : | 0091-22-25823137 Res : Request 0091-22-26494848 |
| Date of Birth | : | 25th September, 1934. |
| Place of Birth | : | Pune (Poona) India. |
| Academic Qualifications | : | B.E. (Telecommunications) I Class with Distinction 1956, University of Poona, India. |
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Professional
Fellowships
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: | Distinguished
Fellow I.E.T.E. India. Fellow, I.E.E.E., USA. Fellow, Institution of Engineers, India. Fellow, Indian Academy of Engineers. Hon. Fellow, Broadcast Engineering Society. |
| Early Career | : | Research
and Development -- 1956 to 1962. - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. - Medical Electronics Division-ICMR. |
| Entrepreneurial Achievements | : | Founder,
APLAB Limited Group -1962 till now. - Started as private R & D Lab. 63-64. - Development, Production and Marketing of Test & Measurement and Power Products. - Group employment : over 900. - Annual Sales : over Rs. 100 Crores. - Manufacturing Plants in Thane, Mumbai, Navi-Mumbai and Pune with a shop floor over 200,000 sq. ft. 30,000 sq. ft. Manufacturing Plant in SEZ near the Mumbai Airport. |
| International Awards | : | "Engineering
Manager of the Year 1990" Engineering Management Society, IEEE, USA - the only non-American so far. |
| Professional Public Service | : | Chairman,
Electronics Commission - Minister of State Rank - 1986-90. Advisor-Electronics to the Prime Minister - Govt. of India - 1988-90. Chairman, Broadcast Council - Govt. of India - 1992-93. Chairman, ET&T Corp. Ltd. - Govt. of India Enterprise - 1984-89. Chairman, Meltron Ltd. - Govt. of Maharashtra - 1982-84. Chairman, Mahanagar Gas Limited - British Gas Joint Venture - 1995-1999. |
| Public Service Achievements | : | Innovative
Growth push to IT and Electronics Sectors of the Indian Economy. As personal Advisor to Rajiv Gandhi, from 1982 to 1991, Prime Minister of India, 1985-90. * Output grew from 12 billion (83-84) to 94 billion (89-90). * Initiated delicensing of the electronics and IT industry in 1983. * Socio-economic improvements using IT-TV for masses. * Initiated PC production in bulk- slashing prices by 50% . Re-engineering Public Sector Companies ET&T Ltd - A loss making 300 million co in 1984 to 120 million highly profitable one in 1987. Meltron Ltd- A loss making 32 million co in 1982 to 220 million highly profitable one in 1984. |
| Socio-scientific Service | : | Chairman,
World Marathi Conference, Jerusalem, Israel - 1997. Chairman, World Marathi Academy, Jagatik Marathi Parishad - 1997-99. President, Maharashtra Economic Development Council - 1997-99. President, All India Council for Educational Technology - 1996-2001. President, Marathi Vidnyan Parishad - 1999 - till now. President, India China Economic and Cultural Council - 2005 - till now. |
| Invited Lectures and Addresses | : | Convocation
Address - 1992. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Dr. Sarabhai Memorial Lecture, IETE '89. Prof. S.K.Mitra Memorial Lecture, Calcutta, and over hundreds of such keynote speeches and invited lectures since 1982. |
| Publications | : | Books
'The Third Parent' - 1991 : Electronic Media for National Development. 'Capital Punishment' - 1993 : Agonies of working in Delhi. 'Materials for Electronics' - 1979. Technical Articles and Papers Several hundred articles and monograms in Professional Journals, Proceedings and also in the national and international Dailies and Weeklies. |