Chairman, Board of Governors & Management Society, Indian Institute of
Management, Kozhikode, Government of India, since May 1997. Renominated
on 15th May 2002 for five years.
Chairman , Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management,
Trivandrum, Government of Kerala, since May 2000
Chairman of Namtech Group of Companies in Bangalore - from April 1989
Director, GE Thermometrics India (P) Ltd, Bangalore
Chairman, Kannur Power Projects (P) Ltd, from 1995.
Positions Held
Chairman of the Governing Council of the Electronic Research and Development Centre, Trivandrum, a Scientific Society under the Department of Electronics, Government of India (1989 February to 1995) - and from 1974 to 1985 (while under the Govt. of Kerala) and Special Advisor to Government of Kerala on
Industries (April 1989 to January 1991)
Chairman of the Research Council of the Central Electronic Engineering
Research Institute of the C.S.I.R. Pilani (1988 - 91)
First Chairman, Project Implementation Board, Techno- Park, Trivandrum
(1990-91).
Honorary Chairman of Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation
Limited, Trivandrum - December 1989 to January 1991.
Secretary to Government of India, Department of Electronics, New Delhi.
- January 1, 1987 to December 31, 1988.
First Chairman of the Steering Committee, Centre for Development of
Telematics (C-DOT) - January 1, 1987 to December 31, 1988.
Vice Chairman, Electronics Commission, Govt. of India, - January 1, 1987
to December 31, 1988.
Chairman and Managing Director, Indian Telephone Industries Ltd.,
Bangalore - March 1, 1985 to December 31, 1986.
Secretary to Govt. of Kerala and Commissioner for Electronics
Development, Trivandrum - September 1975 to February 1985.
Chairman and Managing Director, Kerala State Electronics Development
Corporation Ltd., (KELTRON), Trivandrum. - From its inception on June 1,
1973 to September, 1983.
Manager, Tata Electronic Research & Development Laboratories, under Tata
Electric Companies, Bombay (1st employee & founder of the Laboratories)
- June 1, 1967 to May 31, 1973.
(Concurrently General Manager of NELCO October1967 - February 1969).
Manager, Projects, Component Division, Philips India Limited, Bombay. -
January 1964 to May 31, 1967.
Scientist Pool Officer under the C.S.I.R. in the Electrical Engineering
Department, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi - March 1963 to
January 1964.
Chief Application Engineer, Transitron Electronic Corporation Ltd,
Bilton House, Ealing, London- June 1959 - February 1962
Sr. Application Engineer, Semiconductor Plant, Texas Instruments Ltd,
Bedford, England - September 1958 to June 1959)
Jt. Head of Peizo Electric Crystal Division, Bharat Electronics Ltd.
Bangalore --March 1958 to August 1959.
Concurrent : Chairman, Indian Telephone Industries, January positions
held 1985 to December, 1986
Chairman, (Founder Chairman), Electronics Research & Development Centre,
Trivandrum from 1974 to 1985.
Chairman & Managing Director, Keltron Component Complex Ltd. From 1974
to 1985.
Director, Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation, Trivandrum -
from 1972 to 1975 and 1995 to 1996.
Member, Science Advisory Committee to the Union Cabinet - appointed by
the Prime Minister Smt. Indira Gandhi - (1981 to 1983).
Director - on the Board of Bharat Electronics Ltd., Bangalore from 1981
to 1982.
Director - on the Board of Directors of Electronics Trade & Technology
Development Corporation Ltd., New Delhi - 1984