Dr P.G. Diwakar, Distinguished Scientist, ISRO

Director, Earth Observation & Disaster Management (EDPO),
ISRO HQ., Bangalore, India

Education: Ph.D in “Participatory Geomatics”, from National Institute of Technology (NITK)

Profession: Scientists in ISRO for the past 35 years

Research interests: Digital Image Processing, Software Solutions and Geospatial Technologies

Important leadership positions, held in ISRO

• Head, Regional Remote Sensing Centre, Bangalore
• Associate Director, Earth Observation System, ISRO HQ, Bangalore
• Programme Director, Earth Observation System & DMS, ISRO HQ, Bangalore
• Deputy Director, National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Hyderabad
• Scientific Secretary, ISRO

Presently - Director, EDPO, ISRO Hq

Awards & Recognitions

• ISRO Team Excellence Awards for 4 major national mission projects
• ISRO Merit award - for innovative use of space technology
• Astronautically Society of India (ASI) Award for “Bhuvan Geoportal”
• National Gold Award - “Innovative technology for e-Governance”.
• “Globe Sustainability Research Award 2010”, Stockholm, Sweden
• Geospatial Excellence Award, Kaulalumpur, Malaysia
• National Geospatial Award, Indian Society of Geomatics
• ISRO-ASI Award for “Space Science & Applications”
• “The Fellow of Indian Society of Remote Sensing”

More than 75 publications in National and International journals.