He received PhD in Electronics with his dissertation on “Autonomy Features in a Spacecraft” from Kuvempu University in 2014.

He later worked in its Indian Space Research Organisation Satellite Centre (ISAC) from 1978 to 1998.

[1][3][4] He was involved in several satellite missions such as Bhaskara, Indian National Satellite System (INSAT), Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment (APPLE) and Indian Remote Sensing Programme (IRS).

[1] His biggest contribution to ISRO in his 40 years there has been that of setting up the Indian Deep Space Network .

[5] He died on 13 April 2019 at the age of 66 in Bangalore and was cremated at the Banashankari Crematorium.