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{{Short description|Indian aerospace and computer scientist}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan
| image = Prof. Balki, IISc.jpg
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| birth_date = 1 June 1950
| birth_place = [[Tamil Nadu]], India
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| othername = 'Balki'
| alma_mater = [[Coimbatore Institute of Technology]] (B.E. Electronics and Communications Engineering ,1972) 
[[Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore]] (PhD, 1979)
| occupation = Aerospace and computer scientist
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| known for = Super computing
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]], 2002 [[Indian National Academy of Engineering|INAE]] Prof. S. N. Mitra Memorial Award [[Defence Research and Development Organization|DRDO]] Academy Excellence Award [[Coimbatore Institute of Technology|CIT]] Outstanding Alumnus Award [[Homi J. Bhabha]] Award [[Indian Institute of Science|IISc]] Alumni Award [[J. C. Bose]] Memorial Award [[Indian Science Congress Association|ISCA]] Millennium Medal [[Institute for the Future]] Award [[Aeronautical Society of India|ASI]] Excellence Award Sri Hari Om Prerit Dr. [[Vikram Sarabhai]] Research Award [[UNESCO]]/ROSTSCA Young Scientist Award
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'''Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan''' is an Indian aerospace and computer scientist.<ref name="INSA-Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan">{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail/N98-1226 |title=INSA-Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan |date=2015 |publisher=INSA |access-date=2017-10-22 |archive-date=23 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023012006/http://insaindia.res.in/detail/N98-1226 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He 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]].<ref name="IISc">{{cite web | url=http://www.serc.iisc.ernet.in/~balki/ | title=IISc | publisher=IISc | date=2015 | access-date=25 January 2015 | archive-date=22 September 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922223210/http://www.serc.iisc.ernet.in/~balki/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> Balakrishnan was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 2002, with the fourth highest [[Indian honours system|Indian civilian award]] of [[Padma Shri]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Padma Awards {{!}} Interactive Dashboard|url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Year=2002-2002&Award=Padma%20Shri|access-date=2021-08-05|website=www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in|language=en|archive-date=5 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805074143/http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Year=2002-2002&Award=Padma%20Shri|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Padma Awards | date=2015 | access-date=11 November 2014 | archive-date=15 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Biography==
Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan, hailing from the South Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]], was born on 1 July 1950.<ref name="INSA-Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan" /><ref name="Indian Academy of Sciences">{{cite web | url=http://www.ias.ac.in/php/fell_detail.php3?name=Balakrishnan&intials=Narayanaswamy&year=01-06-1950 | title=Indian Academy of Sciences | publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences | date=2015 | access-date=25 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="Vidwan">{{cite web | url=http://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/searchr.php?id=3970 | title=Vidwan | publisher=Vidwan | date=2015 | access-date=25 January 2015}}</ref> He graduated (BE Hons) in Electronics and Communication in 1972 from the [[Coimbatore Institute of Technology]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Distinguished Alumni {{!}} Coimbatore Institute of Technology|url=https://www.cit.edu.in/cit-alumini-association-citaa/distinguished-alumni/|access-date=2021-08-05|website=www.cit.edu.in}}</ref> [[University of Madras]] and obtained his doctoral degree (PhD) from the [[Indian Institute of Science]] (IISc), [[Bengaluru]] in 1979.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indian Academy of Sciences, Fellows' Portal|url=https://fellows.ias.ac.in/profile/v/FL1994002}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=INDIAN RESEARCH INFORMATION NETWORK SYSTEM|url=http://irins.inflibnet.ac.in/|access-date=2021-08-05|website=irins.inflibnet.ac.in|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Prof. N. Balakrishnan|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=V6O8IDcAAAAJ&hl=en|access-date=2021-08-05|website=scholar.google.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Prof. N. Balakrishnan |url=http://www.serc.iisc.ernet.in/personnel/balki.html |access-date=2021-08-05 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030605144001fw_/http://www.serc.iisc.ernet.in/personnel/balki.html |archive-date=5 June 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He 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.<ref name="INSA-Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan" /><ref name="IISc" /><ref name="Indian Academy of Sciences" /><ref name="Bloomberg">{{cite web | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=83586727&ticker=CBOI:IN&previousCapId=562937&previousTitle=CANARA%2520BANK | title=Bloomberg | publisher=Bloomberg | date=2015 | access-date=25 January 2015}}</ref> He also works as a visiting professor of [[Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research]]<ref name="IISc" /> and the Institute for Software Research International, [[Carnegie Mellon University]]<ref name="Vala" /><ref name="Awards" /> 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]].<ref name="Bloomberg" /><ref name="Zauba">{{cite web | url=https://www.zaubacorp.com/director/NARAYANASWAMY-BALAKRISHNAN/00181842 | title=Zauba | publisher=Zauba | date=2015 | access-date=25 January 2015}}</ref> Currently he is heading the National Supercomuting Mission of India approved by Government of India as 7-year project with a budget of 4,500 cr.<ref name="ET">{{cite web | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-04-06/news/60865957_1_indian-institute-tianhe-2-supercomputing-capabilities | title=ET | date=6 April 2015 | access-date=26 June 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627043310/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-04-06/news/60865957_1_indian-institute-tianhe-2-supercomputing-capabilities# | archive-date=27 June 2015 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> He held the [[Satish Dhawan]] chair professorship of the Division of Information Sciences of [[Indian Institute of Science|IISc]] from 2003 to 2006<ref name="Vala">{{cite web | url=http://www.vala.org.au/vala2006/keyn2006.htm | title=Vala | publisher=Vala | date=2015 | access-date=25 January 2015 | archive-date=4 March 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150304133918/http://www.vala.org.au/vala2006/keyn2006.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Awards">{{cite web | url=http://www.serc.iisc.ernet.in/~balki/awards.htm | title=Awards | publisher=IISc | date=2015 | access-date=25 January 2015 | archive-date=9 July 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709041336/http://www.serc.iisc.ernet.in/~balki/awards.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref> and is a former member of the [[National Security Advisory Board]] and the [[Telecom Regulatory Authority of India]].<ref name="INSA-Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan" /> He 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<ref name="CARC">{{cite web | url=http://www.carc.co.in/ | title=CARC | publisher=CARC | date=2015 | access-date=25 January 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221092256/http://www.carc.co.in/ | archive-date=21 February 2015 }}</ref> and [[Bharat Electronics]].<ref name="Bloomberg" /> He has also served as a director of the [[Central Bank of India]] from where he retired in January 2015.<ref name="Bloomberg" />

[[File:Saraju Mohanty with Balki 2013.jpg |thumb|left|Balakrishnan with some of his former students including [[Saraju Mohanty]] and Madhavi Ganapathiraju at the Chicago Alumni Meet in 2013 Hosted by the IISc Alumni Association of North America (IISc AANA).<ref>IISc Alumni Association of North America (IISc AANA), https://www.iiscaana.org/</ref>]]

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]].<ref name="INSA-Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan" /><ref name="Vala" /> He is involved with the ''Million Books to the Web Project (MBP)'', an initiative of the [[Digital Library of India]].<ref name="INSA-Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan" /><ref name="A Testbed for Indian Language Research">{{cite journal | url=http://www.ieee-tcdl.org/Bulletin/v3n1/balakrishnan/balakrishnan.html | title=A Testbed for Indian Language Research | author=N. Balakrishnan | journal=TCDL Bulletin | year=2003 | volume=3 | issue=1}}</ref> On the scientific front, his contributions are reported in the areas of monopulse array antennas and [[polarimetric]] [[Radars]].<ref name="INSA-Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan" /><ref name="Vala" /> His scientific achievements and observations have been recorded in over 230 articles published in many peer reviewed national and international journals,<ref name="INSA-Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan" /><ref name="Vala" /> [[Google Scholar]], an online repository of scientific articles, listing 216 of them.<ref name="Google Scholar">{{cite web | url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=V6O8IDcAAAAJ&hl=en | title=Google Scholar | publisher=Google Scholar | date=2015 | access-date=25 January 2015}}</ref>

He was on the Engineering and Computer Science jury for the [[Infosys Prize]] from 2016 to 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Infosys Science Foundation|date=30 December 2020|title=Infosys Prize - Jury 2018|url=https://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/jury/jury-2018.asp|access-date=30 December 2020|website=Infosys Science Foundation}}</ref>

==Awards and recognitions==
Balakrishnan received the [[UNESCO]]/ROSTSCA Young Scientist Award in 1985 followed by the J. C. Bose Memorial Award of the [[Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers]] (IETE) in 1987.<ref name="Awards" /> Sri Hari Om Prerit Dr. [[Vikram Sarabhai]] Research Award reached him in 1995<ref name="INSA-Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan" /> and two years later, he received the Platinum Jubilee lecture Award from the [[Indian Science Congress]].<ref name="Awards" /> He received two awards in 1998, the [[Institute for the Future]] Award and the [[Aeronautical Society of India]] Aerospace Education Excellence Award.<ref name="INSA-Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan" /><ref name="Awards" /> The Indian National Science Congress awarded him the Millennium Medal in 2000 and he received the J. C. Bose Memorial Award for a second time in 2001 followed by the Alumni Award for Excellence from the [[Indian Institute of Science]].<ref name="Awards" />

The [[Government of India]] honoured him with the civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] in 2002.<ref name="Bloomberg" /><ref name="Vala" /> The Hari Om Ashram Trust awarded him the Homi J. Bhabha Award in 2004<ref name="Bloomberg" /> and [[Coimbatore Institute of Technology]] awarded him the Outstanding Alumnus Medal in 2006.<ref name="Awards" /> He received the Academy Excellence Award from the [[Defence Research and Development Organization]] in 2009 and Prof. S. N. Mitra Memorial Award from the [[Indian National Academy of Engineering]] in 2013.<ref name="Awards" />

Balakrishnan, a 2007 J. C. Bose National Fellow of the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology]],<ref name="INSA-Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan" /><ref name="Bloomberg" /><ref name="Awards" /> is an elected Fellow of
[[Third World Academy of Sciences]], [[Indian National Science Academy]], [[Indian Academy of Sciences]], [[Indian National Academy of Engineering]], [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] and [[Institution of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineers]].<ref name="INSA-Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan" /><ref name="IISc" /><ref name="Indian Academy of Sciences" /><ref name="Vala" /> He is a recipient of the doctoral degree of PhD (Honoris Causa) 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]].<ref name="INSA-Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan" /><ref name="Awards" />

==See also==
* [[Indian Institute of Science]]
* [[Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research]]
* [[National Centre for Science Information]]
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.serc.iisc.ernet.in/~balki/ Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922223210/http://www.serc.iisc.ernet.in/~balki/ |date=22 September 2018 }} at [[Indian Institute of Science]]

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