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{{Short description|Indian space scientist (born 1947)}}
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| name = Prem Shanker Goel
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| education = ([[Bachelor of Engineering|B.E.]])[[M.B.M. University]] (ME)[[IISc Bangalore]] (PhD)[[Bangalore University]]
| awards = [[Padma Shri]] [[VASVIK Industrial Research Award]] Om Prakash Bhasin Award [[Aeronautical Society of India|ASI]] Lifetime Achievement Award [[Indian Space Research Organization|ISRO]] Distinguished Scientist Award [[Indian Space Research Organization|ISRO]] Special Achievement Award Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Research Award
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'''Prem Shanker Goel''' (born 20 April 1947) is an Indian space scientist,<ref name="IAS">{{cite web | url=http://www.ias.ac.in/php/fell_detail.php3?name=Goel&intials=Prem&year=20-04-1947 | title=IAS | publisher=IAS | date=2014 | access-date=3 January 2015}}</ref> former secretary at the [[Department of Ocean Development]],<ref name="Department of Science and Technology">{{cite web | url=http://dst.gov.in/whats_new/press_releases05/dr-prem-shanker.htm | title=Department of Science and Technology | publisher=Department of Science and Technology | date=1 June 2005 | access-date=3 January 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103210015/http://dst.gov.in/whats_new/press_releases05/dr-prem-shanker.htm | archive-date=3 January 2015 }}</ref> [[Ministry of Earth Sciences]],<ref name="INSA">{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.org.in/detail.php?id=N98-1230 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813000511/http://insaindia.org.in/detail.php?id=N98-1230 | url-status=usurped | archive-date=13 August 2016 | title=INSA | publisher=INSA | date=2014 | access-date=3 January 2015}}</ref> [[Government of India]] and a former director of [[Indian Space Research Organization]].<ref name="Getty Images">{{cite web | url=http://www.gettyimages.ae/detail/news-photo/dr-prem-shanker-goel-the-director-of-indian-space-research-news-photo/103930979 | title=Getty Images | publisher=Getty Images | date=2014 | access-date=3 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="INFLIBNET">{{cite web | url=http://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/searchr.php?id=11428 | title=INFLIBNET | publisher=INFLIBNET | date=2014 | access-date=3 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="My Coordinates">{{cite web | url=http://mycoordinates.org/tsunami-three-years-down-the-line/ | title=My Coordinates | publisher=My Coordinates | date=January 2008 | access-date=3 January 2015}}</ref> He was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 2001, with the fourth highest [[Indian honours system|Indian civilian award]] of [[Padma Shri]].<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=2014 | access-date=11 November 2014}}</ref>

==Biography==
Born on 20 April 1947<ref name="IAS" /><ref name="INFLIBNET" /> in the [[Rajputana Agency]] of the [[British Raj]] (now the [[States and union territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Rajasthan]]), he graduate from [[M.B.M. University]], secured a post graduate degree (ME) in Applied Electronics and [[Servomechanism]] from the [[Indian Institute of Science]], Bangalore (IISc) and continued at Bengaluru to complete his PhD from the [[Bangalore University]].<ref name="INSA" /><ref name="IAS" /><ref name="INFLIBNET" /> He started his career by joining the [[Indian Space Research Organization]] at their centre in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] in the project for Satellite [[Attitude control system|Attitude Control System]] for spinning RS-1 satellite but later shifted to the Bengaluru centre to join the [[Aryabhata (satellite)]] team.<ref name="INSA" />

Over the years, Goel has served as the chairman of the Spacecraft System Advisory Board for [[IRS-1]], the project engineer of the Attitude and Orbitalal Control Subsystem of the [[Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment]], associate project director of [[Indian National Satellite System|INSAT-2]], head of the control system, group director of Attitude and Orbitalal Control Subsystem, deputy director of Mission and Control Area, associate director and later, the director of ISRO satellite system.<ref name="INSA" /><ref name="Getty Images" /> On his retirement from ISRO in 2005, he was appointed as the Secretary of the [[Department of Ocean Development]],<ref name="Department of Science and Technology" /> a post he held till 2008.<ref name="INSA" /> During his tenure there, the department was developed into a full-fledged ministry, [[Ministry of Earth Sciences]], by combining the departments of ocean, atmosphere, geoscience and atmosphere. The next move was as the Chairman of Recruitment and Assessment Centre of the [[Defence Research and Development Organisation]]. He is the incumbent Honorary Distinguished Professor at ISRO and holds the Professor M. G. K. Menon DRDO Chair.<ref name="INSA" /><ref name="IAS" />

Goel is credited with the development of the [[Spacecraft attitude control|spin axis orientation system]] for [[Bhaskara I]] and [[Bhaskara II]] satellites and the magnetic control for spinning satellites.<ref name="INSA" /> His contributions are also reported in the [[Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment]] project in the development of momentum based III-axis control system, in the [[Indian Remote Sensing|IRS-V]] project in the development of zero momentum biased III-axis control system and in the [[INSAT-2E|INSAT-II]] project in the development of ''configuration momentum biased attitude control system''.<ref name="INSA" /> He has also been involved in the development of TES, SRE missions and other communication and scientific missions.<ref name="INSA" /><ref name="Department of Science and Technology" />

The first chairman of the Earth Commission, a global forum of scientists.<ref name="Earth Commission">{{cite web | url=http://www.earthcommission.com/ | title=Earth Commission | publisher=Earth Commission | date=2014 | access-date=3 January 2015}}</ref> and a member of several professional organizations such as the [[International Academy of Astronautics]], Paris and the [[Indian National Academy of Engineering]],<ref name="INSA" /><ref name="Getty Images" /> Goel has over 100 scientific papers to his credit,<ref name="Department of Science and Technology" /> published in peer-reviewed national and international journals.<ref name="INSA" /> He has also attended many conferences and seminars to deliver keynote addresses.<ref name="Getty Images" />

==Awards and recognitions==
Prem Shanker Goel is an elected Fellow of the [[Indian National Science Academy]], [[National Academy of Sciences, India]],<ref name="NASI">{{cite web | url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=G | title=NASI | publisher=NASI | date=2014 | access-date=3 January 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021102942/http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=G | archive-date=21 October 2014 }}</ref> [[The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World]], the [[Aeronautical Society of India]]<ref name="INSA" /> and the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]]<ref name="IAS" /> He is also an honorary Fellow of the Electrochemical Society of India, and the [[Indian Institute of Technology]], Mumbai.<ref name="INSA" />

Goel received the Special Achievement Award in 1975 for the [[Aryabhata]] project and Hari Om Ashram Prerit Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Research Award in 1983.<ref name="INFLIBNET" /> In 1992, he was awarded the ASI Lifetime Achievement Award by the [[Aeronautical Society of India]].<ref name="INSA" /><ref name="INFLIBNET" /> The same year, he received the [[VASVIK Industrial Research Award]] followed by Om Prakash Bhasin Award in 1995.<ref name="INFLIBNET" /> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 2001.<ref name="INSA" /><ref name="INFLIBNET" /> He is also a recipient of ISRO Distinguished Scientist Award.<ref name="INSA" />

==See also==
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* [[Department of Ocean Development]]
* [[Indian Space Research Organization]]
* [[Bhaskara I]]
* [[Bhaskara II]]
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{{portal|India|Space}}

==References==
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