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{{Short description|Indian communications engineer}}
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{{Infobox scientist
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| birth_place = India
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| fields = {{ublist | [[Electrical engineering]] | [[Communications engineering]] }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[IIT Delhi]] | Bharti School of Telecom Technology and Management | [[Pennsylvania State University]] }}
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[IIT Kharagpur]] | [[IIT Delhi]] | [[Loughborough University]] }}
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| known_for = Studies on [[Signal processing]]
| awards = {{ublist|1987 Vikram Sarabhai Research Award | 1988 [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] | 1994 [[Om Prakash Bhasin Award]] | 2006 [[VASVIK Industrial Research Award|VASVIK Award]] | 2007 SySI Rajkumar Varshney Award | 2007 [[IIT Kharagpur]] Distinguished Alumnus Award }}
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'''Surendra Prasad''' (born 1948) is an Indian communications engineer, a former director and an Usha chair professor of the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi]].<ref name="Institute Professors (Honorary)">{{Cite web |url=https://www.iiitd.ac.in/people/adjunct-visiting |title=Institute Professors (Honorary) |date=2017 |publisher=Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi }}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He is also an emeritus professor of Bharti School of Telecommunication Technology And Management, a joint venture of IIT Delhi<ref name="Emeritus professor">{{Cite web |url=http://bhartischool.iitd.ac.in/Faculty.php |title=Emeritus professor |date=2017 |publisher=Bharti School Of Telecommunication Technology And Management}}</ref> and is known for developing new techniques, algorithms and hardware in [[signal processing]].<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=242 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2016 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref> He is an elected fellow of all the three major Indian science academies viz. [[Indian Academy of Sciences]],<ref name="Fellow profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Prasad,_Prof._Surendra |title=Fellow profile |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref> [[Indian National Science Academy]]<ref name="Indian fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=N94-1156 |title=Indian fellow |date=2016 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy}}</ref> and the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]].<ref name="NASI fellows">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=P |title=NASI fellows |date=2016 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India |access-date=20 January 2017 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044529/http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=P |url-status=dead }}</ref> as well as the [[Indian National Academy of Engineering]].<ref name="INAE fellows">{{Cite web |url=https://inae.in/search-of-fellows/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403030936/http://inae.in/search-of-fellows/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-04-03 |title=INAE fellows |date=2016 |publisher=Indian National Academy of Engineers }}</ref> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Engineering Sciences in 1988.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Long link - please select award year to see details}}

== Biography ==
[[File:IIT Delhi.JPG|thumb|235px|left|Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi]]
Surendra Prasad, born on 10 July 1948, did his graduate studies in electronics and electrical communication engineering and after passing BTech from the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur]] in 1969, he moved to the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi]] from where he completed MTech in 1971.<ref name="Faculty profile">{{Cite web |url=http://ee.iitd.ernet.in/people/sprasad.html |title=Faculty profile |date=2017 |publisher=IIT Delhi |access-date=20 January 2017 |archive-date=26 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926122826/http://ee.iitd.ernet.in/people/sprasad.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Subsequently, he joined IIT Delhi the same year as a member of faculty and simultaneously enrolled for his doctoral studies there to secure a PhD in 1974.<ref name="Indian fellow" /> In 1976, he took a sabbatical to work at [[Loughborough University of Technology]] as a visiting research fellow and returning to India in 1977, he resumed his career at IIT Delhi where he served till his superannuation as the director, a post he held from 2006 to 2011.<ref name="Brief Biography : Professor Surendra Prasad">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nbaind.org/files/Brief_Biography_Chairperson.pdf |title=Brief Biography : Professor Surendra Prasad |date=2017 |publisher=National Board of Accreditation |access-date=20 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123053229/http://www.nbaind.org/files/Brief_Biography_Chairperson.pdf |archive-date=23 November 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In between, he had a second stint abroad at [[Pennsylvania State University]] as a visiting faculty during 1985-86. At IIT Delhi, he served in various positions as a professor, coordinator of the Bharti School of Telecom Technology and Management (BSTTM), dean of undergraduate studies and deputy director.<ref name="Academic Advisory Council">{{Cite web |url=http://www.iitgn.ac.in/aac/administration_aac_prof_prasad.html |title=Academic Advisory Council |date=2017 |publisher=IIT Kharagpur}}</ref> Post-retirement, he is an Usha Chair Professor at IIT Delhi<ref name="Institute Professors (Honorary)" /> and an emeritus professor at BSTTM.<ref name="Emeritus professor" /> He also serves as the chair of the [[National Board of Accreditation]] (NBA), an autonomous agency of the [[All India Council of Technical Education]].<ref name="Administrative Structure">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nbaind.org/En/1007-administrative-structure.aspx |title=Administrative Structure |date=2017 |publisher=National Board of Accreditation |access-date=20 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201235752/http://www.nbaind.org/En/1007-administrative-structure.aspx |archive-date=1 February 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Prasad's wife is also an academic at [[University of Delhi]] and the family lives in [[Gurgaon]], a city in the [[National Capital Region of India]].<ref name="27-year-old son of IIT-Delhi professor commits suicide">{{Cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/27-year-old-son-of-IIT-Delhi-professor-commits-suicide/articleshow/45790390.cms |title=27-year-old son of IIT-Delhi professor commits suicide |date=7 January 2015 |publisher=Times of India}}</ref> One of the two sons of the couple died an unnatural death in 2015.<ref name="Son of former IIT professor jumps to death">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/son-of-former-iit-professor-jumps-to-death/article6765901.ece |title=Son of former IIT professor jumps to death |date=8 January 2015 |newspaper=The Hindu|last1=Kumar |first1=Ashok }}</ref>

== Legacy ==
Prasad's early researches have been primarily in the fields of Signal Processing, [[Communication Theory]] and [[Speech Processing]] and he is known to have contributed to the development of new techniques, algorithms and hardware.<ref name="Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners">{{cite web | url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | date=1999}}</ref> He is reported to have done notable work on optimum signals and receivers, array pattern synthesis, optimum MTI filters, time delay estimation and underwater data communication, [[Deconvolution#Optics and other imaging|deconvolution]] of [[seismic]] signals and [[Silicon compiler|silicon compilation]]; the last one having applications in the designing of [[Very-large-scale integration|very large scale integrated circuits]]. Later, he worked on broadband communications, specifically on [[Very-high-bit-rate digital subscriber line]] (VDSL) and [[Wireless communications]].<ref name="Prasad on SERB">{{Cite web |url=http://serb.gov.in/pdfs/research/Prof_Surendra_Prasad.pdf |title=Prasad on SERB |date=2017 |publisher=Science and Engineering Research Board}}</ref> His researches have been documented in several peer-reviewed articles;{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected articles'' section}} the online article repository of Indian Academy of Sciences has listed 67 of them.<ref name="Browse by Fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://repository.ias.ac.in/view/fellows/Prasad=3ASurendra=3A=3A.html |title=Browse by Fellow |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref> He is the author of a number of video courses on communications engineering<ref name="Video Lectures on Communication Engineering by Prof. Surendra Prasad ">{{Cite web |url=http://www.satishkashyap.com/2014/09/video-lectures-on-communication.html |title=Video Lectures on "Communication Engineering " by Prof. Surendra Prasad |date=2017 |publisher=Satish Kashyap}}</ref> and has been associated with several government agencies including the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research as a member of its governing body and society (CSIR Society).<ref name="Indian fellow" /> He has edited three books and served as the guest editor of Journal of Research of the [[Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers]] for its June 2015 issue.<ref name="Guest Editorial">{{Cite journal |last=Surendra Prasad |title=Guest Editorial |journal=IETE Journal of Research |date=June 2015 |volume=35 |issue=1989 |pages=37–39 |doi=10.1080/03772063.1989.11436790}}</ref> He was also on the jury panel for the ICT Business Awards for the year 2014.<ref name="ICT Business Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://ictawards.in/jury.asp |title=ICT Business Awards |date=2017 |publisher=Dataquest |access-date=20 January 2017 |archive-date=28 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128083311/http://ictawards.in/jury.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Awards and honors ==
Prasad received Vikram Sarabhai Research Award in 1987<ref name="Guest Editorial" /> and the [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards in 1988.<ref name="Engineering Sciences">{{Cite web |url=http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/Engineering_SCIENCES.htm |title=Engineering Sciences |date=2016 |publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923211647/http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/Engineering_SCIENCES.htm |archive-date=2015-09-23 }}</ref> Six years later, he was selected for the 1994 [[Om Prakash Bhasin Award]]<ref name="OPB Award">{{cite web | url=http://www.opbfawards.com/engineering.html | title=OPB Award | publisher=Om Prakash Bhasin Foundation | date=2017}}</ref> and the [[VASVIK Industrial Research Award]] reached him in 2006.<ref name="Vasvik Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.vasvik.org/Information_%26_Communication_Technology.html |title=Vasvik Award |date=2017 |publisher=Vividhlaxi Audyogik Samshodhan Vikas Kendra |access-date=20 January 2017 |archive-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114192056/http://www.vasvik.org/Information_%26_Communication_Technology.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The year 2007 brought him two awards; Systems Society of India awarded him the Rajkumar Varshney Award for lifetime achievement in [[systems theory]]<ref name="Rajkumar Varshney Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.sysi.org/nsc-2007.html |title=Rajkumar Varshney Award |date=2017 |publisher=Systems Society of India}}</ref> and his alma mater, Indian Institute of Kharagpur chose him for the Distinguished Alumnus Award.<ref name="IITKgp Distinguished Alumnus Awardees">{{Cite web |url=http://iitkgp.ac.in/institute-honors |title=IITKgp Distinguished Alumnus Awardees |date=2017 |publisher=IIT Kharagpur}}</ref> Besides, he became a ''graduand'' of [[Loughborough University]] when he received the degree of Doctor of Technology ([[honoris causa]]) in July 2007.<ref name="Honorary Graduands and University Medallists 2007">{{Cite web |url=http://www.lboro.ac.uk/admin/ar/graduation/hongrads/2007/index.htm |title=Honorary Graduands and University Medallists 2007 |date=2017 |publisher=Loughborough University |access-date=20 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202000701/http://www.lboro.ac.uk/admin/ar/graduation/hongrads/2007/index.htm |archive-date=2 February 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="Honorary Degree Orations">{{Cite web |url=http://www.lboro.ac.uk/service/publicity/degree_days/2007/Summer/Prasad.html |title=Honorary Degree Orations |date=2017 |publisher=Loughborough University}}</ref> He was elected as a fellow by the Indian National Science Academy in 1994<ref name="INSA Year Book 2016">{{Cite web |url=http://www.insaindia.res.in/pdf/YearBook_2016.pdf |title=INSA Year Book 2016 |date=2016 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy}}</ref> and the Indian Academy of Sciences followed suit in 1997.<ref name="Fellow profile" /> He became an elected fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India in 2009.<ref name="NASI Year Book 2015">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasi.org.in/Year%20Book%202015.pdf |title=NASI Year Book 2015 |date=2016 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India |access-date=20 January 2017 |archive-date=6 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806211716/http://www.nasi.org.in/Year%20Book%202015.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is also a fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering.<ref name="INAE fellows" /> The award orations delivered by him include 2010 Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishnan Memorial Lecture of the Indian National Science Academy.<ref name="K. S. Krishnan Memorial Lecture">{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/recipients.php#ksml |title=K. S. Krishnan Memorial Lecture |date=2017 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy |access-date=20 January 2017 |archive-date=16 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916233840/http://insaindia.res.in/recipients.php#ksml |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Selected bibliography ==
=== Selected articles ===
* {{Cite journal |last=Agrawal M., S. |title=A modified likelihood function approach to DOA estimation in the presence of unknown spatially correlated Gaussian noise using a uniform linear array |journal=IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing |date=2000 |volume=48 |issue=10 |pages=2743–2749 |doi=10.1109/78.869024|bibcode=2000ITSP...48.2743A |citeseerx=10.1.1.21.3723 }}
* {{Cite journal |last=Agrawal M., Prasad S., Dutta Roy S. C. |title=A simple solution for the analytic inversion of Van der Monde and Confluent Van der Monde matrices |journal=IETE Journal of Research |date=2001 |volume=47 |issue=5 |pages=217–219|doi=10.1080/03772063.2001.11416229 |s2cid=120342460 }}
* {{Cite journal |last=Al-Bayati A. K. S., Prakriya S., Prasad S. |title=Block modulus precoding for blind multiuser detection of DS-CDMA signals |journal=IEEE Transactions on Communications |date=2003 |volume=51 |issue=1 |pages=52–56 |doi=10.1109/TCOMM.2002.807599 |bibcode=2003ITCom..51...52A }}
* {{Cite journal |last=Al-Bayati A. K. S., Prakriya S., Prasad S. |title=Block phase-precoding for blind multiuser detection of BPSK/DS-CDMA signals |journal=IEEE Transactions on Communications |date=2004 |volume=52 |issue=7 |pages=1043–1046 |doi=10.1109/TCOMM.2004.831355|bibcode=2004ITCom..52.1043A |citeseerx=10.1.1.107.9220 |s2cid=6396500 }}
* {{Cite journal |last=Gupta A., Joshi S. D., Prasad S. |title=A new approach for estimation of statistically matched wavelet |journal=IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing |date=2005 |volume=53 |issue=5 |pages=1778–1793 |doi=10.1109/TSP.2005.845470|bibcode=2005ITSP...53.1778G |s2cid=786749 }}

=== Selected video lectures ===
* {{Cite web |last=Surendra Prasad |title=Introduction to Communication Engineering - Lecture 1 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPm0XSPxld8&list=PL7748E9BEC4ED83CA&index=1 |work=Video lecture |date=15 September 2013 |publisher=National Programming on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL)}}
* {{Cite web |last=Surendra Prasad |title=Communication channel - Lecture 2 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8uP2koj_KQ&list=PL7748E9BEC4ED83CA&index=2 |work=Video lecture |date=15 September 2013 |publisher=National Programming on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL)}}
* {{Cite web |last=Surendra Prasad |title=Brief Review of Signal and Systems - Lecture 3 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAmmL9ms2iU&list=PL7748E9BEC4ED83CA&index=3 |work=Video lecture |date=15 September 2013 |publisher=National Programming on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL)}}
* {{Cite web |last=Surendra Prasad |title=The Hilbert Transform - Lecture 4 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITOWbmXtGeU&index=4&list=PL7748E9BEC4ED83CA |work=Video lecture |date=15 September 2013 |publisher=National Programming on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL)}}
* {{Cite web |last=Surendra Prasad |title=Analytic Representation of bandpass Signals - Lecture 5 |work=Video lecture |date=21 September 2013 |publisher=National Programming on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL)}}

== See also ==
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* [[Code division multiple access]]
* [[Vandermonde matrix]]
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{{Portal|India|Engineering}}

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Wikibooks|Digital Signal Processing}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.lboro.ac.uk/staff/news/archive/pdf/newsletter53.pdf |title=What happened in 2007… |date=2017 |publisher=Loughborough University|work=News@lboro}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2314/Communication-Engineering |title=Lecture Series on Communication Engineering by Prof.Surendra Prasad |work=Free Video Lectures |date=2017 }}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFwk2vzBdLQ |title=Roadmap for IITs to become global leaders in education and research |last=Surendra Prasad |date=28 August 2009 |publisher=OMShare |work=Lecture at PanIIT 2008, Chennai}}

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