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{{short description|Indian scientist}}
'''Tapan Misra''' is an Indian scientist who was the director of Space Applications Centre, [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] (ISRO).

==Early life==
Tapan Misra was born in 1961 in [[Rayagada]], [[Odisha]] to father Sidheshwar Misra and mother Kamala Misra. He had qualified the [[Joint Entrance Examination – Advanced|IIT Joint Entrance examination]] with an all India rank of 85 but opted to study at the Jadavpur University. He has studied Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering in 1984 from [[Jadavpur University]], Kolkata as J C Bose National Talent Search (JBNSTS) Scholar.<ref name="India Today 2015">{{cite web | title=Tapan Misra is new head of ISRO application centre : News, News | website=India Today | date=21 February 2015| url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/technology/story/tapan-misra-is-the-new-head-of-isro-application-centre/1/420249.html | access-date=21 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="MFM2015">{{cite web | title=Tapan Misra Steps Into the Shoe of A.S. Kiran Kumar as ISRO application centre chief | date=21 February 2015 | website=Microfinance Monitor|url=http://www.microfinancemonitor.com/2015/02/21/tapan-misra-steps-into-the-shoe-of-a-s-kiran-kumar-as-isro-application-centre-chief/ | access-date=21 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="The Hindu Business Line2015">{{cite web | title=Tapan Misra takes over as ISRO's Space Applications Centre director | website=The Hindu Business Line | date=20 February 2015 | url=http://m.thehindubusinessline.com/news/science/tapan-misra-takes-over-as-isros-space-applications-centre-director/article6916313.ece/ | language=rw | access-date=21 February 2015}}</ref>

==Career==
He started his career as digital software engineer and involved in Microwave Remote Sensing payloads in SAC. He managed system engineering of Multi-frequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer (MSMR) payload for [[IRS-P4]] during 1995-1999.<ref name="MFM2015"/><ref name="The Hindu Business Line2015"/><ref name="News Tonight Africa 2015">{{cite web | title=Tapan Misra appointed as new head of ISRO Space Applications Centre | website=News Tonight Africa | date=21 February 2015 | url=http://newstonight.co.za/content/tapan-misra-appointed-new-head-isro-space-applications-centre | access-date=21 February 2015}}</ref>

He was involved in design for the development of [[C band (IEEE)|C-band]] [[Synthetic Aperture Radar]] (SAR) of the [[RISAT-1]]. He wrote an algorithm for real-time processing of SAR data during his stint as a guest scientist in the [[German Aerospace Agency]] in 1990. He was also associated with development of the multi-frequency scanning microwave radiometer instrument of [[Oceansat-1]] and Scanning Scatterometer of [[Oceansat-2]]. He served as the deputy director of microwave remote sensing area of Space Applications Centre (SAC) before being appointed as the director in February 2015.<ref name="India Today 2015"/><ref name="The Hindu Business Line2015"/> In July 2018, Mishra was removed as the director of SAC, and was appointed an adviser to [[K. Sivan]], chairman of ISRO.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2021-01-07|title=Tapan Misra Is Not Alone, ISRO Scientists Have Died Mysterious Deaths, Faced Espionage Charges|url=https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/tapan-misra-is-not-alone-isro-scientists-have-died-mysterious-deaths-faced-espionage-charges-531398.html|access-date=2021-01-12|website=IndiaTimes|language=en-IN}}</ref>

He also heads the Office of Innovations Management, [[ISRO]], [[Bangalore]].<ref name="MFM2015" /><ref name="News Tonight Africa 2015" /><ref name="The Toi2015">{{cite web | title=Tapan Misra to head Isro's Space Applications Centre | website=The Times of India | date=21 February 2015 | url=http://m.timesofindia.com/india/Tapan-Misra-to-head-Isros-Space-Applications-Centre/articleshow/46319366.cms | access-date=21 February 2015}}</ref> For a brief period he had additional charge of Director, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad.<ref name=":1" />

He will retire in January 2021.<ref name=":1" />

==Poisoning claims==
In January 2021, Misra claimed through a Facebook post that he was poisoned with arsenic trioxide on 23 May 2017, in a promotional interview at ISRO headquarters in Bengaluru.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Poisoned For Developing {{sic|Indeg|enous|nolink=y}} Radar System, Alleges ISRO Scientist|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/poisoned-for-developing-indegenous-radar-system-alleges-isro-scientist-tapan-misra-2348626|access-date=2021-01-08|website=NDTV.com}}</ref> <ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=ISRO scientist Tapan Mishra’s Facebook post on his alleged poisoning ill-timed?|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/jan/08/isro-scientist-tapan-mishras-facebook-post-on-his-alleged-poisoning-ill-timed-2247092.html|access-date=2021-01-08|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> He also claimed that he had survived two poisoning attempts in three years.<ref name=":1" />

==Recognition==
He received [[Vikram Sarabhai]] Research Award in 2004 and ISRO Merit award in 2008 for his contribution of development of SAR technology. He was elected as Fellow of [[Indian National Academy of Engineering]] in 2007. He was elected Corresponding Member of [[International Academy of Astronautics]] in 2008. He holds two granted patents, six pending patents. He has five copyrights and more than twenty five papers to his credit.<ref name="MFM2015"/><ref name="The Toi2015"/>

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