Prof. Karandikar takes charge as Secretary DST

Prof. Karandikar takes charge as Secretary DST

Dr. Rajesh Gokhale was replaced as Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) by Professor Abhay Karandikar, a former Director of IIT Kanpur. Electrical engineer Professor Karandikar is well known for his contributions to the nation’s telecommunications industry. In order to enable inexpensive rural broadband connectivity, he created the idea of a “Frugal … Read more