RAMANATHAN

About Me

Worked for DRDO (Aeronautical Development Establishment, Bangalore) from 1972 to 1998. “

Was Head of the “Flight Test Tracking and Telecommand” Division as well as the Electro-Optics Group in the area of Flight Testing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Aircraft Flight Testing from conceptual requirements to Data Analysis. 

Worked as a consultant for a company involved in the design of Railway Track Geometry measurement system, Collision Avoidance Systems for the Indian Railways etc

Areas of Expertise

Flight Testing, Flight Test Instrumentation, Reliability of Electronic Systems, Measurement, Electro-Optic Systems, Data Acquisition and Processing, Telemetry Systems, Vibration Data Analysis, Avionics / Electronic Systems used in Aerospace Industry

Key Roles / Experience

Leading member of the Flight Test Group in ADE from the beginning – involved in:

• design of airborne telemetry systems, 
• setting up of Telemetry Stations, 
• software development for Flight Test Data Acquisition, Analysis and Real-time Display, 
• vibration data analysis, 
• maintenance of Ground Telemetry Stations, 
• review/analysis of UAV Sub-systems etc.

Education

• B.Tech (Electrical – Heavy Current), Indian Institute of Technology Madras , 1969 , First Class
• M.Tech (Electrical – Measurements), Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 1972, First Class 

Areas of Projects worked in

• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• Weapon System Evaluation
• Navigation systems

• Range Instrumentation Systems
• Review/Analysis of Complex Avionics / Electronic Systems

Areas to help/ Specialization areas

• Instrumentation
• Testing and Evaluation
• Telemetry
• Hardware Reliability Improvement
• Sensors
• Error Analysis
• System Engineering

Number of Projects worked on: About 6 major projects

Number of People helped: More than 20 groups