Arun Netravali

Arun N. Netravali
Born	May 26, 1946 (1946-05-26) (age 65) Bombay, India
Occupation	Electrical Engineer

Arun N. Netravali (born May 26, 1946 in Bombay) is an Indian-American engineer who is a pioneer of digital technology including HDTV. He conducted seminal research in digital compression, signal processing and other fields. Netravali has been President of Bell Laboratories and Chief Scientist for Lucent Technologies.

Early life

Arun Netravali was born in Bombay (now Mumbai). He received his undergraduate degree from the IIT Bombay, India, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. from Rice University in Houston, Texas all in electrical engineering.

Career

Arun Netravali taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia University, and Rutgers University. He has authored more than 170 technical papers and co-authored the books Digital Pictures: Representation and Compression, Visual Communications Systems, and Digital Video: An Introduction to MPEG-2.

He holds more than 80 patents relating to computer networks, human interfaces to machines, picture processing, and digital television.

Netravali is currently the managing partner of OmniCapital, a venture capital company, and is a director of various companies including Agere Systems.

Awards and honors

Netravali has received numerous awards and honorary degrees, including

• the IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal in 2001 (together with Thomas S. Huang)^[1][2]
• the IEEE Frederik Philips Award in 2001^[3]
• the U.S. National Medal of Technology^[4]
• the Padma Bhushan from the Government of India^[5]
• the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal in 1991 (together with C. Chapin Cutler and John O. Limb)^[6]
• elected to member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1989^[7]
• elected to IEEE Fellow in 1985^[8]
• the IEEE Donald G. Fink Prize Paper Award in 1982 (together with John O. Limb)^[9]

Selected writing

• Arun N. Netravali and Barry G. Haskell, Digital Pictures: Representation, Compression and Standards (Applications of Communications Theory), Springer (second edition, 1995), ISBN 0-306-44917-X

Personal

Arun Netravali is married to Dr. Chitra Netravali. They have two children: Ilka and Ravi. Ilka is an MD-PhD student at Harvard Medical School and Ravi is an undergraduate at Columbia University.

Notes

1. ^ "IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal Recipients". IEEE. http://www.ieee.org/documents/kilby_rl.pdf. Retrieved February 27, 2011 (2011-02-27). 
2. ^ "IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal Recipients - 2001 - Thomas S. Huang and Arun N. Netravali". IEEE. http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/bios/kilby_recipients.html. Retrieved February 27, 2011 (2011-02-27). 
3. ^ "IEEE Frederik Philips Award Recipients". IEEE. http://www.ieee.org/documents/philips_rl.pdf. Retrieved March 7, 2011 (2011-03-07). 
4. ^ Award details at Bell Labs website in 2001 and Technology Administration agency
5. ^ Photo of award ceremony
6. ^ "IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal Recipients". IEEE. http://www.ieee.org/documents/bell_rl.pdf. Retrieved January 2, 2011 (2011-01-02). 
7. ^ "NAE Members Directory - Dr. Arun N. Netravali". National Academy of Engineering. http://www.nae.edu/MembersSection/Directory20412/27673.aspx. Retrieved March 7, 2011 (2011-03-07). 
8. ^ "Fellow Class of 1985". IEEE. http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/fellows/chronology/fellows_1985.html. Retrieved March 7, 2011 (2011-03-07). 
9. ^ "IEEE Donald G. Fink Prize Paper Award Recipients". IEEE. http://www.ieee.org/documents/fink_rl.pdf. Retrieved January 2, 2011 (2011-01-02). 

External links

• Laureate profile at The Spirit of American Innovation

Awards
Preceded by Paul Baran	IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal 1991 with C. Chapin Cutler and John O. Limb	Succeeded by James Massey

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Name	Netravali, Arun
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Date of birth	May 26
Place of birth	Bombay, India
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