R.Narasimha Swamy

A technocrat with 42 years of experience in the field of professional audio and video, acoustics, and Radio/TV broadcasting. Post-retirement, along with his friends, he founded Varpas Media Technologies Pvt Ltd who provide consultancy and project execution services in the field of Acoustics, Professional Audio/video engineering for auditoriums, seminar halls, e-Class rooms, FM and Community Radio, TV/Cable/Satellite Broadcasting and Skill development, etc for Government bodies, corporate entities, Universities, etc. Presently, he is one of the Directors of this company. He is also a resource person for training on subjects connected with acoustics, audio, Radio broadcast engineering, solid-state transmitters, cable TV, etc. He holds a post-graduate degree in Electrical Communication Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. Post-retirement, he has acquired a Post Graduation degree in Philosophy from IGNOU.

S. Sankaran

S Sankaran, a qualified electrical engineer has served the private sector and Central government organizations for nearly forty-nine years and has acquired vast experience while working in various capacities in the maintenance of Broadcast Studios, Transmitters, and allied equipment. During his tenure in AIR, he was associated with the Planning and Development Unit of DG AIR in the design of ventilation requirements for various shortwave transmitters of AIR. Post-retirement from AIR, he was engaged as Project Manager of BECIL for the supervision of Studio installation for Radio City FM at Chennai. Later he was associated with the project on the installation of a multiplexed FM antenna for private broadcasters on a 130-meter height tower for private FM broadcasters at Avadi, Chennai. Further, during the FM-II expansion of the Government of India, he was responsible for the logistics and installation of common transmission infrastructure facilities for private FM Radio projects in the various cities in the Southern States. Later, he was engaged by BECIL as a Technical Consultant for the design and implementation of an important and challenging project on the establishment of the variable anechoic chamber in the Dept of ECE of Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru under Dr.TV Srinivas. The Varechoic enclosure is a facility created by IISc for assessing the performance of speech-based algorithms at different reverberant conditions by mounting multiple microphones arbitrarily using a grid and dolly arrangement. He was also associated with the BECIL’s indigenous development of FM Radio antenna and made a significant contribution in the design, fabrication, and production of the antenna. This is being successfully used by around 90 FM CR stations across the country.

B.N.Prahlad

B.N.Prahlad has served in reputed non Governmental organizations for almost two decades and has acquired rich experience while working in different capacities of project management like material management, tender evaluation, site supervision, coordination, etc. Brief details of his experience in this field are as follows: 18+ years as Project Manager in Rashtrothana Parishad, Bengaluru – a reputed not-for-profit, non Governmental organization with social service activities in the field of formal education, art, literature, Yoga, health care, community work, etc in the state of Karnataka. Following are his project management tasks:

• Material management tasks of the projects viz procurement, storage, transport, logistics, etc.
• Coordination with various agencies of the project management viz architect, suppliers, vendors, contractor, management, Government agencies, etc.
• Involvement in the site selection, framing specification, budgeting, tendering, etc
• Site visits during the project execution for monitoring and reporting.

Some of the important projects executed by him are as follows.
• • Seva Soudha at Chamarajpet Bengaluru
  • Rashtrotthana Shareerika Shiksha Kendra, Jayanagar, Bengaluru
  • Rashtrothana Vidya Kendra, Tanisandra, Nagavara, Bengaluru
  • Rashtrotthana Vidya Kendra Hemmigepura, Banashankari 6th Stage, Bengaluru
  • Rashtrotthana Jai Gopal Garodia Vidya Kendra, Ramamurthy Nagar, Bengaluru.
  • Rashtrotthana Vidya Kendra Hagaribommanahalli, Bellary Dist.
  • Rashtrotthana Vidya Kendra, Nittuvalli, Davanagere
  • Rashtrotthana Vidya Kendra, Neralakatti, Dharwad