NewSpace India's Stellar Voices: Dr. PS Goel - HasGeek Open House
Channel: Hasgeek TV
Date: 2017-10-27

Born on 20 April 1947 in Rajasthan, Prem Shanker Goel graduated in Engineering (BE) from the University of Jodhpur, secured a post graduate degree (ME) in Applied Electronics and Servomechanism from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (IISc) and continued at Bengaluru to complete his PhD from the Bangalore University.

He started his career by joining the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) at their centre in Thiruvananthapuram. Dr. Goel has served as the chairman of the Spacecraft System Advisory Board for IRS-1, associate project director of INSAT-2, deputy director of Mission and Control Area, associate director and later, the director of ISRO satellite system. Upon his retirement from ISRO in 2005, he was appointed the Secretary of the Department of Ocean Development. During his tenure there, the department was developed into the full-fledged Ministry of Earth Sciences. He then moved on to become the Chairman of Recruitment and Assessment Centre of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

Dr. Goel is credited with the development of the spin axis orientation system for Bhaskara I and Bhaskara II satellites and the magnetic control for spinning satellites. His contributions are also reported in the Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment project in the development of momentum based III-axis control system, in the IRS-V project in the development of zero momentum biased III-axis control system and in the INSAT-II project in the development of configuration momentum biased attitude control system. He has also been involved in the development of TES, SRE missions, and other communication and scientific missions.