Arun N. Netravali

An Indian-American computer engineer.

Introduction:

• Arun Netravali born on 26 May 1946 in Mumbai, India.
• He is an Indian-American computer engineer who has contribution in digital technology includingHDTV.
• He conducted seminal research in digital compression, signal processing and other fields.

Education:

• He received his undergraduate degree from the IIT Bombay, India.
• An M.S. and a Ph.D. from Rice University in Houston, Texas all in electrical engineering.

Industry Profile:

• Netravali was the last President of Bell Laboratories .
• Chief Scientist for Lucent Technologies before they went bankrupt.

Awards:

• The IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal in 2001 (together with Thomas S. Huang)
  
• The IEEE Frederik Philips Award in 2001
  
• The U.S. National Medal of Technology
  
• The Padma Bhushan from the Government of India
  
• The IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal in 1991 (together with C. Chapin Cutler and John O. Limb)
  
• Elected to member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1989
  
• Elected to IEEE Fellow in 1985
  
• The IEEE Donald G. Fink Prize Paper Award in 1982 (together with John O. Limb)