SITESH KUMAR ROY, Ph.D., is Chief Investigator of DRDO projects with Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics (IRPE), Calcutta. Formerly a Professor in IRPE, he successfully developed indigenous millimeter wave IMPATT diodes and sources. He has obtained patents for Govt. of India on IMPATT oscillators and amplifiers. He has published more than one hundred research papers in various national and international journals.
MONOJIT MITRA, Ph.D., is a Senior Professor & former Head, Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering at Indian Institute of Engineering Science & Technology, Shibpur. He has also worked as a visiting faculty at Jadavpur University and the University of Calcutta. He has more than 35 years of research experience in the fabrication of microwave IMPATT devices and the development of sources for microwave communication, including satellite communication.
A member of the Institution of Engineers (India), IEEE and IETE, Dr. Mitra has contributed to several national and international journals. He has also authored three books, including Microwave Semiconductor Devices published by PHI Learning.