Pramod Kale
Pramod Kale worked with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for over thirty two years during which he held various leadership positions.During his career Pramod has been conferred with many awards and recognition. Some of them include the Shri Hari Om Ashram Prerit Vikram Sarabhai Award 1975, the Padmashri in 1984, the R.L. Wadhwa Gold Medal of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineers in 1990 and most recently the Aryabhatta Award of the Astronautical Society of India in 2006.After retirement from ISRO, he worked for a few years with the corporate industry and now devotes his time as an educationist, promoting science education for children from different strata of society and also spends time with social work and community service.