Arun N. Netravali
Born	May 26, 1946 (1946-05-26) (age 63) Bombay, India
Occupation	Electrical Engineer
Spouse(s)	Chitra Netravali M.D.
Children	Ilka and Ravi

Arun N. Netravali (born May 26, 1946 in Bombay) is an Indian-American engineer who is a pioneer of digital technology including HDTV and MPEG4. He conducted seminal research in digital compression, signal processing and other fields. Netravali has been President of Bell Laboratories and Chief Scientist for Lucent Technologies.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Awards 5 Selected writing 6 Notes 7 External links

[edit] Early life

Arun Netravali was born in Bombay. He received his undergraduate degree from the IIT Bombay, India, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. from Rice University in Houston, Texas all in electrical engineering.

[edit] Career

Arun Netravali taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia University, and Rutgers University. He has authored more than 170 technical papers and co-authored the books Digital Pictures: Representation and Compression, Visual Communications Systems, and Digital Video: An Introduction to MPEG-2.

He holds more than 100 patents relating to computer networks, human interfaces to machines, picture processing, and digital television. He interacted with the students of his alma mater, IIT Bombay during Techfest 2007.^[1]

Netravali is currently the managing partner of OmniCapital, a venture capital company, and is a director of various companies including Agere Systems.

[edit] Personal life

Arun Netravali is married to Chitra Netravali M.D. and has two children, Ilka and Ravi.

[edit] Awards

Netravali has received numerous awards and honorary degrees, including the U.S. National Medal of Technology ^[2] and the Padma Bhushan.^[3] from the Government of India (the two highest honors in each country).

[edit] Selected writing

• Arun N. Netravali and Barry G. Haskell, Digital Pictures: Representation, Compression and Standards (Applications of Communications Theory), Springer (second edition, 1995), ISBN 0-306-44917-X

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Arun Netravali with the students of IIT Bombay at Techfest 2007
2. ^ Award details at Bell Labs website in 2001 and Technology Administration agency
3. ^ Photo of award ceremony

[edit] External links

• Laureate profile at The Spirit of American Innovation
• Bio details (2001) at Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Awards
Preceded by Paul Baran	IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal 1991 with C. Chapin Cutler and John O. Limb	Succeeded by James Massey

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