Dr. Oommen Tharakan Kuttiyil Thomas holds B.Tech. degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering from College of Engineering, Trivandrum (University of Kerala), M.E. in Electrical Communication Engineering (VLSI devices & Simulation) from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and Ph.D. from the Department of Electrical Engineering (Microelectronics and VLSI Design), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai. Currently, he is Group Director in the Avionics Entity of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum. He has been working in the space center since 1985. His areas of interest are Design and Verification of VLSI systems, Test vector generation for FPGAs, Microprocessors, VLSI devices, Formal verification of Hardware Description Languages, Indigenisation of Electronic components and Quality Control of Avionics packages for launch vehicle application. He has numerous International and National papers and has published in various journals. He has also published and presentedpapers at International Conferences. His papers have been cited in the various Journals/ Books.Padma Padmanabhan Gopalan took her Engineering Diploma in Electronics from Government Women's Polytechnic Coimbatore, in 1981. She joined Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum, in December 1982 as Technical Assistant. She has also worked as Section Head of the Production Division. Currently, she is Division Head of Quality Control and Inspection Division in Avionics Entity.
