R. K. Baliga
| Ram Krishna Baliga | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 29, 1929 Mangalore, Madras Presidency, British India |
| Died |
October 26, 1988 Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
| Occupation | Founding Chairman and Managing Director of Keonics (1976-1983), Bangalore, India; Chairman and Managing Director, Hindustan Teleprinters Ltd, Chennai, India (1984-1986); Managing Director, Sandur Fluid Controls Pvt Ltd (1986-1988); Visionary, Industrialist, Electronic engineer, Professor of Management and examiner, Bangalore University (1969-1976) |
| Known for | Envisioning the Electronic City in Bangalore and other similar cities in Karnataka in 1975 |
| Spouse(s) | Shanthi Baliga |
Ram Krishna Baliga (December 29, 1929—October 26, 1988) is regarded as the father of the Electronics City in Bangalore, India.
Ram Krishna Baliga went to Canara High School at Mangalore and completed PUC (Pre University Course) at St. Aloysius College (Mangalore) before he went to Guindy Engineering College for B.E. (Elec) Honors. He then completed master's degree in Power Engineering at Indian Institute of Science as Government of Madras scholar.
While working in the Doctoral Program as Indian Institute of Science Merit scholar he was invited by General Electric to work in their factories in USA. He worked as Test engineer between 1954-55 at GE. He also worked in Westinghouse Electric Company (1955–1956) and Kaiser Engineers (1956–1959).
He worked as Project Engineer at National Carbon Company between 1959-1960. In 1960 he joined Manipal Institute of Technology as Professor and Vice-Principal.
He was the founding Head of Department of Electrical Engineering and Vice Principal in 1960 of Manipal Institute of Technology.
His philosophy was that an engineer in India should not only be up to date in his field but also be well versed in social sciences. He said that in practical terms any engineer must apply his know-how with an eye to the social, economic, geographic, education and natural resources of his/her country.
He was initially Chief Engineer of Bharat Electronics (1961–1968), Works Manager (1968–1973) and subsequently assumed the role of Deputy General Manager of the Radar Division (1973–1976) before he assumed responsibility of Chairman and Managing Director of Karnataka State Electronics Development Corporation(KEONICS) (July 1976-Feb 1984).
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