Shri Pankaj Damodar Killedar
Scientist/Engineer ‘G’
Director, Master Control Facility (MCF/ISRO)
Shri Pankaj D. Killedar is a Scientist/Engineer ‘G’ of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
He took over as Director of Master Control Centre, the lead Centre in the country for Control and Operations of Geo-stationary/Geo-synchronous satellites, on August 01, 2023.
Shri. Pankaj D. Killedar graduated from Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli in 1990 with B.E degree in Electronics and Telecommunication and received M.Tech in Electronics and Communication from IIT Powai, Mumbai in 1992.
He joined ISAC, ISRO in November 1993 in GEOSAT Program where he played multiple roles as a Systems Engineer, Project Manager, Deputy Project Director, Division Head & Project
Director (PD). As a Project Director he successfully realized, GSAT-7A an exclusive Ku band satellite for strategic applications, GSAT-29 a payload for GSLV Mk-III D2 also an experimental technology demonstrator and GSAT-24 an enhanced I-3K bus satellite based on new demand driven model. Prior to transfer to MCF he was working as Project Director, GSAT-20 an indigenous KaxKa High Throughput Satellite (HTS) for broadband connectivity, Project Director, GSAT-22/23, high power Ku-band DTH satellites and PD GSAT-32 S-band multi-beam satellite.
He joined MCF as Associate Director with effect from 1st January, 2023.
He has received Team Excellence Award for realization of GSAT-29 Technology Demonstration Project.