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Pessie Madan
Born(1916-09-26)26 September 1916
Padma Shri Award
Spouse(s)Shireen Madan
Other workManager of early corporate high-technology institutions in India

Pessie Madan (26 September 1916 – 17 April 2015) was a Brigadier of the Indian Army and an early leader in India’s high-technology research and development sector.

Early life

Madan was born to a

capture by the Japanese during World War II, returning to India on the heels of the retreating British Army
.

Education

Madan studied Chemistry at the University College Rangoon, earning a B.Sc. (Honours) in Chemistry followed by a Physics (Honours) degree. He was awarded the University's S. Ramanatha Reddiar Prize (Gold Medal) for highest standing in the Physics Honours Examination.[2] Later, he completed a course in electronic engineering (wireless and radar) at Marconi College in Essex, U.K.

Career

In 1943, Madan was commissioned into the

Padma Shri for his services to the nation.[3]

Upon retiring from the military, Madan began a career in India's rapidly growing high-technology sector, initially with the nation's premier defense electronics public sector company,

Ghaziabad, and became its first General Manager. He later planned and supervised construction of Gujarat Communications and Electronics Limited, a public sector electronics company of the state of Gujarat
. He served as its Chairman and Managing Director for seven years, and remained Chairman for an additional five years.

In 1980, Madan joined the Tata Power Company, serving as an Advisor to what is now the largest private sector power utility company in India. In this capacity, he steered the company’s Mumbai-based Research and Development activities away from consumer electronics, toward the development of high-tech weapon systems for the Defence Ministry. To manufacture these new systems, he set up a Tata Power production unit capable of precision engineering in Electronic City, Bangalore. The unit, Tata Electronics Development Services, is now known as the Strategic Electronics Division. Madan served as an Advisor to Tata Power for seventeen years before finally retiring in 1997 at the age of 80 years.

After retirement, Madan turned to writing;[4] in 2008, his autobiography "An Odyssey: My Reminiscences" was published by Konark Publishers.[5]

References

  1. ^ Pessie Madan: About
  2. ISBN 978-1-4067-6642-4
    .
  3. ^ "National Portal of India".
  4. ^ "Home". pessiemadan.com.
  5. ISBN 978-81-220-0740-4
    .
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