Background
Rudrapatna, Ashok N. was born on December 28, 1949 in Bombay, India. Son of Narasimhaiya and Padmavathi Narasimhaiya Rudrapatna.
Rudrapatna, Ashok N. was born on December 28, 1949 in Bombay, India. Son of Narasimhaiya and Padmavathi Narasimhaiya Rudrapatna.
Bachelor in Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 1971. Master of Science in Engineering, University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1977.
Postdoctoral fellow Research Laboratories for Engineering Science, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1976—1977. Member technical staff Bell Labs, Holmdel, New Jersey, 1978—1983. Supervisor American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories/American Telephone & Telegraph Company Laboratories, Holmdel and Whippany, 1984—1998.
Technical manager Bell Labs Lucent Technologies, Whippany, since 1998.
Member election committee Hindu Temple & Cultural Society, Bridgewater, New Jersey, 1999—2000. Member president's international student advisory board University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1972—1975. Member Athi Rudra planning committee Sringeri Vidya Bharathi Foundation, Stroudsburg, 1997.
Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior. Member conference organizing committee 1998-1999), North American Sankethi Association (board directors 1992-1996, secretary 1998—2000).
Married Roopa Ashok Basavapatna, April 19, 1958. Children: Vivek, Tara.