Background
Atal, Bishnu Saroop was born on May 10, 1933 in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. Son of Jagannath Prasad and Lakshmi Devi (Lakshmi) Atal. came to the United States, 1961.
educator speech research executive
Atal, Bishnu Saroop was born on May 10, 1933 in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. Son of Jagannath Prasad and Lakshmi Devi (Lakshmi) Atal. came to the United States, 1961.
Bachelor of Science with honors, University Lucknow, India, 1952. Electrical engineering degree, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1968.
Senior research assistant, Indian Institute Science, Bangalore, 1955-1956; lecturer, Indian Institute Science, Bangalore, 1957-1960; senior research fellow, Center Elec. Engineering Research Institute, Pilani, Rajasthan., India, 1960-1961; member technical staff, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1961-1985; head acoustics research, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1985-1990; head speech research, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1990-1997; technical director, American Telephone & Telegraph Company laboratories, Florham Park, New Jersey, since 1997.
Fellow Acoustical Society of America, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing Senior Technology Achievement award 1975, ASSP Senior award 1980, Centennial medal 1984, Morris N. Liebman Memorial Field award 1986). Member National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Sciences (Franklin medal 2003).
Married Kamla Atal, July 3, 1959. Children: Alka, Namita.