Tapan Kanti Lala

Education

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Jadaupur U., Calcutta, India, 1972; Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Queen's U., Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1977; postgraduate, U. Toledo, 1977-1979.

Career

Instructor, teaching assistant, U. Toledo, 1975-1979; instructor, teaching assistant, Queen's U., 1975-1979; design engineer, Alloy Valves and Control Corporation, Everett, Massachusetts, 1979-1981; member technical staff, Mitre Corporation, Bedford, Massachusetts, 1981; member technical staff, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey, 1981-1984; principal engineer, Motorola, Cupertino, California, 1984-1985; senior engineer, Fujitsu American, San Jose, California, 1985-1986; manager, group leader, Granger Association, San Jose, 1986; manager, Nippon Electric Corporation American, San Jose, since 1986; president, Lala-D-Net, San Jose, since 1990.

Achievements

• Tapan Kanti Lala has been listed as a noteworthy engineering manager, consultant, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Comm. Society (associate editor, editorComm. magazine), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Engineering Management Society (secretary, program committee Silicon Valley chapter), Society Photo-optical Instrument Engineers, International Society Optical Engineering.