About Me

Combining scientific education, philosophical mindset, spiritual insights, geospatial literacy, and holistic well-being, for social change.


Old posts at this site are imported from my Facebook Account.


After working with ISRO for 13 years mainly as a Scientist in the Remote Sensing program, I worked in the UAE for 27 years in the field of Mapping and GIS.

In the last 6 years of my professional career (2008-2014), I worked for the Abu Dhabi Government's Spatial Data Infrastructure program as a Senior Consultant to lead the development of Geospatial data standards. In this capacity I interacted with several government departments and public sector organizations of Abu Dhabi. 

The work included understanding the organizations' overall objectives, including their 4-year strategic plans, as well as studying the nitty-gritty details of their business processes to understand what data need to be collected to satisfy their in-house and customer services applications. These are more or less the same for most governments the world over.

I also had the opportunity to prepare Strategic Plans for a couple of whole-of-government initiatives of the Government of Abu Dhabi.

My outlook on life:
 

My outlook on health:

Our Breakfast - Old Wine in a New Bottle!

You Are What You Eat!


My Life Timeline in Brief

2014-Present: Bangalore, India

  • Self-Employed, redesigning life.

2008-2014: Abu Dhabi, UAE

  • Director, Geospatial Research, The GPC Group
  • Geospatial Standards - Spatial Data Infrastructure Program
  • Abu Dhabi Systems & Information Center (ADSIC)

1997-2008: Sharjah, UAE

  • Technical Director, GISTEC
  • Geospatial Technology, Services

1987-1997: Sharjah, UAE

  • GIS Consultant, MAPS geosystems
  • Aerial Photography, Mapping, GIS

1985-1987: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  • Project Manager, Beeah Group Consultants
  • Software Development for Architectural Design

1976-1985: Ahmedabad, India
  • Scientist, Space Applications Centre, ISRO
  • Satellite Remote Sensing Program
1975: Married to Vasantha Unnikrishnan
  • Children: Anjana-1978, Meghna-1983
  • Grand Kids: Tanay-2003, Mishika-2012, Aayush-2014

1972-1976: Trivandrum, India

  • Programmer, Vikram Sarabhai Space Center, ISRO
  • Numerical Analysis & Programming

1969-1972: Chennai, India
  • PhD Research Scholar, Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Madras
  • Numerical Methods in Fluid Dynamics

1967-1969: Chennai, India

  • MSc (Math), Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Madras

1964-1967: Palakkad, Kerala, India

  • BSc (Math, Phy, Chem), Govt. Victoria College, Kerala

1963-1964: Palakkad, Kerala, India

  • Pre-University, Govt. Victoria College, Kerala

1958-1963: Kuthuparamba, Kerala, India

  • SSLC, Kuthuparamba Higher Secondary School

1953-1958: Kuthuparamba, Kerala, India

  • ESLC, Paral Primary School

How Can We Matter

  • We can make a positive difference through our thoughts, words, and deeds.
  • Make a difference to leave the world a better place for ourselves and our descendants.

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