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About Prof. Dr. Sir Hari Om Srivastava
Prof. Dr. Sir Hari Om Srivastava is a Scientist in the field of Broadcasting. He is currently President and CEO of the World Development Foundation, India, Faculty and Mentor in The Thames International University, Paris, France, Adjunct Professor in YMCA University of Science and Technology, Faridabad, Consultant to Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG), a New York-based world’s leading B2B platform connecting professionals with expertise, Consultant to VisasQ (VQ), an expert network service based in Japan and Honorary Director of several colleges. Earlier, he was Additional Director General (HAG of IB(E)S equivalent to Addl Secretary to Govt. of India) in Directorate General All India Radio.
He had been responsible for expansion of broadcast system in the country. He established IT Division of All India Radio, formulated and piloted the proposal for establishment of BECIL, a public sector undertaking of Min of I&B, established AIR Resources, a wing for sharing infrastructure of Al India Radio and Doordarshan with private broadcasters, among others. He worked for the policy formulation of Community Radio Stations (CRSs) from Directorate General and was pivotal in signing a number of MOUs for consultancy for expansion of broadcasting in private sector. This included MOU with IGNOU for setting up 40 nos. of 10 kW FM stations in the country for educational broadcasts,12 MOUs with private broadcasters for commercial FM stations, and a number of MOUs for CRSs such as CMS Lucknow, Banasthali Vidyapeeth, PG college Ghazipur, Sardar Patel University Gujarat, FTII Pune, Ministry of Agriculture etc. he was also pivotal in helping Ministry of Agriculture in establishing network for agriculture broadcast for the farmers in the entire country using AIR/TV network.
He joined Indian Broadcasting Service (IES) in 1972 and had been responsible for management and expansion of broadcast network in India. He superannuated in 2007 at the level of HAG (Addl. Secretary to the Govt. of India). He worked as Commonwealth Expert in 1991 and ITU Expert in 1992.
Dr. Srivastava was Chairman of IETE, New Delhi During 2000-2002.
His areas of interest are Information System, Digital storage, Multimedia Broadcasting and Broadcast application for social issues. He is keenly associated with expansion of CRS and other means of new media for social cause.
Educational Qualifications
Master of Science(Electronics) degree from Gorakhpur University in 1967,
Ph. D. Degree in Chemistry from Poorvanchal University in 1996
M. Phil (Information Systems) from BITS, Pilani in 1997.
Ph. D. Degree in Information Systems from BITS Pilani in 1999
Management Course from Royal Institute of Public Administration, London, CAD course from NHK, Japan, Computer Networking course from Norsk Data, Norvey, etc.
D. Litt Degree from KEISIE International University, South Korea in 2017
Dr. H. O. Srivastava receiving D.Litt degree
Awards and Honours
Dr. Srivastava received Eight International, & a Life Time Achievement award for contribution in the field of broadcasting and Ghazipur Gaurav (Pride of the place of his birth) award. Significant achievements are as below.
Life time achivement award for most significant contribution in the field of Broadcasting by Institution of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers (India).
Asia Pacific Broadcasting award for the year 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 & 1990.
Commonwealth Expert in Malaysia in 1991.
ITU Expert in Malaysia in 1992.
ITU Delegate in Vietnam in 1995.
International Who' Who 1998.
Marquis Who's Who in the World 2001.
Chairman IETE Delhi.
Declared Ghazipur Gaurav.
Dr. H. O. Srivastava being declared Ghazipur Gaurav
Publications in International journals and Books
Prof. Dr. Sir Hari Om Srivastava has Published one hundred fifty articles and research papers on Broadcasting, Management & IT in national and international journals that includes IEEE transaction, IETE Technical review etc. and has authored numerous books on Broadcasting & IT in Hindi & English.
Indian Amino, with a membership of around 38000 Indian aficionados based in the United States, is striving to boost India's presence across the globe.
The fourth of February, 2021, marked the day Indian Amino featured the highest ranked ten Indian scientists.
1. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam: Renowned aerospace scientist and the 11th President of India.
2. Sir C.V. Raman: Nobel laureate in physics known for his discovery of the Raman effect.
3. Srinivasa Ramanujan: A highly respected mathematician who was renowned for his contributions to number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions.
4. Satyendra Nath Bose: Physicist who collaborated with Einstein for the famous Bose-Einstein theory.
5. Dr. M.S. Swaminathan: Agricultural scientist and the "Father of the Green Revolution" in India.
6. Dr. Raj Reddy: Computer scientist and AI pioneer.
7. Dr. Har Gobind Khorana: Nobel laureate recognized for deciphering the genetic code and advancements in DNA and RNA synthesis.
8. K.S. Chandrasekharan: Distinguished mathematician.
9. Professor Doctor Sir Hari Om Srivastava, "father of Community Radio in India", has been recognised for his significant contributions to Information Systems, Digital Storage, Multimedia Broadcasting, and Broadcast applications for the benefit of society and economy.
10. Dr. Jagadish Chandra Bose: Noted achievements in physics, biology, and archaeology.
Awards & applauds to Prof. Dr. Sir Hari Om Srivastava
I am narrating in this episode my journey from 1982 to 1997 in All India Radio Directorate where I established the computer division and headed it as Dy. Director and thereafter as Director. The journey provided me an opportunity to learn, explore, research, discover and invent the domains untraversed so far. All in all an exciting, interesting, challenging, rewarding, soul-satisfying, enthralling and very worthwhile experience at the same time!
Earlier episodes: 1.Birth of Computer in All India Radio (Ministry of I&B) India: A saga of computer history from 1980's 2. Could India have given Internet to the world?
