Bulusu Lakshmana Deekshatulu (born 31 October 1936, India) is an Indian Academic, and an eminent research pioneered in Digital Image Processing, Control Theory. He is a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences. He is an elected Fellow of Indian National Science Academy, The National Academy of Sciences, India, Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Academy of Engineering,National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and IEEE. He was a recipient of Padma Shri conferred by the Government of India. He worked at Indian Institute of Science as a Professor, National Remote Sensing Centre of Indian Space Research Organisation as Director & Distinguished Sciencist, Director,Centre for Space Science Technology Education in Asia & the Pacific—Affiliated to UN-Dehradun as a Founding Director. He was Chairman Board Governing Council of National Institute of Technology, Warangal. He is currently the Chairman of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, College of Engineering, Hyderabad. He is also Distinguished Fellow at Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology, Hyderabad.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Banaras Hindu UniversityMaster in Engineering (Electrical Engineering), Indian Institute of SciencePhD, Indian Institute of ScienceHe has contributed in the fields of Digital Image Processing, Remote Sensing, Control Systems, artificial intelligence, computer science, computer vision, machine learning, game theory, power systems, pattern recognition, neural networks. He designed and fabricated for the first time in India, Grey Scale and color drum scanners for computer picture processing that has won him NRDC Award.
Deekshatulu served as
Chairman of Remote Sensing Applications Missions India 1987–1995.UN/FAO Consultant in 1981 & Senior Consultant in 1996 in BeijingGovernment representative in the UN/ESCAP/RSSPVisiting Scientist, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Centre, York Town Heights, New YorkVisiting Scientist, Environmental Research Institute, Michigan, 1971–72Distinguished Fellow, IDRBT HyderabadChairman, Board of Governors (BoG), College of Engineering JNTUH, Hyderabad.Govt. Representative, in Directors' Meetings & Inter Governmental Consultative Committee meetings from 1985–95Chairman, Indian Geosphere & Biosphere Programme (IGBP)Visiting Professor, Department of Computer & Information Sciences, University of Hyderabad,2002–2010Awards, honors, and fellowships
Fellow IEEEFellow of The Third World Academy of Sciences, ItalyDistinguished Fellow IETEDistinguished Fellow of Astronautical Society of IndiaHon. Member Asian Association for Remote SensingFellow of Indian National Science AcademyFellow of Indian Academy of SciencesFellow of Indian National Academy of EngineeringFellow of The National Academy of Sciences, IndiaFellow of National Academy of Agricultural SciencesFellow of Computer Society of IndiaFellow of Indian Meteorological Society of IndiaFellow of Indian Geophysical Union, HyderabadFellow of Association of Exploration Geo-PhysicisFellow of Indian Society of Remote Sensing(ISRS)Fellow of Indian National Cartographic AssociationFellow of Aeronautical Society of IndiaMember of Indian Physics AssociationBest PhD thesis "Martin Foster" Medal by IISc, 1964Bhaskara Award by ISRS India"Bharat Ratna Sir M. Visveswaraya Award" for ‘Outstanding Engineer’ in 1984NRDC Invention Awards in January 1986 and in August 1993Dr. Biren Roy Space Science Award in 1988Padma Shri in January 1991Brahm Prakash Medal for significant contributions to Engineering TechnologyOm Prakash Bhasin Award for Science and Technology for 1995Sivananda Eminent Citizen Award in December 1998Boon Indrambarya Gold Medal by Thailand Remote Sensing and GIS Association in November 1999Aryabhatta Award by Astronautical Society of IndiaDistinguished Alumni Award from IISc in 2006IEEE third Millennium Medal, 2000Asthana Vidwan Award by DUTTA Peetham, Mysore, 2010National Award for Ocean Science & Technology, MoES, Govt of India 2011Chen Shupeng Award from CCNRS & AARS, in Taipei in 2011Life Time Contribution Award from ACRS, Beijing in October 2009Life Time Achievement Award-2014 from IETELife Time Achievement Award-2014 from Systems Society of IndiaLife Time Achievement Award-2015 from INAEISRO Outstanding Achievement Award-2012 from the Indian Space Research Organization 
