Satish Kumar Kaura is an Indian technocrat, industrialist and the founder of

Samtel Group The Samtel Group is a manufacturer of displays and their components for television, avionics and professional applications. The group also provides engineering services and designs and builds automated processes and special purpose machines. It ...

, where he holds the post of the chairman. He is also the chairman and managing director of Samcor Glass Limited and the executive director of Samtel Colour Limited. An elected Fellow of the

Indian National Academy of Engineering The Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), founded in 1987, comprises India's engineers, engineer-scientists and technologists covering the entire spectrum of engineering disciplines. The Academy is registered under the Societies Reg ...

(INAE), Kaura is the first recipient of the ''Distinguished Alumnus Award'' of the

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) Hindi: भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान कानपुर) is a public institute of technology located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was ...

. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the

Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...

, in 2004, for his contributions to Indian industrial sector.

Biography

S. K. Kaura was born in a middle-class family on 18 December 1944 and joining the

, he graduated in electrical engineering (BTech) in 1966. Later, he moved to Canada and secured a master's degree (MS) in electronics from

Carleton University Carleton University is an English-language public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to serve returning World ...

. Returning to India, he founded

in 1973 and established ''Teletube Electronics Limited'', a small industry for manufacturing television picture tubes, in 1974. This was followed by two more ventures, Samtel India Limited in 1981 and an engineering firm, Samtel Engineering and Sourcing Solutions, in 1983. In 1986, he established Samtel Color Limited, with technical and commercial collaborations with conglomerates like

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and

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and the company had an installed capacity of 10 million picture tubes per annum. He also set up Samtel Display Systems (Later renamed Samtel Avionics Ltd.) for manufacturing of high-technology products for avionics and military applications, rugged displays, cockpit displays and equipment for military and commercial platforms. His son Puneet Kaura is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Samtel Avionics Ltd. Samtel Avionics has two joint venture companies, Samtel HAL Display Systems, in association with

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is an Indian state-owned aerospace and defence (military), defence company, headquartered in Bangalore, India. Established on 23 December 1940, HAL is one of the oldest and largest aerospace and defence manuf ...

in 2006, for the manufacture of electronic display systems and Samtel Thales Avionics Limited, joining with the French multinational,

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in 2010, for the manufacture of Helmet-Mounted Sight and Display Systems and modern Avionics Systems. Samtel Glass Limited, incorporated in 1986, and Samtel Machines and Projects Limited are the other companies founded by Satish Kumar Kaura. The Group, as of 2005, has an employee strength of 4500 and has nine factories spread across India and Germany. Kaura has been associated with the

Confederation of Indian Industry The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is a non-governmental trade association and advocacy group headquartered in New Delhi, India, founded in 1895. CII engages business, political, academic, and other leaders of society to shape global ...

(CII), as the president of its Northern Chapter, co-chairman of the National Committee on Defence and as the chairman of the Industrial Policy Committee. He has served as the president of the Electronic Industries Association of India and has been on the board of ICICI Group,

SRF Limited SRF Limited is an Indian multi-business chemicals conglomerate engaged in the manufacturing of industrial and specialty Intermediate goods, intermediates. The company’s business portfolio covers Fluorochemical industry, fluorochemicals, speci ...

, Infinity I, Fame Mercantile, Capfin Leasing, Blue Bell Trade Link, and Parsec Technologies (India). He is also a former member of the Review Committee of the

Defence Research and Development Organisation The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) (IAST: ''Raksā Anūsandhān Evam Vikās Sangaṭhan'') is the premier agency under the Department of Defence Research and Development in Ministry of Defence of the Government of India ...

(DRDO) and the Scientific Advisory Council, attached to the office of the

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Awards and honours

Kaura is an elected Fellow of the

(INAE) and a member of the governing council of the

Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad abbreviated as IMT G, is a private business school with its main campus at Ghaziabad in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is consistently ranked among India's Top 10 private business schools ...

(IMT-G) and the Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi. When the

instituted the ''Distinguished Alumnus Award'' in 1989, he was the first to receive it. He received the ''Care for Nature Award'' of the

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in 1994 from Prince Philip, the then president of the organisation. Lucknow Management Association awarded him the ''Uttar Pradesh Transformational Leadership Award'' to him in 2002 and the Government of India included him in the 2004 Republic Day Honours list for the civilian award of the

. The ''Special Recognition Award'' of the

Society for Information Display The Society for Information Display (SID) is an industry organization for displays, generally electronic displays such as televisions and computer monitors. SID was founded in September 1962. Its main activities are publishing technical journals ...

reached him in 2005 as also the ''Electronics Man of the Year'' of the Electronic Industries Association of India and Consumer Electronics and TV Manufacturers' Association. The Electronics For You Group honoured him with their ''Lifetime Achievement Award'' in 2007.

References

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