Dr. M.K. Jana had his M Sc and DIIT from IIT Kharagpur in 1970 and Ph D from the University of Kerala in 1978. He had been working on Structural Analysis in Vikram Sarabhai Space center since 1970. He was the Head, Structural Design and Analysis Division from 1996 to 2005. He has 31 technical publications in National and International journals. He is also a Fellow of Aeronautical Society of India.