Dr. B.L. Deekshatulu has distinguished himself through his research and technological contributions in the field of Control Systems, Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing. He obtained his B.Sc. (Engg. - Electrical) in 1958 from Banaras Hindu University and M.E. & Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Science (I.I.Sc.), Bangalore. He was awarded Martin Foster Medal by I.I.Sc., for best Ph.D. thesis. He joined as Lecturer in 1964 at I.I.Sc., Bangalore and became Professor in 1970, and continued in that position till 1976.
Dr. Deekshatulu has worked as a Visiting Scientist at the IBM Watson Research Centre, New York, and at the Environmental Research Institute of Michigan during 1971-72 on Digital Image Processing and Remote Sensing. Dr. Deekshatulu joined the National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad as Head, Technical Division in April 1976 and became Director in January 1982, and was promoted to the grade of "Distinguihsed Scientist" in July 1995. He has been responsible for the upbringing of the National Remote Sensing Agency in all its facets, and for executing National and State level projects in Remote Sensing.
He has over 150 research publications to his credit. He has guided 18 Ph.D. Scholars and over 80 M.Tech. student dissertations. His current interests are Data Analysis, Digital Image Processing, Machine Learning and Neural Networks. He is Fellow of 15 Scientific and Engineering Academies including Fellow of IEEE (USA), Fellow of Third World Academy of Sciences (Italy), Distinguished Fellow of IETE and Astronautical Society of India.
He is a recipient of many awards such as the Bharat Ratna Sir M. Visveswaraya Award for "Outstanding Engineer" in 1984, NRDC Invention Awards in Jan. 1986 and Aug. 1993, Dr. Biren Roy Space Science Award in 1988, and "Padmashri" in Jan. 1991.
Since 2002, Dr. Deekshatulu is a Visiting Professor in the Dept. of Computer & Information Sciences, University of Hyderabad, pursuing research and teaching in Image Processing, Machine Learning and Neural Networks. Currently, he is also the Chairman, Board of Governors ,NIT, Warangal, A.P.
