| S. Shankar Sastry | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Indian |
| Fields | Robotics Control theory |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
| Notable awards | Donald P. Eckman Award |
S. Shankar Sastry is the Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He currently holds the Nippon Electronics Corporation (NEC) Distinguished Professorship in the College of Engineering and the Walter A. Haas School of Business. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2001 and is a recipient of the Donald P. Eckman Award in 1990.
Sastry obtained his bachelor degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (1977), his master and PhD degrees from University of California, Berkeley (1979, 1980, 1981). His PhD advisor was Professor Charles Desoer. He became an Assistant Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1980-2), Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor at University of California, Berkeley (1983–present). He belongs to the Hoysala Karnataka (Smartha Brahmin) community. He is married to UC Berkeley and Stanford University electrical engineering professor Claire J. Tomlin.[1]