·         I became a BC DXer in  1973 when I was 14 years old.

·         Licenced as Radio Amateur with callsign VU2JOS since March 1985.

·         Staff member of National Institute of Amateur Radio (NIAR) Hyderabad.

·         Indian correspondent for World Radio TV Handbook.

·         My wife is Lissy (VU3LMS). I got two kids, Tony (VU2UI) and Tom (VU2TO).

·         Member of Andaman Dxpedition VU4APR (1987), VU4NRO (2004), VU4AN (2006), VU4I (2015) & Lakshadeep DXpedition VU7APR, VU7NRO (1989), VU7MY (2007), VU7SJ (2008) ,

·         Received DXCC Millennium Award from American Radio Relay League for contacting more than 100 countries in the year 2000 on Amateur Radio bands.

·         Received Diamond DXCC Award from American Radio Relay League for contacting more than 100 countries in the year 2012 on Amateur Radio bands.

·         Countries visited: Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Nepal, Sri Lanka.

·         Visited many Radio &  TV stations all over India.

·         Address: Box 1515, Somajiguda, Hyderabad 500082, India.

Tel No. +91 94416 96043,  +91 40 2331 0287

Email: vu2jos at gmail dot com