Oscars 2018 Scientific and Technical Awards: Mumbai Raised Indian Engineer Bags Sci-Tech award at Beverley Hills
In his statement to the press, Sathaye explained how in the year 2009 he joined a new company called Shotover Camera Systems in Queenstown, New Zealand. It was in that company where he worked on the aerial mount.
MUMBAI, February 12: A good news for all tech lovers in India. Vikas Sathaye, an engineer who studied and grew up in Mumbai, was part of the team that won the scientific and engineering award at the Oscars 2018 Scientific and Technical Awards on Saturday, 10 February. The team consisting of four members was honoured at the Beverly Hills ceremony "for the concept, design, engineering and implementation of the Shotover K1 Camera System". The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences describes as a "six-axis stabilised aerial camera mount" that has an "enhanced ability to frame shots while looking straight down".
In his statement to the press, Sathaye explained how in the year 2009 he joined a new company called Shotover Camera Systems in Queenstown, New Zealand. It was in that company where he worked on the aerial mount. "One of the reasons to start this company in Queenstown was the natural beauty and stunning scenery which attract a lot of film producers and directors," Sathaye said.
"The camera mount gets attached to the base of a helicopter, which carries the camera and lens. Its primary function is to eliminate any vibration from reaching the camera and thus getting steady footage. The other function for the camera mount is to move the camera head in the desired direction as required by the camera operator, who sits inside the helicopter and uses a joystick to control the camera head movement," Sathaye elaborated.
Vikas Sathaye was born in Pune in 1967 and was brought up in Mulund, he attended NGP High School. After completing his schooling, Sathaye enrolled for a diploma in instrumentation from VPM's polytechnic, Thane. He further pursued and studied BE in electronics from VIT Pune, and an M-Tech in instrumentation from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore.
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