AIR Engineer wins ABU Engineering Excellence Award
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 31 2026:
Nongmaithem Nandakumar Singh, Director of Engineering and Head of Office at Akashvani Imphal, Prasar Bharati, has won the ABU Broadcast Engineering Excellence Award 2026, given by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union.
The award honours his outstanding engineering work and low-cost technical solutions for public service broadcasting.
These include custom broadcast automation, remote transmitter monitoring, and efficient live streaming workflows.
A special video on his projects was shown on October 30 at the ABU Technical Committee meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
N Nandakumar Singh is the son of late Nongmaithem Ibotombi Singh and Nongmaithem ongbi Binodkumari Devi of Sagolband Salam Leikai, Imphal West.
He graduated in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from NIT Raipur and was selected for the Indian Engineering Services (IES) in 1998 .
N Nandakumar Singh has already received Padmavati Ganeshan Award (2013) and Dr Vassumal Hazarimal Merani Award (2026), both given by the Broadcast Engineering Society (India) in recognition of his best technical innovative work in the field of digital technology related to broadcast.
The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) has members from 66 countries across Asia and the Pacific.




