Bishnu S. Atal: key obituary facts
Is Bishnu S. Atal dead? Yes. Bishnu S. Atal died on August 19, 2026, at age 93.
Cause of death: Bishnu S. Atal's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Bishnu S. Atal known for?
He was an American engineer.
More about Bishnu S. Atal
Born: 1 January 1933.
Place of birth: India.
Gender: male.
Occupation: engineer.
Nationality: United States.
Education: Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, University of Lucknow, New York University Tandon School of Engineering.
Awards: Benjamin Franklin Medal, IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award, Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America, IEEE Fellow.
Also known as: B. S. Atal.
Bishnu S.
Atal, an Indian physicist and engineer whose work helped shape modern speech coding, died on August 19, 2026, aged 93. Born in India in 1933, he studied at the University of Lucknow, the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru and New York University Tandon School of Engineering.
Atal was known for research in acoustics and for advancing linear predictive coding in the late 1960s and 1970s; in 1985, he and Manfred R. Schroeder developed code-excited linear prediction, a technique that became influential in speech compression. He was later recognized as a fellow of the Acoustical Society of America and the IEEE, and received honors including the Benjamin Franklin Medal and the IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award.