Kolkata based Ham radio operator Ambarish Nag Biswas has won the first Amateur Radio Hero Award instituted by Orlando HamCation 2026. He was recognised for supporting emergency operations, helping law enforcement and reuniting missing persons with families across several States.
Ham radio operators from West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana helped police trace an Andhra woman found in Howrah. Using conference calls and local contacts, they identified her as Asunuri Devi from East Godavari, missing for years and now under care
A Telugu man who went missing from Hyderabad in 2006 was found alive in Bangladesh after 19 years. Ham radio operators and a social worker helped trace Chirra Prasada Rao, who had disappeared due to mental health issues, and reconnect him with his family in Andhra Pradesh.
