and development of the organization .

Neel graduated from IIT Kanpur and joined the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) at Kalpakkam in October 1976. At IGCAR, Neel worked on signal to noise enhancement techniques and development of custom instruments for materials research. In the course of his work at IGCAR, he developed a number of analytical instruments including Autoranging Count-rate meter, Box-Car Averager, Image Enhancer for Neutron Radiographs, High Voltage Pulser for Field Ion Microscopes, and Several microprocessor based Laboratory Automation systems.

While working at IGCAR, Neel completed his MS in 1982 and PhD studies at IIT Madras in 1986. His area of specialization was the study of Noise in Physical and Measurement Systems. In 1987, Neel was invited by the Defence R&D Organization (DRDO) to move to Hyderabad and help set up a new Laboratory, ANURAG. He was responsible for the development of PACE, DRDO's Parallel Processor, which is the fastest indigenous computing platform to
date. He was also responsible for setting up and co-ordinating the VLSI Design activities in DRDO and for the development of 14 ASICs including a 32 bit RISC processor. His responsibilities at ANURAG also extended to setting up a 1 micron CMOS Foundry at Bangalore. Neel did serve as the Director of the Laboratory from October 1992 to June 2001.

In June 2001, Neel joined C2C. He was actively involved in the design of GPS Modules in his incumbent role before he joined GDA in 2003.

Neel has won a number of awards in his career, starting with the Young Associate of Indian Academy of Science in 1983, the DRDO Scientist of the Year Award 1997, and the Om Prakash Bhasin Award in 1996.