| Pramod Kale | |
| Birth Place: | Pune, India |
| Birth Date: | 4 March 1941 |
| Education: | • Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (BSc) • Gujarat University (MSc) |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Organisation: | • Physical Research Laboratory • Indian Space Research Organisation |
| Occupation: | Space Research Scientist |
| Honours: | • Padma Shri (1984) • Aryabhata Award (2006) |
Pramod Kale (born 4 March 1941) is an Indian engineer who has worked for the Indian Space Research Organisation in various leadership roles.
He was born on 4 March 1941 in Pune, India. Kale completed his matriculation in 1956 from the M.C. High School, Vadodara and went on to study at Fergusson College in Pune. He completed his BSc Physics from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in 1960 and then his MSc (Physics-Electronics) from Gujarat University, Ahmedabad in 1962.
While studying for his MSc he worked at the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad for getting practical experience of Electronics and Space Research. During that time he started work on Satellite tracking. After getting his MSc in 1962, he worked for three years as a research student of Vikram Sarabhai. In 1963 he was selected as a team member for the establishment of Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS), near Thiruvananthapuram and for that work was deputed to work at Goddard Space Flight Centre, NASA, USA.
Kale has published over twenty-five papers on various subjects from 1964 until 1994.