Scientist Felicitations

Adamya Chetana Seva Utsav31/12/2014 – 04/01/2015

Padmabhushan Dr U R RaoFormer Chairman- ISRO,

Chairman- Space Commission, Secretary- Department of Space.

Ph.D at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad under the guidance of Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, 1960

MS from Banaras Hindu University, India 1953, Bachelor of Sciences from Madras University, India, 1951, Padma Bhushan - 1976 Inducted into the Satellite Hall of Fame, Washington on

March 19, 2013 Chairman - Department of Space (1985) Chairman of ANTRIX Over 40 National and International awards Authored 3 books

Padmabhushan Dr K RadhakrishnanChairman- Indian space Research Organisation,

Chairman- Space Commission, Secretary- Department of Space,

He graduated in Electrical Engineering from Kerala University (1970), completed his PGDM from IIM Bangalore (1976) and was awarded Doctorate from IIT Kharagpur (2000).

He has had a distinguished career adorned with accomplishments that spans beyond 40 years in space technology, applications and space programme management.

1971 – Aerospace Engineer, VSSC – Trivandrum 2009 – Chairman, ISRO Awards & Hours: Dr. Radhakrishnan is recipient of numerous

accolades including “ Distinguished Alumnus Award” of IIT Kharagpur (2010) and IIM Bangalore (2010)

2014 – Padmabhushan 2014 – Named one of Nature's “people who mattered” An accomplished vocalist and Kathakali artist

Dr. VASUDEV K AATREFormer Scientific Advisor to Raksha Mantri

BE degree from University of Mysore in 1961. This was followed by ME from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 1963 and PhD. from University of Waterloo, Canada in 1967

Faculty of Engineering Technical University of Nova Scotia, Halifax Canada from 1968 to 1980

During 1977 he was visiting professor at IISc In 1980 he returned India, took job as Principle Scientific Officer at NPOL, Cochin In short period of 4 years he became the Director of NPOL He became a Distinguished Scientist of DRDO in 1996. In 1999 he was appointed as Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister (SA to RM),

Director General DRDO, Director of ADA, and Secretary Department of Defence R&D.

During four decades of his career as a teacher, researcher, technologist, and technology manger, Dr. Aatre has been an exceptional leader and excellent mentor. During his illustrious career he has been honoured with several awards and fellowships of several societies

Awards : PADMABHUSHAN Award in 2000, National Systems Gold Medal - Systems Society of India – 2009, Lifetime Achievement Award Systems Society of India – 2010, Honorary Doctorate Degree – University of Hyderabad and many more

Dr. C G Krishnadas NairFormer Chairman, HAL

B.Tech (1964) IIT Chennai and Master (1966) & PhD (1968) University of Sask, Canada

Fellow -Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) and ASI Former Chairman – Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., Past President – ASI, IIM Chancellor – Jain University, Bangalore Hony. President - Society of Indian Aerospace Technologies & Industries

(SIATI) Authored /co-authored 21 books in Engineering Technology and

Management; Published over 200 research & technology and Management papers in

National and International journals Received many Awards - Outstanding Aerospace Personality Award for the

decade by Indian Aviation for outstanding contributions to the Indian Aerospace Industry (2011), Scope Award for Best Chief Executive and Gold Plaque from Prime Minister of India (2003), Rashtriya Ratna Award (2001), National Award for R&D (1991), and many more

Dr. Kota Harinarayana Raja Ramanna Fellow, NAL

Former Programme Director & Chief Designer of LCAFormer Vice Chancellor of Univ. of Hyderabad

Graduated from BHU & Post graduate at IISc. Ph.D. at IIT Bombay and holding a Bachelor’s degree in Law. Started his career in 1967 at HAL. Moved to DRDO HQ in 1970 till 1982 and held various positions. Rejoined HAL in 1982 as Chief Designer in Nasik Division. Assumed charge as Director ADE in 1985 and Bangalore. Appointed as LCA Programme Director in December 1985. During 1995 he was elevated as Distinguished Scientist by DRDO. Programme Director and Chief Designer of LCA, he successfully directed

the project leading to flight testing and clearance for limited series production.

Fellow of ASI and Indian National Academy of Engineering. Awarded National Aeronautics Prize and FIE Foundation Award in 1996. Received SBI- Pragna Puraskar in 2001. Received the Dr. Y. Nayudamma Memorial Award for 2001. Received the DRDO Technology Leadership Award for 2001. Honoured with Padma Shri by Government of India in 2002.

Shri. D Y Katti Former Project Director

ADA

BE in Electrical & Electronics from college of Engineering PUNE PG diploma in Aeronautical Science One of the Instrumental member in setting up of ADA facilities Specialist in Aircraft Stress Analysis & Statics Testing

Padmashri Dr T S PrahladDistinguished Scientist & Former Director , NAL

M.E. (1963) and Ph.D. (1972) both, in Aeronautical Engineering at IISc

Post-doctoral research at University of Cambridge, UK, areas of specialization include Aerospace Engineering,

Aerodynamics/Fluid Dynamics. Distinguished scientist and former director of NAL (1996 - 2002) Fellow of the Aeronautical Society of India, and the INAE. Co-ordinated and managed technology and system development

programmes at ISRO, ADA and NAL. Visiting Professorship at Federal Institute of Technology,

Lausanne, Switzerland Senior Visiting Scientist at Norwegian Institute of

Technology,Trondheim, Norway.

Dr K RamchandFormer Director, CABS

Leading systems engineer and integrator in the field of aeronautics

He is also involved in the flight testing of indigenously developed multi-mode radar and avionics for Indian LCA using Avro aircraft as a Hack aircraft

He has conceived and developed Bheema-1000, a universal and versatile weapon loading ground support equipment for all classes of fighter aircraft

Dr K N ShankaraFormer Director

Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad & ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore

Joined Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad in 1971. Group Director at SAC until 1996, he has contributed extensively in the

area of microwave technology and spacecraft electronics.In 1996 took over as Deputy Director, ISRO Satellite Centre, BangaloeIn 2001, he took over as Director, Satellite Communications Programme

and Programme Director, INSAT at ISRO Headquarters, Bangalore, In 2002, he became the Director of Space Applications Centre (SAC).In 2008, he became the Director of ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC)Received Astronautical Society of India award for “Space System

Management” for the year 2000In 2004 he was awarded Padma Shri for his contribution in the field of

Space Technology.

Dr B N SureshFormer Director, ISRO

Degree in Science and Engineering from Mysore University, Post Graduate degree from IIT Madras.

Doctorate under Commonwealth Scholarship in Control Systems from Salford University, UK .

Joined Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum in 1969 Director Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in 2003-2007 Founder Director for IIST at Trivandrum in 2007-2010. Member of Board of Governors, IIT Madras and Chairman, Research

Board for Aeronautical Development Establishment, DRDO. He has recently taken over as President INAE a premier Engineering

Academy of the Country at Delhi. Fellow of several professional bodies like INAE, ASI, AeSI and IAA at

Paris, SSI. Delivered several prestigious guest lectures in India and aborad. Won several awards & honours national and international. “National Systems Gold Medal” for lifetime contributions to large

systems from System Society of India.

Dr V Koteswara RaoFormer, Scientific Secretary

Has held several important positions at ISRO Project Director of Astrosat satellite PhD in Instrumentation and Control systems Member of International academy of astronautics Executive secretary of The Astronautical Society of

India

Dr A C RaghuramFormer Director, NAL

Closely associated with the failure analysis group One of the first IITan's in the field of Metallurgies Led the team of the aircrash investigation of Boeing 747-Kanishka

Shri. K NagarajFormer CE, CEMILAC

Former CE, CEMILAC Former Director, CABS Proud recipient of the Lifetime achievement award – 2003

Shri. Mohan S NadgirFormer GM, HAL Nasik Division and ARDC,.

Former Director (D & D),Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., Bangalore

B.E., M.Tech., M.Sc. (U.K.), F.I.E., F.Ae.S.I. Former General Manager, HAL Nasik Division and ARDC, Bangalore.. Former Director (D & D),Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., Bangalore

Specialization: Design, Development and MRO of Aircraft and Helicopter, R & D on Aircraft

Upgrade. R & D on Structural Integrity and Life Extension Indigenization of Russian

spares and LRUs

Special Achievements: D & D of Advanced Light Helicopter, MiG-27 Upgrade, Jaguar NAVWASS

Upgrade, Battle Damage Repair Manual. MIG-21 UM upgrade in Israel, Life Extension of all Russian Aircraft of IAF

and IN. Awards: ‘National Aeronautical Prize’ by AeSI in 2007, 'Sir Biren Roy Trust

Award' by AeSI in 1998, ‘Chief of Air Staff Commendation Medal’ Twice -in 1997 and 2002.

Shri. P J BhatFormer Distinguished Scientist & Deputy Director,

ISRO

Mission planning and operation of INSAT and GSAT series of satellites used for communications.

Responsible for planning and implementation of Flight control procedure for orbit raising operations of INSAT and GSAT series of satellites.

As a mission director he was responsible for Orbit raising operations of INSAT/GSAT Complete co-ordination with launcher agencies Trained Spacecraft controllers

Shri. V R KattiFormerly Prof. Satish Dhawan Scientist

ISRO Satellite Centre,

Graduated Pune, Maharashtra in E&T 1969, post-graduate degree in ECE from IISc in 1971.

Joined ISRO in 1972 Carried out pioneering work on satellite system integration techniques,

methodology and procedures. Instrumental in developing EMC program of spacecraft surfaces placed in

geo-synchronous orbit. Played a crucial role in the development of the second generation INSAT

satellites Responsible for evolution satellite platforms employing light-weight carbon

composite based structures and miniaturized electronics. Author of a number of technical papers published in national and

international journals / conference Served as President of Society of EMC Engineers, India from 2000 to 2006 Conferred with many awards (Aryabhata, PADMASHRI, FIE Foundation

National Award, Performance Excellence Award)

Shri. P S SubramanyamDistinguished Scientist/Programme Director(CA) &

Director, ADA

Graduate from National Institute of Technology, Warangal in 1973 Post Graduate from IISc in 1975 Started his career in DRDL in 1975 Joined ADA in 1986 In 2005, took over as Programme Director Integrated Guided Missile Development Program (IGMDP) Currently leading the team of LCA, AMCA and UAV systems IOC for LCA was obtained in his leadership Distinguished Alumni of Indian Institute of Science Life Member and Member of Executive Council of the Astronautical

Society of India National Design Award by the Institute of Engineers for the year 2011. DRDO Performance Excellence Award for the year 2013. Technology Leadership Award for the year 2008

Dr K. TamilmaniDistinguished Scientist & Director General

(Aeronautical Systems)

Degree from MIT, Chennai, Post graduation in BITS, Ranchi, MA (Defence Studies) at Madras University, MBA (HRD) at IGNOU

Doctoral Degree in “Defence and Strategic Studies” by the University of Madras His research work focused on the ‘Military Technology Dynamics and its

implications on National Security’ He was Director, CABS before being appointed as the Chief Executive

(Airworthiness), CEMILAC on 01 Jan 2007 to 2nd Apr 2014 DG (Aero) from 2nd Sep 2013 for the aero cluster labs Viz ADA, ADE, ADRDE,

CABS and GTRE. Is one among the two Flight Test Instrumentation Engineers of DRDO trained at

EPNER, France. Dr K Tamilmani has received many awards and honours (DRDO outstanding

contribution award, Prof VM Ghatge Award by ASI, National Aeronautical Prize, “Technology Leadership Award -2011”“Performance Excellence Award-2013”

Has been nominated by the Governor of Karnataka as a Senate Member of the VTU.

Dr. Keshava Dattatraya NayakDirector General

(Microelectronic Devices, Computational Systems and Cyber Security))

Bachelor of Engineering from UVCE Bangalore. Doctorate from IIT Bombay Joined DRDO in 1984 and served in various positions as CEO SITAR,

Director AUNURAG and CC R&D (MED & MIST) pioneer in the field of Microelectronic devices and high performance

computing systems, ASIC Currently serving as Director General (Microelectronic Devices,

Computational Systems and Cyber Security) Recipient of numerous accolades and awards, IGMDP Award in 1989,

IETE – IRSI (83) Award in 1999 Scientist of the year Award in 2006 and Technology Leadership Award in

2013. He has been the chairman and member of various national policy

formulation committees. Has more than 40 technical papers published in national and international

journal and copyrights in field of complier software.

Dr. R K TyagiChairman, HAL

BE in E&T from University of Roorkee (now IIT, Roorkee) in 1975 MBA in Marketing in 1998. He attended an Advanced Leadership Course at Indian School of Business,

Hyderabad in the years 2004-05. Conferred with Doctorate of Philosophy in Management Studies in 2012. Joined ONGC as a Graduate Trainee in 1976, rose to GM in 2003 and

continued till 2007. From May 2007 to Feb 2012, was holding the position of CMD at Pawan

Hans Helicopter Ltd. (PHHL). Took over as the Chairman of HAL on 2nd Mar 2012 HAL achieved unprecedented sales of over Rs 15000 Crs, in the year 2013-

14. HAL has received phenomenal recognition, getting over 70 awards for its

achievements Led the team with a vision to become a Maharatna company within 70

months. HAL has become a learning organization and has filed about 1000 patents in

last two and a half years

Dr S K ShivakumarDistinguished Scientist & Director

ISRO Satellite Centre

Honorary Doctorate awarded by University of Mysore MTech from IISc, Bangalore Bachelor of Engineering from IISc, Bangalore Bachelor of Science from Mysore University As Member, ISRO Council, responsible for strategic planning of the

Organisation. Indian Deep space mission network (IDSN), Chandrayaan1 and

Mars Mission are his brain child. ISRO is growing leaps and bounds under his leadership. AWARDS: 8 prestigious national wards Authored and co-authored about 43 national and international

papers

Dr. Nagendra Rao GDirector, LEOS

B. Tech degree in ENC SVU, Tirupathi with a first rank. Masters degree in ECE 1981, Ph. D. in Aerospace Engineering in 2005

from IISc Bangalore. Joined ISRO in 1981 He is a selected member of distinguished ISRO Strategy Group (ISG)

that focuses on the future of ISRO organization strategy. Main contribution is the development of high accuracy star trackers for

determination of orientation (attitude) of the spacecraft in space. Contributed for the development of a high accuracy Fiber optic

Gyroscope for the recent GSAT-14 spacecraft Contributed for the development of Lyman-Alpha Photometer payload

flown in MOM that studies the loss of water from MARS atmosphere. Life member of ASIe India, American Institute of Aeronautics and

Astronautics, USA In the year 2009, he has received an ISRO team excellence award for

leading a team

Shri. Shyam ChettyEmeritus Scientist & Technical Adviser, ADA

Director CSIR, NAL Project Director of the National Control Law Team for LCA Head the systems Engineering Cluster of NAL 33 years of experience in the field of Aircraft Flight Mechanics &

Control His interests include FCS Design, Development , Aircraft simulation

& Modelling He has over 60 Journals & Conference Papers to his Credit He has won several awards ( Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Award, C

R Raman Distinguished Young Scientist Award, DRDO Award for Path Breaking Research)

Dr S ChristopherDistinguished Scientist, Programme Director (AEW&C) &

Director, Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS)

BE (Hons) in E&C from University of Madras and M.Tech in Microwaves and Radar Engineering from IIT, Kharagpur.

PhD in Antennae and Measurement Techniques from IIT, Madras After a brief stint at Bharat Electronics, Ghaziabad, Joined the LRDE, Bangalore. Joined the Centre for Air-Borne Systems (CABS) in 2004 and assumed

charge as Programme Director for Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) programme.

Appointed as Director, CABS, in addition to his responsibility as Programme Director (AEW&C).

Elevated to the rank of Distinguished Scientist in 2012.

Fellow of the National Academy of Engineers (FNAE). Recipient of many awards including the prestigious ‘Scientist of the Year

Award’ in 1999. Published over 75 papers and holds copy rights and patents for many of his

works.

Shri. P. SrikumarOutstanding Scientist and Director

ADE

BSC. Engg. (Aero) from Punjab Engineering College Chandigarh in 1978 and M. Tech. (Aero) from IIT Bombay in 1980.

Worked as a Research Assistant in Aero Engg Dept at IIT during 1980 – 1981.

Worked as Aero Engineer Gr II at Aircraft Design Bureau, HAL Bangalore during 1981 – 1982.

Joined Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) Bangalore in 1982. In 1994, he was instrumental in establishing a PC-based HILS Facility for

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) applications. In 2004, he initiated Project “Nirbhay”, for the development of a Subsonic

Cruise Vehicle, which had its maiden launch on 12 March 2013. Took over as Director, ADE Bangalore in October 2013. Areas of interest are Systems Analysis, Systems Engineering and Mission

Simulation for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Received the DRDO Performance Excellence Award in 2004 Eminent Engineer Award – 2014’ instituted by the Institution of Engineers

(India). Member of Governing Council of ASI and Executive Council of ASI.

Dr C P RamanarayananFNAE, Outstanding Scientist

Director, GTRE

Graduate from NIT, Calicut and M.E. from IISc. Awarded Doctor of Philosopy (Ph.D.) by JNTU Joined NSTL, a premier establishment of DRDO in 1982 Was Project Director for thermal propulsion development for heavy and light

weight torpedoes. Instrumental for starting work indigenously for development of thermal

propulsion System for torpedoes at NSTL. Assumed charge as Director GTRE, Bangalore from July 2012. Earlier to this he was Director at VRDE, Ahmednagar from January 2010 to

June 2012. Fellow of INAE and Institution of Engineers, Member of Fluid Power Society of India and of Heat and Mass Transfer

Society of India. President of Society for Aerospace Quality and Reliability and elected

president of ASI, Bangalore Chapter for the period 2016-18. conferred "Scientist of the Year Award" in the year 2005 Awarded life time achievement award by Institution of Engineer (India).

Dr. VC. PADAKIOutstanding Scientist & Director

Defence Bioengineering & Electromedical LaboratoryDEBEL

M.Sc in Physics in 1975 from Bangalore University and Ph.D from IISc Bangalore in Solid State Physics in the year 1981.

Before joining DRDO, he had a brief stint of 02 years at the Department of Atomic Energy.

He has to his credit more than 70 Papers published in National and International Journals and 12 Patents filed.

He received various Awards for the excellent contributions in indigenous technology development.

Recipient of Agni Award for Self-Reliance thrice in the years 2001, 2007 and 2009.

Received DRDO Scientist of the Year Award in 2004 Member of DST, RAB, ICMR, DEIT on MT Member of several professional societies such as ISSS, INSRAM, ASI He is also CEO of Society for Biomedical Technology (SBMT) founded by Dr

APJ Kalam and steered by DEBEL, Bangalore

Shri. Sanjay Burman Director

CAIR

BSc (E&T) from Sambalpur University, Orissa, in 1985, and MTech in Signal Processing from IIT-K, Kanpur, in 1995.

He is currently pursuing PhD in the area of reconfigurable computing at IIT-Madras, Chennai.

Joined LRDE in 1986 In November 2000 he was transferred to CAIR Took over the charge of Director, Centre for Artificial Intelligence and

Robotics (CAIR), Bengaluru, wef 1 November 2012. Heading the Communication Systems and Security Division of CAIR He was awarded Sir CV Raman Young Scientist Award in 1999. Laboratory Scientist of the Year award in 2005; DRDO’s Agni Award and Performance Excellence Award in 2005, 2006,&

2007 DRDO Scientist of the Year Award in 2010 from the Prime Minister of India. Founder member of the Cryptology Research Society of India. Number of publications to his credit in the areas of cryptography, security and

re-configurable computing in national and international journals

Shri. SS NAGARAJOutstanding Scientist and Director

LRDE Engineering degree ENC from Govt BDT college of Engineering,

Davanagere in 1982 Masters degree in Electronics from KREC, Surathkal in 1986. He Joined LRDE in 1987. Assumed the charge of Director LRDE, Bengaluru, from 01st Dec 2014. Working in the field of Radar Systems since then and today he is an expert

in the field of modern radars and related technology. Area of specialization includes Passive Phased Array radars, Active

Phased array Radars, Radar Signal processing and imaging Radars. Contributed in design and development of technologically advanced radar

systems and their integration with weapon systems.

Recipient of the following awards: -Technology Group Award in the year 2002 -Pathbreaking technology Award in the year 2006 -DRDO Scientist of the Year Award in the year 2008.

Ms. J ManjulaDirector

Defence Avionics Research Establishment , DARE

She is presently an Outstanding Scientist is DRDO positioned as Director of DARE from July 2014

Post Graduate from Osmania University Joined DRDL in 1987 Served 26 years DRDL in Projects of different magnitudes and in

various capacities and evolved herself as a specialist in the field of Electronic Warfare

Recipient of the following awards DRDO Performance Excellence Award in 2006 Scientist of the year Award in 2013 India Today’s Woman in Science Award in 2014 & Many Technology Group Awards And also has many patents filed to her credit

Shri. P JaypalChief Executive (Airworthiness)

Centre for Military Airworthiness & Certification (CEMILAC)

B.tech in Aeronautical Engineering in 1983 and M.Tech in 1985. Joined DRDO in 1985 ensuring Airworthiness assurance of MiG

Aircraft in Regional Centre for Military Airworthiness,(Nasik). Joined RCMA(Helicopters) in 1990 and was responsible for

airworthiness assurance and Certification of ALH, LCH, LUH In 2005 he took over as Regional Director of RCMA(Helicopter) In 2014 he took over as Chief Executive (Airworthiness) CEMILAC Responsible for monitoring 14 RCMAs spread all over the country

which are engaged in ensuring safety and reliability of airborne stores used by Indian Armed Forces

He is the receipt of the following Awards:

Technology Group Award in 2007 DRDO Agni Award for Excellence in Self reliance in 2001 & 2008 DRDO Performance Excellence Award in 2013.

Shri. UK. SinghSc ‘G’, RCI, Hyderabad &

Director-designate of DEBEL, Bangalore

M.Sc degree in Computer Science from DAVV, Indore in 1989 M.Tech, Computer Science from the same University in 1997. Enrolled in Ph.D program at the University of Hyderabad Worked as Project Director in PGAD/RCI, Hyderabad since Jul 2012.

He is taking over as Director, DEBEL, Bangalore from 01st Jan 2015. Started his career in ATV project, Vizag in 1989, moved to NSTL in

1992 He moved to RCI in 2001 Presently, he is holding the post of Project Director in Programme

AD.

Shri. T Suvarnaraju Director D&D, HAL

Engineering Graduate has done MBA (Marketing) Holds an MPhil in Defence Strategic Studies from Madras University PG Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights from NLSUI Joined HAL in 1980 as a Management Trainee He rose to the position of General Manager (Aircraft Division) and was

appointed as Director (Design & Development) with effect from 4th January, 2012.

Also holding additional charge of Managing Director (Helicopter Complex) from 1st June 2013

Has been named as the next Chairman of HAL from February 2015 to August 2018.

Dr. K Karunakar Emeritus Scientist & Technical Adviser, ADA

Phd in Engineering from IISc, Bangalore. Dr KK joined NAL, Bangalore in 1970 Joining ADA in 1988 worked in the area of Aerospace Electronics

(Hardware & Software), control systems and control electronics. Joined ADA as DPD in 1988 for FCS for LCA and Independent

Test and Evaluation of LCA Software Systems. Responsible for establishing a full-fledged Independent Verification

& Validation Laboratory at ADA with advanced CASE tools and computing facility in 1992.

He has evolved methods and techniques to test to evaluate 19 software systems of LCA.

Also using these techniques he had independently tested and evaluated AGNI-I and AGNI-IImissile software systems.

Dr Karunakar has won several prestigious awards and has a number of publications to his credit.

Dr. Kesava Raju V Deputy Director – Mission Development Area

C D SridharaOutstanding Scientist and Deputy Director

ISRO, Satellite Center, Bangalore

BE, Mechanical, and MSc Engineering by Research 34 years in the field of Spacecraft Mechanisms design, analysis

and testing Mechanisms for Interplanetary missions – MARS Orbiter Mission

and CHANDRAYAN 1 AND 2 Developed Lunar Lander for Chandrayan 2 Development of solar array and antenna deployment mechanisms Has published 40 papers in national and international journals AWARDS: Dr. Biren Roy Space Science and design award for the

year 2013, by The Aeronautical Society of India. National Design award in Mechanical Engineering 2011, by

Institution of Engineers for outstanding contributions in the field of Mechanical Engg.

Team Excellence Award for the development of Unfurlable Antenna Mechanism - for 2011, by ISRO

Dr Annadurai MylswamyProgramme Director - IRS & SSS Programme

ISRO

He has been conferred Doctor of Science (Honouris Causa) by four universities

Annadurai is the First Engineer from his remote village Joined the Indian Space Research organization (ISRO) in 1982 Mission Director of INSAT family of Satellites, he managed

eight INSAT Satellites until 2004, Project Director of Chandrayaan‐1&2, Indian Satellite Missions contributed

significantly towards realization of the first Satellite for Education, EDUSAT

He has over 70 science and technical papers Dr. Annadurai is the recipient of many awards and honours

(Rajyotsava Award for Science, National Aeronautical Award, Team Excellence Award, H K Firodia Award 2009).

Dr S V Sharma Group Director - Programme Planning & Evaluation Group

ISRO

Engineering Graduation from Mysore University (1985), India. Masters Degree (M.tech) from IISc, Bangalore ( 1991) Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) from IISc, Bangalore (2008) His fields of interest are Robotics and unconventional actuators for

Space application. Study of effect of Space Radiation on Semiconductors Components

and Materials. He has been working in ISRO for the last more than 27Years contributed significantly in design, development and fabrication of

Satellite in various capacities One of the important achievements is development of ASIC for

space application

Bharadwaj. K M Deputy Director - Reliability & Components Area

ISRO

M.Sc. (Physics) from Agra College, Agra, India. M.Tech. from IISc, Bangalore, India in 1978. He joined ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore. He worked with the

Control Systems Group and designed first Micro-processor based Control Systems for SROSS (Stretched Rohini Satellite Series) satellites.

Pioneer in designing Automated Test Systems He had many functional positions during his long career at ISRO. He was Deputy Project Director for Chandrayaan-1 project and was

awarded for the Team Excellence Award. He was Group Head, Control Systems, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore.

Currently, he is Deputy Director of Reliability and Components Area of ISRO Satellite Centre and s leading the team to achieve zero defect in spacecrafts like MOM and others.

He has more than 30 papers to his credit in Conf/journals.  

Mr. E.VASANTHA Distinguished Scientist/ Deputy Director,

Digital, Controls & Space Craft AstronomyISRO

B.E (E&C) from erstwhile KREC Surathkal and M.E (E &C) from IISc Bangalore.

Joined ISRO Satellite Centre in 1978. Area of expertise is embedded systems design, and software

development. Development of solid state recorder is an excellent indigenous state

of the art system Played a pivotal role in MARS Orbiter Mission (MOM). Instrumental in configuring and designing Telemetry, Tele

Command, Data handling System. He was the chairman of Standing review committee for the MOM several publication both in national and at international journals. Bestowed with several awards for his outstanding contributions in

space craft electronics which includes data compression, encryption, CCSDS command system and solid state recorders.