Satheesh Reddy conferred first IEI-IEEE award

In Awards and Honours
August 26, 2016

Satheesh Reddy, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister and DRDO’s DG (Missiles & Strategic Systems), was conferred the first IEI-IEEE Award for engineering excellence 2015 . The award is in recognition of his ‘significant national contributions towards missiles and aerospace technologies’.

The award was presented by the Institution of Engineers (India) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Asia Pacific region, during the latter’s 50th anniversary.

About Dr. Reddy

Dr. Reddy is a renowned aerospace and navigation scientist. As director of DRDO’s Research Centre Imarat, he led the indigenous development of denied sensor and avionics technologies related to Indian missile navigation and other programmes.

He is also credited with development of the Medium Range Surface-to-Air Weapon System, or MRSAM, and the country’s first guided bomb, among others, the organisers said.

He has made significant contributions towards successful flight testing of the country’s maiden intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Agni-V mission. He is also credited with development of the Medium Range Surface-to-Air Weapon System (MRSAM) and the country’s first guided bomb, among others. In 2015, he became first Indian to get the fellowship from Royal Institute of Navigation.