G. Satheesh Reddy
| G. Satheesh Reddy | |
|---|---|
| Born | 01 July 1963 Mahimaluru village, Atmakuru Mandal, Nellore District |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater |
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur (B.Tech, ECE) Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad (MS & Ph.D ECE) |
| Occupation | SA to RM & Director General |
| Notable credit(s) | Missiles & Strategic Systems |
| Awards | 2015 RAeS Silver Medal |
G. Satheesh Reddy is an Indian Aerospace Scientist and presently Scientific Adviser to Raksha Mantri (SA to RM) and Director General, Missiles and Strategic Systems. Earlier, Satheesh served as Director of the Research Centre Imarat ( RCI) a key laboratory of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex,Defence Research and Development Organisation and an advanced centre for design, development and delivery of avionics systems for missiles and other applications. Reddy pioneered many technological developments for Indian Missiles and has made significant contributions towards successful flight testing of the country's maiden intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Agni-V mission. In June 2015 he was appointed scientific adviser to the defence minister of India.
Satheesh led the RCI laboratory and as Programme Director, successfully spearheaded the development of Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM) programme which scored a perfect hat-trick in its first three consecutive missions. Hon'ble President and Hon'ble Defence Minister of India extended their best wishes for the MRSAM team. Satheesh praised his entire team behind the successful mission and said “It is a quantum jump in air defence capability, the missile successfully intercepted a manoeuvring air-breathing target mimicking an attacking combat aircraft. "It was a perfect launch achieving all the mission parameters”.
Satheesh is a fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation in London, the first from India. He is a fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, a foreign member of the Academy of Navigation and Motion Control, Russia, a fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering and an honorary fellow of the Computer Society of India.
Satheesh received the Homi J. Bhabha Memorial Award of the Indian Science Congress Association for 2013–14. In 2015 he was the first Indian recipient of the Silver Medal of the Royal Aeronautical Society. He has been conferred with National Systems Gold Medal, Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya Award of the Institution of Engineers (India), IETE B.V. Baliga Memorial Award for his contribution towards planning, design, development, production and timely delivery of critical avionics systems and diversified navigation technologies and Systems Society of India Vikram Award for realisation of Systems of National importance.
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