Prestigious fellowship from RAeS for DRDO Chairman Dr Satheesh

Hyderabad: Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) London, the oldest aeronautical society in the world, has conferred the Honorary Fellowship of the Society for the year 2019 on Dr G Satheesh Reddy, Secretary of Dept of Defence R&D and Chairman of DRDO. Dr Reddy is the first Indian recipient of this prestigious award in over 100 years.

The Society's highest award is bestowed in recognition of Dr Reddy's pioneering technological contributions over the past three decades which has enabled the country to realize frontline military systems & world class missile technologies.

Honorary Fellowship from RAeS is one of the world's highest distinctions for aerospace achievement awarded for only the most exceptional contributions to the aerospace profession. It is considered as equivalent to the Nobel Prize in the aerospace domain.

This honor is conferred on those whose careers, leadership, inspiration and impact mark them out as among the most eminent, widely recognised and influential aerospace professionals of their generation.

A visionary and an institution builder, Dr Satheesh Reddy led the indigenous design, development and deployment of state-of-the-art mission critical aerospace technologies and advanced missile systems. These cutting edge technologies have been the backbone for key strategic programmes and other defence applications in India.

Dr Reddy is known for his vision and capability to develop indigenous technologies and is famous in students as "Junior Kalam" and 'Next Generation Missile Man" due to his knack on advanced technologies.

Dr Reddy spearheaded Mission Shakti, the country's first Anti-Satellite Missile Test (ASAT) mission which demonstrated extremely high degree of precision and technological prowess, enabling India to join a select group of four nations with such capability.

He bolstered the Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) programme and successfully demonstrated missile interception capabilities at high altitudes. He led the development of advanced avionics and achieved streak of successful missions of long range Agni 5 strategic missile. His R&D contributions have made India self‐reliant in Missiles and Avionics technologies.

Dr Satheesh Reddy has received numerous awards that include AIAA Missile Systems Award, National Aeronautical Prize, National Systems Gold Medal, National Design Award, IEI-IEEE (USA) award for engineering excellence, Homi J Bhabha Gold Medal and Technology Leadership Award.