G. SATHEESH REDDY

Aug. 26, 2018

Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Dr G. Satheesh Reddy to the post of Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman, DRDO.

About:

  • A missile scientist, Dr. Reddy is the Director General of the strategic missiles division.

  • His tenure as the Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister ended two months ago.

  • Now he has been appointed to the post of Secretary, Department of Defence Research & Development (DDR&D) and Chairman, Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO) for a period of two years.

  • For his distinguished contributions, he has received several prestigious awards which includes the first IEI-IEEE (USA) joint award for Engineering Excellence.

Source : The Hindu

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