Aryabhata Award Presented To G Satheesh Reddy

Highlights:

• The Aryabhata Award given by the Astronautical Society of India (ASI), is presented to Secretary DDR&D and Chairman DRDO Dr G Satheesh Reddy
• The award is presented for his outstanding lifetime contribution to the promotion of astronautics in India.
• Dr Reddy is a pioneer within the area of R&D of advanced avionics, navigation, and missile technologies.
• Dr Reddy has contributed a lot to strategic and tactical missile systems and helped the country become self-reliant in critical defence technologies.
• He's has found mechanisms to determine robust defence development and production ecosystem.

• The ASI is engaged in disseminating technical and other information associated with astronautics by conducting technical meetings, bringing out technical publications and organising exhibitions.
• The President of the Astronautical Society of India is Dr K Sivan
• The Astronautical Society of India (ASI) was found out in 1990
• The Astronautical Society of India HQ is in New Delhi