New Delhi:DRDO Chairman Dr G Satheesh Reddy has bagged the prestigious Aryabhata Award instituted by the Astronautical Society of India (ASI) for his outstanding life-time contribution to the promotion of astronautics in India. Dr Reddy, who is also the DDR&D secretary, received the award at a function held at UR Rao Satellite Centre, Bengaluru on Saturday.
Dr G Satheesh Reddy, a pioneer in the area of R&D of advanced avionics, navigation and missile technologies, has contributed immensely to strategic and tactical missile systems and helped the country become self-reliant in critical defence technologies, said a statement issued by the Ministry of Defence.