Hyderabad, Nov. 1 -- Dr M Raghavendra Rao, Outstanding Scientist, has been appointed and assumed charge as Director, Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL), here.
ASL is a premier DRDO laboratory of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex spearheading the design, development and delivery of state-of-the-art defence systems for missile development programmes.
A graduate in Mechanical Engineering from NIT, Bhopal, Raghavendra received Master's degree in Aeronautical Engineering from MIT Chennai and PhD from NIT Warangal, a defence release said here on Saturday.
In DRDL, he immensely contributed to the Indian Guided Missile Defence Program (IGMDP) initiated under the leadership of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.
As a Technology Director of Liquid Propulsion, he...