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NATIONAL DESIGN AND RESEARCH FORUM (NDRF)

DESIGN AWARDS 2008

The National Design and Research Forum -- a peripheral body of the Institution -- had instituted these awards with a view to promote advancement of engineering design and to facilitate the exchange of ideas on its different aspects. These awards, as finalized by the NDRF, are given away ceremonially during the Indian Engineering Congress held annually at any one of the centres of the Institution spread all over the country.

The following personalities have been conferred with the NDRF Design Awards for the year 2008 during the Twenty-third Indian Engineering Congress held at Warangal, Andhra Pradesh during December 11-14, 2008.


NATIONAL DESIGN AWARD

Dr K Ramachandra

Former Director

Gas Turbine Research Establishment

Defence Research and Development Organization

Bangaluru, Karnataka

Dr K Ramachandra has experience of more than three decades in the fields of design and development, teaching and training. He has not only steered the country’s gas turbine engine programmes for many strategic defence applications but has also handled several indigenous mechanical engineering challenges for civilian applications. He is currently a part of the team spearheading a major Indian initiative in design and development of Micro Air Vehicles.

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DESIGN AWARD

Dr V Sundar

Professor

Department of Ocean Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Chennai, Tamilnadu

Dr V Sundar has completed three Indo-German projects sponsored by DFG and Volkswagon Stiftung, Germany apart from various governmental projects. As a Consultant, he handled several assignments related to Port and Harbours, Coastal Engineering problems, etc. He has been nominated as Expert in the Coastal Protection Development Committee, Government of India.

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN AWARD

Shri M Akbar Hussain Baig

Scientist

Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory

Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

Shri M Akbar Hussain Baig joined DMRL, Hyderabad, in the year 1980. He has outstanding contributions in the field of die design and manufacturing, dimensional inspection and quality control, reverse engineering, coordinate measuring machine (CMM), rapid prototyping, etc. In addition he has also built-up the dimensional evaluations of strategies of pattern dies as well as aerofoil castings using advanced CMM inspection techniques which benefit a number of strategic programmes for defence and civilian power sectors.

SUMAN SHARMA AWARD

Ms S Geetha

Deputy Project Director (Mission)

Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Project

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Ms S Geetha started her career at VSCC as an Engineer in the field of Control Systems. She is responsible for the mission planning, design, pre-flight synthesis and digital simulations for GSLV project to inject Indian National Satellite (INSAT) series in geosynchronous orbits and also for Human in Space Programme (HSP).

 

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