Tuesday, 28 December 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The Technology Adviser to Secretary D D Research and Development and Chairman, Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO), Sanjeev Kumar Joshi has been appointed as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer, BrahMos Aerospace. The renowned defense scientist is a native of Almora and settled in Haldwani of Uttarakhand.
As senior defence scientist and Technology Adviser, Joshi has played a key techno-managerial and advisory role in formulation of many apex level policies, defence technology management, industry interface, promoting defence manufacturing and strengthening efforts towards indigenous design and development of advanced defence systems and technologies across the clusters of DRDO. He was instrumental in strengthening collaborations and facilitated flow of learning across organisational boundaries to promote indigenous developments in the country.
He played a vital role in strengthening synergy with other scientific establishments, Research and Development centers, academia, industries, start-ups, professional bodies and apex level committees which contributed substantively to DRDOs R&D efforts.
As Additional Director and later as Officer-in-charge, programme office, his seamless techno-managerial support and innovative project formulation and management expertise assisted in the design and development of a wide range of tactical and strategic missile systems and initiation of many new Projects to equip armed forces with state-of-the-art weapons and technologies.
He was instrumental in many Intergovernmental cooperation and has extensively coordinated for progressing the joint development programmes including BrahMos and the air defence system, MRSAM.
Joshi is a post graduate in Physics from Kumaun University, Uttarakhand. He did his M.Tech from GB Pant University, Pantnagar and has received his PhD from NIT, Kurukshetra. He has made vital techno-managerial contributions towards design and development of aerospace systems, research studies pertaining to materials especially carbon nano-composites, low temperature material characterisation, finite element modelling of delamination of low temperature welded joints.
