Английская Википедия:A. Sivathanu Pillai

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A Sivathanu Pillai is an Indian scientist who formerly served as Honorary Distinguished Professor at Indian Space Research Organisation (2015-2018) and an honorary professor at IIT Delhi in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (2015-2016) and a visiting professor at Indian Institute of Science (2014-2015).

He is the President of Project Management Associates and is the former chairperson of the board of governors of the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra.

He formerly served as Chief Controller of Research and Development from year 1996 to 2014 and held the rank of "Distinguished Scientist" from year 1999 to 2014 at the Defence Research and Development Organisation at the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of India. He is also the founder-CEO and managing director of the BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited.

He also previously served as Vice President of International Project Management Association and as Special Secretary representing India in the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military-Technical Cooperation.

Early life and education

Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai was born in Nagercoil in Kanyakumari District, Tamilnadu on 15 July 1947. He completed his schooling at D.V.D. Higher Secondary School, Nagercoil,. He earned his Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Thiagarajar College of Engineering in 1969.

In 1991, he attended the six-week Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. He then earned PhD in Technology Management from Savitribai Phule Pune University in 1996. Pillai is a close and personal friend of Former President of India APJ Abdul Kalam

Career

Файл:The CEO & MD, Dr. A. Sivathanu Pillai introducing a model missile to the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh at BrahMos Complex in New Delhi on June 28, 2006.jpg

Sivathanu Pillai introducing a model missile to 13th Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh at BrahMos Complex in New Delhi.

Файл:The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Bhushan Award to Dr. Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai, at an Investiture Ceremony-II, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 20, 2013.jpg

13th President of India Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Bhushan Sivathanu Pillai at an Investiture Ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi.

Academia

Pillai currently serves as honorary distinguished professor at Indian Space Research Organisation and an honorary professor at IIT Delhi in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and a visiting professor at Indian Institute of Science.

He also formerly served as the chairperson of the board of governors of the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra.

ISRO and DRDO

Pillai joined the Defence Research and Development Service and has four decades of experience in ISRO and DRDO and has worked with Vikram Sarabhai, Satish Dhawan and APJ Abdul Kalam.

He joined DRDO in 1986 and was the Programme Director of IGMDP under the leadership of A. P. J. Kalam. He contributed to the successful development of SLV III as a core team member and to the evolution of PSLV configuration for ISRO.

Brahmos Aerospace

In August 2007 he was given a third extension of his retirement date by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.

Pillai is regarded as the Father of BRAHMOS, the joint venture between India and Russia to design, develop, produce and market the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos and he is the chief executive and managing director of BrahMos Aerospace. In 2007, under his leadership as CEO of Brahmos Aerospace, the company bought Kerala Hitech Industries Limited. It has been then converted into Brahmos Aerospace Trivandrum Limited, the second missile making unit of BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited for a world-class missile facility with system integration and testing.

Awards and honours

Year of Award or Honor	Name of Award or Honor	Awarding Organization
2014	Lifetime Achievement Award	Rotary International.
2014	Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award	Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management.
2014	Order of Friendship	President of Russia.
2013	Padma Bhushan	President of India.
2009	DRDO Technology Leadership Award	Prime Minister of India.
2009	Level A certification of Project Directorship	International Project Management Association (IPMA), Switzerland.
2008	Honorary Doctorate	Thapar University, India.
2007	Honorary Doctorate	Avinashilingam University, India.
2006	Honorary Doctorate	Bharathiar University, India.
2006	Honorary Doctorate	State Marine Technical University of St. Petersburg, Russia.
2006	Honorary Doctorate	Andhra University, India.
2006	Raja Rammohan Puraskar Award	Ministry of Defence.
2005	DRDO Performance Excellence Award	Ministry of Defence.
2005	Honorary Doctorate	Sathyabama University, India.
2005	Honorary Doctorate	Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, India.
2003	The Order of the Peter the Great and the Academician of the university	The Moscow University of Security, Defence and Law Enforcement, Russia.
2003	Award for dedicated service, co-operation, development and peace	OISCA International, Japan.
2002	Padma Shri	President of India.
2001	Dr. Davidson Frame Award	University of Technology & Management, USA.
1988	DRDO Scientist of the year	Ministry of Defence.

Books, research papers and journals

Sivathanu Pillai is a published author and coauthor of several books, research papers and journals.

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Further reading

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External links

• Official Website
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• Pillars of BrahMos Шаблон:Webarchive

Others

• India primes for growth in defence electronicsШаблон:Dead link
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• Hypersonic missiles to replace ballistic missiles
• India should have its own computer operating system: Pillai
• Nanotechnology will change lives: Sivathanu Pillai