Prestigious award for defence scientist G Satheesh Reddy

In Awards and Honours
September 12, 2015

The Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), London has conferred G Satheesh Reddy, Scientific Adviser to theDefence Minister, with the Society’s 2015 Silver Medal for work contributing to major advances or contributions in aerospace. He is the first defence scientist working in India to be honoured with the award by the Society. Reddy is also Director of the Research Centre Imarat, Hyderabad and a distinguished scientist with the Defence Research and Development Organisation.

The Royal Aeronautical Society

RAeS is the world’s only professional body dedicated to the entire aerospace community.
It was established in 1866 to further the art, science and engineering of aeronautics, the Society has been at the forefront of aerospace ever since.
The Society was founded in January, 1866 with the name The Aeronautical Society of Great Britain
It is the oldest aeronautical society in the world.
The Royal Aeronautical Society is a worldwide society with an international network of 67 branches
The Royal Aeronautical Society has been honouring outstanding achievers in the global aerospace industry since 1909.
The very first gold medal was awarded in 1909 to the Wright Brothers.