Sivathanu pillai biography of michael

Indian scientist (born 1947)

A Sivathanu Pillai is an Indian scientist who formerly served as Honorary Distinguished Professor^[2] at Indian Space Research Organisation (2015–2018)^[2][3] and an honorary professor at IIT Delhi in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (2015–2016)^[4] and a visiting professor at Indian Institute of Science (2014–2015).

He is the President of Project Management Associates^[5] and is the former chairperson of the board of governors of the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra.^[6]

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.^[7] He is also the founder-CEO and managing director of the BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited.^[8]

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