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Union Minister for HRD M M Pallam Raju
presents AeSI’s Dr
Biren Roy Space Science Design Award’ to G Satheesh Reddy, outstanding
scientist and Associate Director, RCI, Hyderabad.
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Express News Service
Hyderabad: Union Minister for Human Resource Development M M
Pallam Raju on Saturday called upon India’s aerospace fraternity to share their
strengths and wisdom to catch up for the lost time and opportunities. Delivering
a short and crisp speech during the International Conference and Exhibition on
Regional Transport Aircraft (RTA) in Hyderabad, Raju wanted the Aeronautical
Society of India (AeSI) to expand its mandate beyond creating human resources. He
asked DRDO chief V K Saraswat and GMR chairman G M Rao to share their wisdom to
widen the aerospace research and create more opportunities for innovation.
“The
AeSI should take the lead and formulate a policy to accelerate various
aerospace projects in India. We don’t have much time left and we need to really
move faster,” Raju said. “It is the shared vision of scientists that take
India’s aerospace journey at faster pace,” he added.
He
said in 2010, India recorded passenger traffic of 50 million and the forecast
shows that it will be 180 million by 2020. “It is great to see the development
of smaller airports. I am ready to support the aerospace industry through my
ministry, by producing more talent,” Raju said.
Raju
said during his previous tenure as the Minister of State of Defence, he has
seen the capabilities of HAL, DRDO and PSUs and expressed confidence that with
renewed thrust from AeSI, India’s goal of making RTA can be achieved within the
stipulated time.
During
the occasion, the minister conferred Dr Biren Roy Space
Science Design Award, instituted by the Aeronautical Society of India to G.
Satheesh Reddy, outstanding scientist and Associate Director, Research Centre
Imarat, DRDO, Hyderabad. The award is in his recognition to his contributions
towards the navigation sciences and aerospace engineering in the country.
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