Golden Jubilee Celebration Archives

NAL Excellence Awards 1997

Young Scientist of the Year 1997

Mr A A Pashilkar, Flight Mechanics and Control Division
LCA landing gear and control surface actuator modelling and contribution to LCA control law design studies

Dr Rama Govindarajan, Computational & Theoretical Fluid Dynamics Division
Fundamental contributions to the theory of stability of spatially developing flows

Technology Support

Mr R Veerapathiran, Horticultural Section
Excellent effort to make the NAL campuses beautiful, green and clean

Administrative Support

Mr K Purushothaman, Administration
Excellent support to scrutinise, clear and sequentially arrange forty years of old house-keeping records within a short period

Awards for Outstanding performance

Mr Shyam Chetty, Flight Mechnaics & Control Division
Leadership role in the design of LCA control laws and its assessment using the VISTA in-flight simulator in USA
Mr Rajan Kumar, NTAF
Notable and innovative contributions to model instrumentation and wind tunnel testing of launch vehicle and missile models at the 1.2m trisonic tunnel
Mr M R Ramamurthy, D Sundararajan, S Raja, Shashikala Rajappa, Annamma Samuel and S Janarthanam
Detailed experimental and analytical studies leading to the successful aeroelastic testing of LCA wing and GSLV models
Mr N N Murthy, S J Muralidhar, K G Venkatanarayana and C Ramesh, Aerospace Electronics and Systems Division
Successful development and installation of a PC-based centralised flights safety monitoring system for Indian Airlines
Mr Mohamed Aslam, Technical Secretariat
Notable contributions to business development and technology marketing in the course of along and fruitful career at NAL
Mr B Nondappa Naik and Govindan Kutty
Outstanding support in the development of the main landing gear door for LCA using novel composite tooling concepts
Ms T R Subbalakshmi, ICAST
Valuable support in library automation projects and cheerful dispaosition in search and refrence services
Mr S Muniyappa,Nallaiah and G H Siddappa
Commendable support in computerising the Cash Section and meticulous disbursal of cash to staff members
Mr P S R Murthy, Hindi Section
Remarkable resolve and novel initiatives to implement the official language policy at NAL
Mr M Prabhakaran, S L Narasimhamurthy, B N Ramakrishna, K Somashekara and B S Pankaja
Excellent management and efficient operations to ensure timely completion of all assessment procedures
Mr L Pathiappa, NTAF
Meticulous maintenance of files, imaginative drafting of official letters and exemplary personal conduct in running the NTAF office

NAL Excellence Awards 1998

The NAL Excellence Awards for 1998 were handed over by Mr H S Khola at the NAL Foundation Day function held on 14 August 1998.

Young Scientist of the Year 1998

Mr P K Panda, Materials Science Division
Research and development of a new process for preparation of a special grade alumina widely used in the industry; development and standardisation of a thermal shock and thermal fatigue measurement test equipment.

Technology Shield for Outstanding Group Achievement 1998

Dr M Shivakumara Swamy, Dr S S Desai and HANSA Team
Successful completion of design, fabrication and integration of HANSA - 3 (prototype II)
C L Narayana, Mr S Viswanathan and Group
CFD analysis and certification
Ms Rajeshwari S Ramamurthy, Mr S Ramabhadran and Group
Configuration aerodynamics
Dr B K Parida and Group
Material characterisation
Dr A C Raghuram and Group
Metallurgical analysis and NDE
Mr K S Venkatanarayana, Mr N S Dhruva Rao and Group
Post-cure facility
Mr A R Venkatanarayana, Ms C R Susheela and Group
Structural test support
Mr A Dwarakanath, Mr D S Ramakrishna and Group
NDT and ground resonance tests
Mr C V Giri Raj, Mr J B Shivaswamy and Group
Publicity and photography
COA, SFAO(SG), SSPO and Group
Administration, Finance and Procurement

Excellence award in development, design and project execution 1998

Dr S A Seetharam (Structural Integrity Division), Mr Subramanya Shastry, Mr R S Rajagopal, Mr M S Kulkarni, Mr H Y Subramanya, Mr K Dwarakanath (all from Structures Division), Mr C Pragalathan (FRP Pilot Plant)
Excellence in carrying out weight reduction of HANSA composite aircraft through structural design/analysis and fabrication
Mr Ramesh Gangappa (Flosolver Unit)
Design, development and execution of switch for many Pentiums to be interlinked to make it powerful, affordable, parallel processing platform
Dr N R Ramesh, Mr G S Sreenath, Mr V S Krishna Kumar, Mr C Rajashekar, Mr S R Shyamsundar, Mr M Baskaran, Mr A T L N Murthy, Mr M Satish Kumar (Propulsion Division)
Cavity cascade flameholders for subsonic and supersonic flows - applications in high speed air breathing propulsion.

Excellence Award in Administrative Support 1998

Mr T S Vishwanath (Administration)
Excellent knowledge of latest rules and regulations and their applications, with particular reference to Fifth Central Pay Commission.
Mr V Ravi, Mrs T Radha, Mr K G Subba Rao (Director’s Office)
Preparation, DTP composition and production of draft report of the Apex Committee to review the entire system of human resource management in CSIR.

Excellence Award in Technical Support 1998

Mr S S Sharma and Team (National Trisonic Aerodynamic Facilities)
Assisting in successful completion of major aerospace programmes undertaken in the aerodynamic facilities at Nilakantan Wind Tunnel Centre by providing uninterrupted compressed air supply.

Mr K R Venkatesh and Team (Electrical Section, Nilakantan Wind Tunnel Centre)
Providing uninterrupted power supply to major installations of NTAF and other important facilities of the laboratory

NAL Excellence Awards 1999

The NAL Excellence Awards for 1999 were given away by Prof V Ramamurthy at the NAL Foundation Day function held on 18 August 1999.

Young Scientist of the Year 1999

Mr H Y Subramanya, Structures Division
Significant contribution to the weight reduction exercise of HANSA-3 wing.

Team Awards for Outstanding Performance in Design, Development and Project Execution 1999

Mr G N Dayananda, Mr G M Kamalakannan, Mr J Ramaswamy Setty, Mr A Upender and Mr K Prakash, Advanced Composites Unit
Revamping and re-installation of Reaves curing chamber for VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram.
Mr S Venkatesh, Mr B Jagannatha Rao, Mr V S Krishna Kumar, Mr H S Muralidhara, Mr G Krishnappa, Mr D N Ramaswamy and Mr D Ramaiah, Propulsion Division
Design and development of combustor for a low cost gas turbine.
Mr R S Rajagopal, Mr K D Dwarakanath and Mr S S S Shastry, Structures Division
Significant efforts towards production and certification of HANSA-3 aircraft in a very short period of one year (structural design and analysis)
Mr C N Satyanarayana, Mrs Saraswathi Krishna, Mr D S Ramakrishna, Structures Division, with Dr S A Seetharam, Structural Integrity Division, and Mrs G R Susheela, Advanced Composites Unit
Significant efforts towards production and certification of HANSA-3 aircraft in a very short period of one year (static tests on HANSA components and ground testing)
Mr C Pragalathan, Mr R Pashupathi, Mr S Kumar and Ms K Kavitha, FRP Pilot Plant
Significant efforts towards production and certification of HANSA-3 aircraft in a very short period of one year (FRP fabrication and testing for flammability)
Mr A R Bhaskaran, Mr N Janardhana Rao, Mr A A Lakshman, Mr Rajeev K Kandral, Mr A Vimala Hassan and Mr G K Panda, Flight Experiments Division, with Mr P N Joshi, Experimental Aerodynamics Division
Significant efforts towards production and certification of HANSA-3 aircraft in a very short period of one year (integration, flight testing and lightning protection scheme for HANSA)
Mr C Krishnan, Mr M Manjanna, Mr R Hanumantha Rao, Mr K P Sukumaran, Mr I B Bheemaiah, Mr Dilawar Hussain, Mr R Ravindran and Mr R Venkoba Rao, Engineering Services Division
Significant efforts towards production and certification of HANSA-3 aircraft in a very short period of one year (metallic fabrication and metrology)

Team Awards for Outstanding Performance in Technical Support 1999

Mrs Poornima Narayana, Mr M A Khan, Ms D B Rekha, Mrs T R Subbalakshmi, Mrs Manoranjitha and Mrs V Indrani, Information Centre for Aerospace Science and Technology (ICAST)
Creation of ICAST Web site; ICAST database of books, technical reports, standards, conference proceedings on Laboratory LAN and Internet.
Mr N Bharathan, Mr G Ramachandra, Mr Sudharashan Rao, Mr A Govindaraj, Mr Abdul Gaffar and Mr P Muniraju, Experimental Aerodynamics Division
Contribution for providing high quality wind tunnel models and tunnel components made of glass fibre and carbon fibre composites.

Team Awards for Outstanding Performance in Administrative Support 1999

Mrs Jaya Venkatesh, Mr N B Lakshman Rao, Mr P K Natarajan and Mrs K Chaya Devi, Finance & Accounts
Prompt settlement of pension and authorisation of pension and retirement benefits for employees on due dates.

Team Awards for Outstanding Performance in Administrative Support 1999

Mrs Shoba Kounds, Mrs S R Vimalamma, Mr K B Parameswarappa, Mrs K Aravinda, Mr Pranesha, Mr Ganesh Prasad, Mr Ganapathy G Bhat, Mrs B R Nalini, Mr Gangadhara Gosavi, Ms S Sunithra, Mrs Sakku Bai, Mr M Manogaran and Mrs R Bharathi, Health Centre
Successful completion of Hepatitis-B vaccination and master health check-up.

NAL Excellence Awards 2000

Young Scientist of the Year 2000

Mr S Ravishankar, Centre For Civil Aircraft Design & Development
Very Significant Contribution To Cad/Cam Activities For Saras Aircraft Prototypes

Technology Shield for Outstanding Performance in Research 2000

Dr S S Desai, CTFD
Successful Type Certification Of Hansa Aircraft

Technology Shield for Outstanding Performance in Research

Mrs S Manju, Structures Division
Contribution To The Finite Element Package

Team Awards for Outstanding Performance in Design, Development and Project Execution 2000

Mrs Rajalakshmy Sivaramakrishnan , Mrs V R Sarasamma, Mr T N Venkatesh, Mr M Velliangiri, Mr Ramesh Gangappa and Mr A S Prakash Murthy, Flosolver Unit
Development Of 32 Processor Flosolver Mk5
Dr S Sridhara Murthy, Structures Division, Mr K S Venkatanarayana, Electrical Section, Mr Ashok Kamath, Structures Division, Mr P Varadarajan, Estates & Buildings Unit, Mr P Kripakaran, Computer Support & Services Division, Mr Joseph Udayakumar, Computer Support & Services Division, Mr P Muthuraman, Electrical Section
Establishment Of High Speed Computer Network Across Kodihalli, Belur And C-Cadd / C-Mmacs Campuses

Special Award 2000

Dr Srinivas Bhogle, Information Management Division, Mr R Guruprasad, Information Management Division
Multimedia Presentation On History Of Flosolver

Team Awards for Outstanding Performance in Technical Support 2000

Mr B H Mahabeer Singh, Technical Secretariat
For Excellent Management Of Nal's Guest House

Mr Narasimha, Estates & Buildings Unit
For Sincerity And Unreserved Co-Operation In The Maintenance Of Sanitary Lines In Nal

Team Awards for Outstanding Performance in Administrative Support 2000

Mr M R Nagaraja, Finance & Accounts, Mr D Kantharaj, Finance & Accounts, Mr A Devaraj, Finance & Accounts, Mr G Ashok Raju, Finance & Accounts, Mr K Narasimha Murthy, Finance & Accounts, Mr T Palanivelu Administration, Mr B S Kodandaram, Administration, Mrs Nirmala reedharamurthy, Administration, Mrs K S Chandrakala, Administration, Mr J Mahadeva Rao, Administration, Mrs H S Rama Devi, Administration, Mrs Gayathri Devi, Administration, Mrs C Shobha, Purchase Office, Mrs S Gayathri, Administration, Mr J Suresh, Cash Section, Mr B R Sridhara, Cash Section, Mr Munirappa, Cash Section
For Outstanding Services In The Task Of Reimbursement Of Medical / Newspaper Claims

NAL Excellence Awards 2001

Young Scientist of the Year 2001

Dr DVTG Pavan Kumar, Structures Division
Significant contribution to the evaluation of the general purpose FINESSE (FINite Element Structural Synthesis Expert) element library

NAL Technology Shield for Outstanding Group Achievement

National Control Law Team for LCA under the leadership of Dr S Srinath Kumar
LCA TD - 1 Control Law Clearance leading to issue of Certificate of Design by CEMILAC and successful first block of flights

Design, Development and Project Execution

Mr V Parameswaram, Mr Shantha Kumar, Flight Mechanics and Control Division, for "development of tracking filters and multisensor data fusion".

Team Awards for Outstanding Performance in Design, Development and Project Execution

Mr V Parameswaran, Mr Shantha Kumar
Development of Tracking filters and multisensor data fusion

Team Awards for Outstanding Performance in Technical Support

Mr Chota Sab,HLS
Excellent upkeep, cleaning and clearing of campus and surroundings

A Narayana Swamy,EBU
Excellent support in efficient management of water supply in the campus

Administrative Support

Mr A Chidambaram, Mr M Gopalan, Ms Thilagam, Mr A Devaraj, Finance & Accounts Section, Mr S M Joseph, Mr Rajendra Bhaduri, Ms Surya Kumari, Ms Kala, Purchase Section for "procurement of equipment and materials for SARAS and IFCAP projects".

Mr S Sivasankaran, Mr B S Gurudatta, Mr A S Kulkarni, Project Monitoring and Evaluation Section for "realisation of a record ECF and effective support for project monitoring".

NAL Excellence Awards 2002
Young Scientist of the Year

Mr Rajan Kumar, NTAF, for "outstanding contribution to aerodynamic research and high speed wind tunnel testing.

NAL Technology Shield

Team led by Mr D V V Venkata-subramanyam, Structures, for "design, development, fabrication, installation, commissioning of 4m x 8m autoclave system.

Best Woman Scientist

Ms Shashikala Prakash, Structures Division (for "implementation of control law for vibration control of aerospace structures) and
Ms K Dhanalakshmi, CTFD Division (for development of CFD tools for various aerospace applications).

Design, Development and Project Execution

Mr N Shantha Kumar, Dr Jatinder Singh, Mr Basappa and Ms Saraswathi Lakshmikantha, FMCD, for "flight data analysis and parameter estimation for LCA-TD1".
Mr T H Samiullah, Mr M Gopinath, Mr M Rajendra Prakash, Mr John David, Mr K Subramani, Mr A R Hari Babu, Mr Ramachandra, Mr P Jayaseelan, Mr Shamiah Reddy, Mr M Siddappa and Mr S Vajram (all of FRP Pilot Plant), Dr R M Jha (Aerospace Electronics and Systems Division), Mr K Dwarakanath and Mr C R Srinivasa (Structures Division) and Ms B N Rajani (CTFD Division) for "design, development and installation of 12.88m dia curved sandwich panel radome for the Doppler weather radar".

Technical Support

Mr C R Kannan, Materials Science Division, for "contribution towards non-destructive evaluation of components required for major projects".
Mr Ashok Kamath, Structures Division, for "coordination and execution of NAL campus computer network expansion".

Administrative Support

Mr K Hanumantha, Ms Shyamala Kumari, Ms B S Pankaja, Ms N Shankari, Ms G Sita Bai, Ms Susy B Raj, Mr N Mokshendra, Mr N Naga-raja and Mr G N Ganganarasaiah for "completion of the most arduous process of recruitment of over 100 posts in the year 2001 with amazing speed and accuracy".
Mr K Purushothaman, Mr Shekar Anandan, Mr T Palanivelu and Ms C Gayathri Devi for "prompt settlement of pensionary benefits on the day of retirement itself and for extending efficient post retirement services to more than 800 CSIR pensioners".

Special Award for Administration

Mr G R Babu for "extraordinary interest and initiative shown in learning the skills of computers on his own and supporting the office of the Administrative Officer, which is certainly beyond the call of his duties".

NAL Excellence Awards 2003

Award for “YOUNG SCIENTIST OF THE YEAR”

Shri Kotresh M Gaddikeri, Scientist – C, ACD for “Development of Centre Fuselage Components to LCA and Flaps to SARAS Aircraft”

Award for “NAL TECHNOLOGY SHIELD FOR OUTSTANDING GROUP
ACHIEVEMENT”

AVRA Team lead by

Dr J P Pichamuthu & Dr T G Ramesh, Materials Science Division - for “Design & Development of Automatic Visual Range Assessor”

The team consists of
Dr H Leelavathi
Shri S Neelakanta Iyer
Shri T Ramakrishnan
Smt A Gayathri

Award for “Best Woman Scientist” is shared by

Smt J Jayanthi, Scientist – E1, ALD- for “Development of Stall Warning Aircraft Interface Computer System”
and

Smt Shylaja Srihari, Scientist – B, FRP - for “Hygrothermal Characterisation and data generation for
long term performance evaluation of composites for HANSA aircraft and related work”.

Award for Outstanding Performance in “RESEARCH”

Dr L Venkatakrishnan, Scientist – E1, EAD - for “Contribution to Advanced Flow Diagnostics”.

Award for Outstanding Performance in “DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND
PROJECT EXECUTION”

Shri K G Venkatanarayana, Scientist – EII, ALD
Shri C M Ananda, Scientist – E1, ALD
Shri M Raghu, Gr. III(6)
Shri C Jayachandran, Gr.III (6)
Smt M Preme. Gr.III(5)
Shri C Ramesh, Gr.III(4) - for “Establishment of Test Rig including cockpit mock-up fabrication for ground testing of SARAS Avionics”

Shri G Rajeev, Scientist – E1, NTAF
Shri H S Subramanya, Gr.III(4)
Shri Praveen Kumar Jinde, Gr.IV(1)
Shri Vasantha, Gr.III(3)
Shri K Vasantha Kumar, Gr.III(3)
Shri Vasu Bellary, Gr.III(3)
Shri A Ramesh, Gr.III(2)
Shri J Rajagopala, Gr.II(3)
Shri G Ravindra, Gr.II(3)
Shri K V Manjunatha, Gr.II(3)
Shri P R Gurumurthy, Gr.II(3)
Smt S N Ranganayakamma, Gr.II(2)
Smt R Shashikala, Gr.II(2)
DESIGN & DRAWING SECTION, NTAF - for “Carrying out challenging designs of high speed wind tunnel models and special test rigs using State of the Art Technology
design tools”.

Award for Outstanding Performance in “TECHNICAL SUPPORT”

Shri A Somanarayanan, Gr.III(4) - for “Excellent support in Public Relations”

Award for Outstanding Performance in “ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT”

Shri M C Shivamurthy, Assistant (G)
Smt Vanamala, Assistant (G)
Shri M Udayakumar, Assistant (G)
Shri M Dilip Kumar, Peon Administration (Establishment)
Shri V Rajesh, Assistant (G)
Smt J Alphonsa Shantha, UDC Finance & Accounts - for “Rendering Excellent Administrative Support in verifying the qualifying service of those staff members who completed 25 years of service”.
Shri S Sundaram, SO(F&A)
Shri H Mahabala Devadiga, Assistant (G)
Shri M S Seetharam, Assistant (G) FINANCE & ACCOUNTS - for Outstanding Contribution to GPF/CPF final payment and
income tax on contractors bills.

SPECIAL AWARD to

TEAM - KODIHALLI CANTEEN - for “Sustained effort put in serving quality but cost effective food in a clean and hygienic environment”.

SPECIAL AWARD to

Shri C V Giri Raj, C-CADD for “Outstanding Logistic support for displaying full scale mock-up of HANSA Aircraft at the year 2003 Republic Day Parade in New Delhi”

NAL Outstanding performance award winners (2003-04)

Young Scientist of The Year

Mr P Ramakrishnan, C-CADD, for "equipping and integration activities for SARAS prototype development".

NAL Technology Shield

Team lead by Mr N N Murthy, Head, ALSD, for "design and development of flight data downloading, analysis and automation software flight operations quality assurance".

Best Woman Scientist

Ms S Veena, ALSD, for "development of adaptive signal processing algorithms".

Research

Dr Harish C Barshilia, SED, for "development of novel hard and superhard nano-layered multilayer coatings".
Dr L Venkatakrishnan, EAD, for "development and validation of state-of-the-art PSP Software".

Design, Development and Project Execution

Mr K G Venkatanarayana, Wg. Cdr R P Mati, Mr C M Ananda, Mr S R Rajan, Dr S M Vaitheeswaran Iyer, Ms M Preme, Mr M Raghu, Mr C Jayachandran, Mr S Muthuvel, Mr C Ramesh, Mr N Surendran, Ms Geetha, ALSD, for "design, development, integration and testing state-of-the-art modern avionics suite and flight test instrumentation systems successfully on SARAS aircraft".

Technical Support

Mr K V Narayanan, Mr M S Pradeep, Mr C Krishnan, Mr M Manjanna, Mr R Ravindran, Mr Ranganathan Sampath, Engineering Services, for "planning, sheet metal and welding fabrication, manufacturing, inspection and quality control and metal finishing for SARAS Programme".
Mr N S Suresh Kumar, Mr N Purushothama, Mr A M Ganapathy, Mr Sunil Prakash, Mr Abdul Subhan, Mr M Maikandan, Mr S Satyanarayana. Mr P Lakshmappa, Mr K Janakiram, Materials Science Division for "producing components for HANSA and SARAS aircraft".
Mr K V Prabhakara, Technical Secretariat, for "executing various HRD programmes"

Award for Outstanding Performance in “ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT”

Mr B Chandrashekar, Mr B Shankar, Ms K S Uma, Mr K Chakrapani, Mr N Rajan, for "implementation of accrual system of accounting".
Mr A Narayanan, Ms Vimala Srinivasan, Mr Chikkanna, for "secretarial support in Sr. COA's
office".

Special Award

Health Centre, NAL, for "providing excellent medical services to the staff members, pensioners and
their families".

LIST OF NAL OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AWARD WINNERS (2004-05)

Award for “YOUNG SCIENTIST OF THE YEAR”

Shri R Narayana, Scientist – B, Structures Division - for “Development of Software for Fracture based Probabilistic Design of Brittle Ceramic Hot Structures ; and for Mathematical Model for Separation of Gota from Unhusked Whole Black Gram and Black Weed”.

Award for “NAL TECHNOLOGY SHIELD FOR OUTSTANDING GROUP ACHIEVEMENT” No award is recommended

Award for “Best Woman Scientist”

Dr A Vanaja, Scientist – C, FRPD - “for “Development of high Tg polymer matrix systems for high performance composite applications.

Award for Outstanding Performance in “RESEARCH”

Dr Channaraju, Scientist – E1, EAD - for “Application of PSP Technique to Supersonic Flow Problems”.
Dr J N Balaraju, Scientist – C, SED - for Research in Nanometric nickel, nickel based alloys and composite coatings”.

Award for Outstanding Performance in “TECHNICAL SUPPORT”

Shri K Jagannatha Rao, Gr.II(4), MT - for “Playing key role in design and fabrication of various Thermo-physical instrument enclosures for systems under Sponsored Projects”.
Smt S Sarvamangala, Gr.II(3), ICAST - for “Providing excellent and effective support in acquiring, maintaining journals and for associated services using Information Technology”

Award for Outstanding Performance in “ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT”

Shri S Sundaram, SO (F&A)
Smt Jaya Venkatesh, SO (F&A)
Shri P Venkat Rao, SO (F&A)
Shri A Chidambaram, SO(F&A)FINANCE & ACCOUNTS
Shri S M Joseph, SO(G)
Shri Ramakrishnappa, SPA, Gr.II STORES & PURCHASE
Shri B S Gurudatta, Jr Cost Accountant
Shri S Sivasankaran, Asst.Gr.I PMED - for “Excellent planning and execution of procurement activities relating to 10th Five year plan programme”.
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Smt G RAJA BAI - for “Excellent performance in dealing Deputation cases and other service matters”

SPECIAL AWARD to RECRUITMENT & ASSESSMENT SECTION

Shri J Jagadeesh Rao, SO(G)
Smt B S Pankaja, Asst.Gr.I
Smt Sita Bai, Asst.Gr.I
Smt N Shankari, Asst.Gr.I
Smt Meena Babu, Asst.Gr.I
Kum Susy B Raj, Asst.Gr.I
Shri N Nagaraja, Asst.Gr.II
Shri Benny Joseph, Asst.Gr.III
Shri J Sudarshan, Asst.Gr.III
Shri K Somashekara, Gr.I(2)
Shri K Nagabhushana, Gr.D(NT)
Smt Lakshmi Devi, Gr.D (NT) for “Successful completion of Recruitment process through online”
Smt Shashikala G R Murthy, Gr.III(6)
Shri Vasanth Pilare, Gr.IV(1)
Shri A Somanarayanan, Gr.III(4) TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT - for “Showcasing NAL’s Technological Capabilities through impressive displays in the national and international expositions”

Award for “DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND PROJECT EXECUTION”

Dr Soumendu Jana, Scientist – EI
Shri M Ananda, TO, Gr.III(5)
Shri V Munirathnam, TO, Gr.III(5)
Shri M Radhakrishna, TO, Gr.III(5)

PROPULSION DIVISION - for “Demonstration of 5 – Axes Levitation of a Rotor towards Indigenisation of Magnetic Bearing Technology”

Shri N Shantha Kumar, Scientist – EII
Shri Sudesh Kumar Kashyap, Scientist – C
Shri VPS Naidu, Scientist – C FMCD for : Development of Algorithms for Characterization and Fusion of Sensor Data for Multi Sensor Multi Target Applications”

Award for “SPECIAL RECOGNITION” to

Shri A R Bhaskaran, Scientist – EI, C-CADD
Shri M Geetha, Gr.II, ALD for “Design, Development, Testing and SOF Qualification of electronic interface box for nose wheel steering system of SARAS”

LIST OF NAL OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AWARD WINNERS (2005-06)

Award for “YOUNG SCIENTIST OF THE YEAR”

Shri A Rinku, Scientist – C, C-CADD - SARAS AIRCRAFT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME - for clearing all the SARAS – PT2 fabrication drawings from the point of view of stress / analysis and structural safety of the aircraft components.

Award for “NAL TECHNOLOGY SHIELD FOR OUTSTANDING GROUP ACHIEVEMENT” No award is recommended

Award for “BEST WOMAN SCIENTIST”

Dr (Smt) Lalitha Chattopadhyaya, Scientist – E2, Structures - Analytical / Computational Fracture Mechanics - for applying the integral transform technique for the first time for plate bending problems including Reissner Plate Theory.

Award for EXCELLENCE in “RESEARCH” No award is recommended

Award for EXCELLENCE in “Design, Development and Project Execution”

Shri K P Srikanth, Scientist – C
Shri Moncy T Thomas, TO in Gr.III(6) FMCD
Shri M S Pradeep, TO in Gr.III(4)
Shri K Ashok Kumar, Gr.II(4)
Shri P J Chacko, Gr.II(4)
Shri K Nagappa, Gr.II(4)
Shri Karupaiah, Gr.II(4)
Shri P Krishnamurthy, Gr.I(4) ENGINEERING SERVICES - for Distributing PC based
Engineer-in-loop Simulator (DELS) for LCA Control Law Design Simulation.

Dr Ramesh Sundaram, Scientist, E2
Shri MNN Gowda, Scientist, E1
Shri Kotesh M Gaddikeri, Scientist, E1
Shri P Ravi Kumar, Scientist – E1
Shri Byji Varughese, Scientist – E1
Shri M Govindan Kutty, TO in Gr.III(4)
Shri B N Naik, TO in Gr.III(4)
Shri B Ramanaiah, TO in Gr.III(6)
Shri R S Rawat, TO in Gr.III(5)
Shri V Srinivasa, TO in Gr.III(3) ACD
Dr S Sridhara Murthy, Scientist – F
Dr Satish Chandra, Scientist – F
Shri HY Subramanya, Scientist E2
Smt S Manju, Scientist – E1 STRUCTURES - for Development of Control Surfaces and Belly Fairing for SARAS aircraft using Advanced Composites.

LIST OF NAL OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AWARD WINNERS (2006-07)

Award for “YOUNG SCIENTIST OF THE YEAR”

Shri Sudesh Kumar Kashyap, Scientist – C, FMCD - for Design, Developnment and Evaluation of advanced algorithms for multi-sensor multi-target tracking and fusion for air defense applications.

Award for “NAL TECHNOLOGY SHIELD FOR OUTSTANDING GROUP ACHIEVEMENT” No award is recommended

Award for “BEST WOMAN SCIENTIST”

Dr (Smt) Anjana Jain, Scientist – C, Materials Science - Development of β – form polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) Film for Sensor Applications using indigenously designed and fabricated extruder and stretching unit.

Award for EXCELLENCE in “RESEARCH”

Dr Ramesh Sundaram, Scientist – E2 Dr Gopalakrishna Kamath, Scientist – E2 Shri Nitesh Gupta, Scientist - B, ACD - for Research towards the Realisation of Aircraft Structural Health Monitoring Systems
Late Dr R Seshadri, Scientist - F Shri Arul Paligan, TO Gr.III(2), Shri A Maria Sylvester, Gr.II(4), Shri T Srinivasa Reddy, Gr.I(4)
Materials Science Division - for Design and Development of process for Ceramic Thermal Barrier lining and shaped casting of high temperature ceramics using thermit type reactions under the effect of centrifugal force.

Award for EXCELLENCE in “Design, Development and Project Execution”

Shri Rajeev Kumar Kandral, Scientist – E1
Shri A R Bhaskaran, Scientist – F
Shri S R Rajan, Scientist – E2
Shri Suju Thomas, Scientist – C
Shri A Rinku, Scientist – C
Shri A V Bhaskar, Scientist – C
Shri P Radhakrishna, TO Gr.III(3) C-CADD
Shri K G Venkatanarayana, Scientist, ALD - Endurance Qualification Tests of the SARAS PT2
Engine – Propeller Combination.
Shri Vineet Kumar, Scientist – E1
Dr HNV Dutt, Scientist – F
Shri A R Bhaskaran, Scientist – F
Dr Rajeswari Ramamurthy, Scientist - F
Shri S R Rajan, Scientist – E2
Shri G K Panda, Scientist – E1
Shri Rajeev Kumar Kandral, Scientist E1
Shri A V Bhaskar, Scientist – C
Shri Amit Kumar Khatri, Scientist - B
Shri A Muthu Kumar, Scientist
Shri P G Girish, Scientist – B
Shri P Shanmugham, TO Gr.III(4)
Shri P Radhakrishnan, TO Gr.III(3) C-CADD
Shri K G Venkatanarayana, Scientist – F
Shri C M Ananda, Scientist – E1, ALD for Flight Testing Techniques for SARAS Prototype
Aircraft

Award for “SPECIAL RECOGNITION” to

ASTE Flight Testing Team of SARAS
DGCA Flight Certification Team of SARAS

NAL Outstanding Performance Awards – 2008-09

Award for “NAL Technology Shield for Outstanding Group Achievement”

Mr A Udayakumar, Scientist – Gr.IV(3)
Ms. R Bhuvana, Scientist – Gr.IV(1)
Mr P Kumara, Support Staff – Gr.II(1)
Materials Science Division
for Development of SiCf/SiC ceramic matrix composites (CMC) through chemical vapour infiltration technology

Award for “BEST WOMAN SCIENTIST”
Dr C Kamali Scientist Gr.IV(2), FMCD
for Design, Development and Evaluation of algorithms for real time parameter estimation and navigation algorithms for aircraft applications

Award for EXCELLENCE in “RESEARCH”
Dr VPS Naidu, Scientist Gr.IV(3), FMCD
for Design, Development and Evaluation of kinematic and image data fusion techniques for tracking a moving target.

4. Award for EXCELLENCE in “Design, Development and Project Execution”
a) i) Mr K Monickavasagom Pillai, Scientist – Gr.IV(3)
ii) Mr A J Steve Mithran, Scientist – Gr.IV(1)
iii) Mr M N Varadarajan, TO – Gr. III(7)
iv) Mr K Satishkumar, TO – Gr.III(4) PROPULSION
v) Mr Umesh Kumar Sinha, TO – Gr.III(1)
vi) Mr P Soundararajan, Support Staff – Gr.II(1)
vii) Mr G Krishnappa, Support Staff – Gr.I(4)
viii Dr (Ms) M Sujatha, Scientist – Gr.IV(4) MATERIALS
ix) Mr M Madan, TO - Gr.III(1) SCIENCE DIVISION
for Development of Wankel Engine for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
b) i) Ms Saraswathi Krishna, Scientist Gr.IV(5)
ii) Mr C N Sathyanarayana, Scientist Gr.IV(4)
iii) Mr M V Shivaprasad, Scientist Gr.IV(1) STTD
iv) Mr N Chandra, Scientist Gr.IV(1)
v) Mr S Shivaprasad, TO – Gr.III(1)
vi) Mr S R Rajan, Scientist – IV(4), C-CADD
vii) Mr C M Ananda, Scientist – IV(4), ALD
- for In-flight vibration and temperature measurements on MiG-29 Aircraft for the generation of test specifications

A One Time “SPECIAL AWARD” to
Ms Gomathy Sankaran, Scientist – Gr.IV(3)
Mr A Somanarayanan, TO - Gr.III(5)
Ms Jyothi R, TO – Gr.III(2)
Ms A L Sangeetha, TO – Gr.III(1)
PRRM Group, KTMD
for Event Management and all Logistic support for all laboratory / national / international Conferences, held as part of Golden Jubilee Celebrations

AND to
Mr C V Giriraj, Scientist – Gr.IV(4)
Ms N Shailaja Menon, TO - Gr.III(5)
Mr A S Rajasekar, TO - Gr.III(4)
Mr P Kannan, TO - Gr.III(1)
Mr D Freddy, Gr.II(4)
Mr D V Gopalakrishnan, Gr.II(3)
Mr ABS Vijai, Gr.II(3)
Mr Sankar Ganguly, Gr.II(1)
MPM, KTMD
for Disseminating the technologies of NAL to common man through Media and Publicity