Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Space Society of Mechanical Engineers (SSME) has conferred 'Honorary Lifetime Membership' on Dr G Satheesh Reddy, former Scientific Advisor to Defense Minister, former DRDO Chief and current President of Aeronautical Society of India. (AESI), on Thursday.

Dr. Reddy was awarded this honor for his outstanding and invaluable contribution to aerospace and defense technologies.

The honor was presented at a function organized by the Space Applications Center (SAC), a unit of the Indian Space Research Organisation, in Ahmedabad.

The honor was presented in the presence of Shri S. Somnath, Chairman, ISRO and Dr. DK Singh, Associate Director, Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).The Space Society of Mechanical Engineers (SSME) came into existence on April 6, 1988 at the Space Applications Centre, a unit of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), in Ahmedabad. It is a registered society under the Government of Gujarat.

ISRO's Space Applications Center (SAC) unit focuses on the design of space-borne instruments for ISRO missions and the development and operation of applications of space technology for societal benefit.

Earlier, in February, former scientific advisor to the Defense Minister and former DRDO chief Dr G Satheesh Reddy had said that India has become self-reliant in missile technology with a wide range of missiles in its arsenal and global sanctions regimes have prevented it from achieving this. I have "helped". Self-reliance.

Dr. Reddy said that the country has today developed a range of missiles which any country would like to have.In a podcast with ANI, the former DRDO chief said, "The Indian missile program has progressed significantly and many missile systems have been developed. Many types of missiles have been developed. Surface-to-surface, surface-to-surface Air to Air Missiles Missiles, air-to-air missiles, anti-tank missiles and many other types of missiles have been developed in the country.

“The country has gained a lot of knowledge and, I say, has become self-reliant and self-reliant in missile technology today by developing all these types of missiles. The range of missiles that any country would like to have depending on its requirements."The country has developed all this," he said.