“Dr Tessy Thomas is a Distinguished Scientist and presently the Director of Advanced Systems Laboratory, one of the premier Laboratories of DRDO.”
“As Project and Technology Leader, she has played a major role in Mission Design and Infra-Structure Development. Developed Production teams from various Industries for Process and Product development. She has carried-out continuous nurturing and mentoring of Scientists and ensuring Collective Learning atmosphere and creating a Knowledge sharing platform. She is a fellow of various professional Bodies – INAE, IEI, TAS and Senior Member of IEEE, ASI and AeSI. She received Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) from five different Universities,” says Tessy Thomas’ profile.
Moreover, “She is a recipient of DRDO Scientist of the year in 2008 and DRDO Performance Excellence Award for 2011 and 2012, India Today Women of the year in 2009, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration Academics and Management in 2012, CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2012 Special Achievement Award, Bharat Ratna Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya Award-2016 for outstanding contributions in the field of Engineering from The Institution of Engineers (India), Telangana State Centre, Hyderabad and Outstanding Woman Achiever Award in the field of Science and Technology by Women in Science and Engineering (WISE), India,” as per additional details of her profile.
NITI AAYOG’s tweet: “Meet Tessy Thomas, our #GES2017 speaker also known as the ‘Missile Woman’ of India. She is the first woman scientist to head a missile project in India.”
