Defence Science Journal

K.P. Singh
Technical Advisor (Aero)
India

Dr K.P. Singh obtained his PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Indian Institute of Science(IISc), Bengaluru. He is currently working as Technical Adviser at Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), Bengaluru .He superannuated from ADA as a Project Director on 31st December, 2009. He was responsible for aerodynamic activities for Tejas fighter aircraft and its Trainer/ Navy variants, which included CFD. aerodynamics refinements, store-separation studies, flow- field data for air data sensor. wind tunnel testing, and support to flight testing.

J.S. Mathur

India

Dr J.S. Mathur is Scientist 'F' and Joint Head of the Computational and Theoretical Fluid Dynamics Division (TFDD), National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), Bengaluru. He has a BTech (Aeronautical Engineering) from IIT Kanpur, MS (Aerospace Engineering) from Cornell University, USA, and PhD (Aerospace Engineering) from IISc Bengaluru. He was a Research Scientist in the University of Wales, Swansea, UK during 1990-91 and 2001-02. His areas of interest are computational fluid dynamics and grid generation for aerospace applications.

V. Ashok
Scientist/Engineer ‘SG
India

Mr V. Ashok obtained BTech (Mechanical Engineering) from the College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, in 1987. He obtained his MTech (Aerospace Engineering) from IIT Kanpur in 1989. He joined the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in 1989 and has been working in the Aerodynamics Division since then. His main interests are in the development and application of CFD codes to aerospace problems. He is the recipient of the Swarna Jayanthi award of the Aeronautical Society of India for 2003.

Debasis Chakraborty

India

Dr Debasis Chakraborty obtained his PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru. Presently, he is working as Technology Director, Computational Dynamics Directorate, DRDL, Hyderabad. His research interests are CFD, aerodynamics, high-speed combustion, and propulsion. He has about 30 journal and 40 conference publications to his credit.