Eminent scientist of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Dr. Praveen Kumar Khosla has taken over as the Executive Director of Centre for Development of Advanced Computing in Mohali.
Khosla, amongst country’s respected scientists with over 30 years of experience in DRDO, has been instrumental in numerous defence and strategic projects centered around the development of electronics and instrumentation systems for aerospace and missile systems.
As Scientist G and Associate Director at Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL), he held the charge of three divisions, namely, the Rail Track Rocket Sled National Test Facility, Automation and Networking Division and Communication Division.
Khosla’s career is studded with many recognitions, including the Scientist of the Year award from the then Defence and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
At the time of joining of Khosla as Executive Director of C-DAC Mohali, Dr. Manjit Singh Distinguished Scientist and Director TBRL said that his presence in C-DAC would usher a new era of collaborative research between country’s two leading research and development organisations.
Addressing the staff of C-DAC Mohali, Khosla shared his vision of engaging and exploring the avant-garde visionary areas like Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, Smart Solutions & IoT etc. His switch from DRDO to C-DAC can be summarised as a transition from supersonics to supercomputing.