Dr Vijay Kumar Saraswat, Director General (Retd), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), will be participating in a seminar to be organised by Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekananda Technical University (CSVTU) in the city on Wednesday.
The topic of the seminar is ‘Management of Municipal Solid Waste and Bio-digesters for Fecal Matter Management’, to be held at Hotel Babylon Inn, Jail Road.
A recipient of Padma Shri awards Dr Vijay Kumar Saraswat, is a noted scientist in defence sector. In the past, he had also served as the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Union Minister of Defence.
Dr Saraswat was instrumental in development of Surface-to-Surface ‘Prithvi missile’ and its induction in the Indian armed forces.
Dr Saraswat was the founder and principal architect behind the first ever BMD (Business Development and Marketing) development program in India by spearheading major technology breakthroughs in the areas of missile defense systems, Interceptors, Radars, C4I Systems and the integration of battle management resources.
He created history with a successful interception of an incoming missile at exo-atmospheric region in 2006 for the first time.
Dr Saraswat will deliver a technical lecture at the inaugural ceremony of the seminar. The lecture series will start at 1 pm, with Professor Shailendra Saraf as special guest. The convener of the seminar will be CSVTU Vice Chancellor Dr S C Sharma and Registrar G R Sahu while co-convener will be Dr S N Ghosh and Madan H R.