Dr. B. N. Suresh

Member, International Advisory Committee, WASAMSA2022.

Chancellor, Indian Institute of Space science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram and Honorary  Distinguished Professor at ISRO HQ, Bangalore.

Dr. BN Suresh  is presently, Chancellor, Indian Institute of Space science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram and Honorary  Distinguished Professor at ISRO HQ, Bangalore. He was President for Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), Delhi, a premier Engineering Academy of the Country for 4 years. He  has contributed significantly in the area of aerospace  for the design and  development of  different   Launch Vehicles of India.    He   was Director,  Vikram Sarabhai Space  Centre    for  four and half years since 2003. Took over  as  Founder Director  for  the newly established Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) at Trivandrum in 2007 .   He  has won more than 25 awards & honours and prominent among them are   “Global Pioneer Award”  by International Council of System Engineering  at Washington, DC,  USA , “2020 IEEE Simon Ramo Medal” for the exceptional achievement in systems engineering and systems science  by IEEE. In recognition of his meritorious contributions for Science and Technology, Govt. of India conferred on him “Padmasree” during the year 2002 and the  third highest civilian Award “Padma Bhushan” during the year 2013.