Dr. S K Vasudeva is President Global Association for Education Training and Research, former Principal Scientific Adviser Fellow (Defence Technologies) in the Office of Principal Scientific Adviser to Govt of India (PSA), former Chief Controller Defence Research and Development. During his nearly 43-year stint at DRDO he served at the Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL), Chandigarh and participated in POKHRAN 1 and POKHRAN 2 (Shakti 98) explosions. He has received several Awards for his achievements in the field of design and development of armament systems including ‘Path Breaking Research Award’ (1999), Scientist of the Year’ award (2002) and Lifetime Achievement Award from the Prime Minister in 2014. As an expert in the field of explosive technology, he has contributed to several Research Publications and has three Patents to his credit. Ravi Kumar Gupta is an independent writer and TV commentator on matters related to Role of Science and Technology in National Security, contributing on diverse topics that include defence, security, science, technology, nation building and self-reliance. He served at DRDO as a DRDS scientist for over 35 years and superannuated in May 2015 as Scientist ‘G’ and Director Public Interface at the DRDO Hqrs. He and his team were honoured with Popular Science Communication Award in recognition of the outstanding contributions. He has several research papers and two patents to his credit.
