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Tessy Thomas | |
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| Director General (Aeronautical Systems), DRDO | |
| In office 1 June 2018 –30 April 2023 | |
| Preceded by | CP Ramnarayan |
| Succeeded by | M Z Siddique |
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| Born | 1963 (age 63) |
| Spouse | Saroj Kumar |
| Children | 1 |
| Occupation | Project director at DRDO |
| Known for | Agni Missile Project Director |
Tessy Thomas(born April 1963) is an Indian aerospace engineer and former Director General of Aeronautical Systems and the former Project Director for Agni-IV ballistic missile in Defence Research and Development Organisation. [1]
She is married to Saroj Kumar,a commander in the Indian Navy and they have a son,Tejas. [2]
Thomas received the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for her contribution for making India self-reliant in the field of missile technology. [3] [4]
She was also the recipient of the Dr Thomas Cangan Leadership Award at the Faculty of Management Studies –Institute of Rural Management,Jaipur (FMS-IRM) in 2018. [5]
Thomas won 'Woman pioneer of the year' award at ETPrime Women Leadership Awards 2023 which was held at Mumbai. [6] [7] [8] The same year,she became a laureate of the Asian Scientist 100 by the Asian Scientist . [9]