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]
Tessy Thomas was born during April 1963 in Kerala's Alappuzha.[citation needed]
Career
She joined the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in 1988.[citation needed] Thomas began in her career working upon the Agni missile series,where she initially contributed to the guidance and control systems,focusing specifically on inertial navigation systems.[citation needed] She was Project Director of the Agni-V ICBM project.[citation needed]
Personal life
She is married to Saroj Kumar,a commander in the Indian Navy and they have a son,Tejas.[2]
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]
Sudhakar, R.; Venkanna, M.; Rao, B. V. Papa; Thomas, Tessy (2017). "Prediction of Real Gas and Non-Equilibrium Effects in the Gas Dynamics of Canister Launch Missile". 30th International Symposium on Ballistics. doi:10.12783/ballistics2017/16878. ISBN978-1-60595-419-6.
Ghogale, Shrikant; Venkanna, M.; Rao, B.V. Papa; Thomas, Tessy (2017). "Developmental Challenges during Realization of High Progressivity Rocket Motor". 30th International Symposium on Ballistics. doi:10.12783/ballistics2017/16860. ISBN978-1-60595-419-6.
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