Venkitakrishnan, P. V., Dr. P. V. VENKITAKRISHNAN is former Distinguished Scientist & Director, ISRO. Currently he is Prof. Satish Dhawan Scientist in ISRO HQ Bangalore. Recipient of several awards like - ISRO Performance Excellence award for the year 2016, Life Time Achievement Award -2019 from Society of Aerospace Manufacturing Engineers, National Metallurgist Award – 2019 from Ministry of Steel & Mines from Govt of India),Outstanding Achievement and Leadership Award from Society of Indian Aerospace Technologies and Industries (SIATI) 2021, Lifetime Achievement Award from Indian Institute of Materials Management (IIMM) 2021. Dr. Venkitakrishnan has got more than 100 publications in National &Internal Journals and is currently one of the prominent scientists of the country., India