Dr. K Rajalakshmi Menon
Present Designation:
Outstanding Scientist & Director, Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS), DRDO, Centre for Airborne SystemsAreas of Interest:
Airborne Surveillance Systems, System Design of complex system of systems, Design of Airborne Radars, Intercept Control and Guidance, Design and development of software for airborne applications
Specialisation:
System Engineering of complex airborne system of systems, Design and development of Airborne Surveillance Systems, System Design of Airborne Surveillance Radars, Image Intelligence Exploitation for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Applications.
Major Professional Contributions:
a) Design and Development of Airborne Surveillance Systems
b) Major contributions in design, development, integration, Flight Testing and induction of indigenous Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) System into IAF
c) Design and development of Intercept Control and Battle Management system for AEW&C
d) System Design of Airborne Surveillance Radar for AEW&C
e) System Design of Airborne Imaging Radars
f) System design of Airborne Electronic Warfare and Communication systems
g) Discrimination between targets with minor variations
Consultancy Areas:
a) System Engineering
b) Airborne Surveillance Systems
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Education
PhD, Target Recognition, Indian Institute of Science, 2002
MSc(Engg), Clutter Characterization, Indian Institute of Science, 1994
MSc, Computer Science, University of Poona, 1988
BSc, Physics, University of Poona, 1986
Awards and Recognitions
Distinguished Alumna Award from IISc
Outstanding Woman Scientist/Engineer/ Technologist Award from AeSI
DRDO Scientist of the Year Award
Smt Sushama Swaraj Stree Shakti Samman - 2022 Award
DRDO Award for Path Breaking Research for developing Critical Technologies for AEW&C
INAE Section Affiliated
VII: Aerospace Engineering
Year of Election to Fellowship
2022
Year of Birth
1966
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