THE TEAM
The people who run the ecosystem.
A core team of engineers and researchers, guided by leaders from industry, academia and defence.
Leadership03
Vasantharaj C
Director
38+ years across DRDO, industry and academia. Former Vice President at AXISCADES Technologies and a DRDO scientist and project director on the AEW&C and PINAKA programmes.
Rear Admiral Mohandoss V (Retd)
Director — Defence
Directs KCIRI's defence programme and its work with the Indian Navy, the Indian Air Force and DRDO laboratories.
Premkumar PS
Head — Industrial Research & Innovation
Heads industrial research and innovation, connecting KCT faculty and student researchers to industry problems.
Programme management02
Kavitha Prabhu
Programme Manager
Alexander A
Senior Project Manager
Project leads03
Praveen UK
Project LeadEmbedded
Krishnakumar P
Project LeadCFD
Muthukeerthana S
Project LeadProposals
Senior engineers02
Karthi A
Senior Project EngineerCAD
Abishek M
Senior Project EngineerControl Systems
Research faculty02
Gautham V
Research FacultyFEA
Ganesan VG
Research FacultyPropulsion
Engineers & research fellows16
John Samuel S
Project EngineerElectrical
Vijayakrishna S
Project EngineerCAD
Meignanakumar B
Project EngineerPropulsion
Santhosh Kumar S
Project EngineerManufacturing
Suhail Ahmed S
Project EngineerCFD
Sanjay N
Project EngineerEmbedded
Lesanth KR
Project EngineerFEA
Manoj S
Project EngineerEmbedded
Arunvetrivel C
Project EngineerFEA
Udhayakumar S
Senior Research FellowCFD
Pandi Udayakumar S
Senior Research FellowCFD
Vijaysunder Y
Junior Research FellowCFD
Madhav S
Junior Research FellowAI & Data Science
Guru Karthikeyan S
Junior Research FellowCFD
Adithyaa A
Junior Research FellowMechanical Design
Kartheeswaran R
Junior Research FellowCSE
Let's build what's next
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Research, consultancy, product development or a competency centre of your own — start a conversation with the KCIRI team.