Commander YVV Prasad, IN (Retd.)

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1 Commander YVV Prasad, IN (Retd.) 1

2 Introducing me 56 Y ; 35 years of domain-experience in Defence-electronics, weaponsystems, Aerospace/Avionics and Homeland Security 21 Years plus in Indian Navy (06 Years plus in the rank of Commander alone) Senior/Chief Manager & Head in various disciplines (Projects, Planning, Production, Material & Contracts, Quality certification, R&M, Software, Weapons & Sensors, Missiles, Data Acquisition, Electronic Warfare, Combat Management, Aerospace etc.) 5 Years+ in Defence Public Sector Undertakings (BEL & GRSE) : DGM (Systems-Naval surface EW), Senior DGM (Head-Electronic-Warfare Systems) and General Manager (Corporate Planning & Market Initiatives) 9 years in Private Defence & Aerospace companies, i.e., in Meltronics Group: Sr. Vice President & Director; Trident Group: Senior Vice President & Head (Strategic projects); RTTS Group : Head (SBU) in Strategic Systems; Secure Earth Group : Executive Director & President (Strategic Systems) (all in defence, aerospace & HLS projects) Currently as Chief Strategic Adviser & Expert Consultant to some Defence companies 2

3 Engagements in Professionalism! Chief Strategic Adviser and Expert Consultant to Defence/Aerospace and Homeland Security Companies, advising on creating and building Strategic Electronic Platforms/Systems and Cyber-Defence/Cyber-security matters. Visiting Professor, Professional Guide on Academia-Industry Interface, Academic Council member and Adjunct Faculty to Engineering institutions (like BITS, Pilani, IAMEE), other Management Schools & Colleges on various topics of technology and management disciplines CII and FICCI - Industry-Forums : Defence SMEs Committee member Consultant & Facilitator in Reliability management & Maintainability studies, QMS/ISO-, Business Promotion & Market Initiatives, Strategic projects in defence, aerospace & HLS domains, Project-infrastructure creation, Project Management and IT/e-security System Analyst & Group Leader for Software Projects and a speaker on software standards/software project management and software configuration control Defence Columnist, Professional Writer on Management, Technology aspects & Equipment-Documentation 3

4 Key Appointments during Project Manager (Weapon-infrastructure), Naval Dockyard, Mumbai Asst./Deputy Director of Systems (Weapons), NHQ, New Delhi Manager (Electrical Power Systems), Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam Manager (Material & Contracts), Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam Manager (Planning)/Classes of ships), Naval Dockyard, Vizag Chief Engineer (Missiles), INS Tunir, Mumbai Executive Officer, INS Tunir Director/Head RMAG (EW), Naval Technical Group, Hyderabad DGM (Surface Naval EW), Bharat Electronics, Hyderabad Senior DGM and Head (Naval EW Dept), BEL, Hyderabad General Manager (Corporate Plg & Market Initiatives), GRSE, Kolkata Sr. Vice President & Director, Meltronics Group, Bangalore Vice President & Head(Strategic Projects), Trident Group, Bangalore Divisional Head (Systems), Bharat Realtime Pvt. Limited, Bangalore Head (SBU) of RTTS Strategic Systems Division, RTTS, Bangalore Executive Director, Secure Earth Technologies Limited, Bangalore Now Chief Strategic Adviser & Expert Consultant to Defence firms 4

5 Qualifications in brief B.Tech., (E&E) First class with University distinction Electrical Engineering specialization & Control Systems graduation from Indian Navy Naval technology Addl. Engineering Qualifications A/A and A/S and special weapons and sensors Courses from Indian Navy Multiple professional qualifications in Defence Post-graduate Management from Indian Navy Overall first in the order of merit Graduation in Technical Management from Naval College of Warfare Distinction in the order of merit Professional management courses from NITIE on HRM, MM and other management modules Management modules from JBIMS, Mumbai on production management, project management, Industrial Relations & Law Strategic Finance Management Course from IIM, Bangalore QMS Lead Assessor/Auditor IRCA/RABQSA (28932) Software Project Management/GUI from CSI, Mumbai 5

6 QMS Qualifications/credentials IRCA- RABQSA accredited QMS lead assessor and technical expert for ISO ; Also a facilitator for awareness programmes in CMMI, ISO 27001, Defence Quality & certification registration requirements in categories, AS 9100B, CII-EXIM excellence award ratings & accreditations 6

7 Qualifications/credentials Acknowledged R & M Professional by DRDO- Gazetted in April 1999 Presented many papers in many Reliability & Maintainability conferences conducted by DRDO and National bodies. Acknowledged for reliability prediction and computing skills. Analysed the reliability models of EW and Missile systems. 7

8 Best Citizens Of India Award For being a multi-faceted personality with multiple engineering & management qualifications and an extraordinary professional spirit & passion in defence & Aerospace domains and serving the Nation thereof in his professional life of 31 long years in various domains of Science, Technology and Management and in many significant roles like a defence & aerospace Program-Head, major contributor to many technology programs, a distinguished member of National defence programs, a strategic thinker, a visionary for defence SMEs development & growth, an expert in matters of Indian defence SMEs, a distinguished professional speaker in National defence forums and also a noted Professor in Academia & acknowledged Academic guide in Management & Technology. He had held many prestigious positions during his professional career in Indian Navy & public & private Sectors and worked on many advanced technological facets and had shown outstanding & exceptional achievements in many defence technology programs. 8

9 Glory of India Award This prestigious award of excellence' has been awarded at 'own distinct identity for having rendered the contributions socially and economically to the growth of Indian industry and also being proactive & instrumental in strengthening & encouraging the foreign investments in Indian projects and contributing to economic growth 9

10 Important Career-Highlights 10

11 Awarded Commodore LS Mehta s Trophy for being the best management student during a Long Management Course from Naval School of Management Studies in Stood first in overall order of merit 11

12 Commendation by the Chief of the Naval Staff in 1993 For works on weapon systems/equipment and in particular, for SSK submarines 12

13 Commissioning a new test bed for naval submarine main propulsion motors testing At senior managerial positions in Naval Dockyards as Manager (Electrical Power Systems), Manager (Planning- Refits of some classes of vessels) and Manager (Material and contracts) during

14 As Chief Engineer and Executive Officer of a premier Missiles Naval base in Indian Navy - Conducting C-in-C & the then Honorable Finance Minister in in 1997, Sri P Chidambaram 14

15 With Vice Admiral Vinod Pasricha, the then Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Naval Command in Jul 1999 Head RMAG (EW), NTG, Hyderabad in

16 Appreciation by Padmasri Sri. N Divakar, Director, DLRL in Aug 1999 on the R&M studies undertaken on a modern Naval EW Integrated Program 16

17 With Vice Admiral DSP Varma, the Chief of Materiel & later the Director general of a major Defence Program) in the year 2000 Head RMAG (EW), NTG, Hyderabad in

18 Presented papers on EW systems Configuration Management and interchangeability/ interoperability of EW systems in tactical scenario at Jamnagar in 2003 One of the many such occasions of this nature 18

19 Congratulated by ED, BEL-Hyd for successful project management and dispatches of Surface & U/W ESM Systems in 2004 (As a Senior DGM) Production & dispatches of 5 ESM systems, installation & successful trials of 2 submarine ESMs in a single production/financial year 19

20 With Vice Admiral Sangram Singh Byce, AVSM, NM, Deputy Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff in 2004 (as a Head- Naval EW) Demonstrating an air-borne ESM and its capability of force-multiplier effect 20

21 Addressing Indonesian Naval Officers and Indonesian Air force Officers on EW Systems - Oct Whilst in BEL On an International Marketing assignment! 21

22 Presenting to Japanese delegation at GRSE As a Corporate GM at GRSE (in Defence PSU) in Jan 2006 Handled corporate planning, market initiatives, business expansion, modernisation, ERP, IT & systems & industrial engineering departments. 22

23 With Air Chief Marshal S Krishna Swamy, PVSM, AVSM, VM & Bar (Retd.), former Chief of the Air Staff On his exclusive visit to Meltronics in early Aug 07 Receiving him and presenting him the capability of Meltronics in the role of Senior VP & Director (Defence & Aerospace) 23

24 As Vice President (Strategic Projects) in Trident Mar 2008 Defence & Aerospace group Heading the Strategic Business Unit in 2008 for Defence and Aerospace projects at systems/sub-systems level 24

25 As a regular speaker and participant in CII-Defence symposiums/forums Aug 2008 : CII-Indian Air force Seminar : On Aerospace/avionics, indigenisation, COTS technologies, EW for future scenarios, modern defence initiatives, SME structure in self-reliance etc. 25

26 As Vice President & Head (Strategic Projects) in Trident Defence group CII-Defence SMEs sub-committee Member and speaking on SME matters With regard to National self-reliance in Defence industry through SMEs development : July 2009 and Feb

27 With Commodore (Dr.) Rakesh Kumar Principal Director of Indigenisation of Indian Navy at Defence Expo-2010 At Aero-India Expo in Feb with the Trident Group Members - Projecting the indigenous aerospace capability of the Trident Group and reviewing Offsets scope 27

28 With Chairman & CEO of Dassault Systems, France on India Innovation Summit at Mumbai in Sep : Was the Key Note Speaker for PLM in Shipbuilding programs Acknowledged & valued involvement 28

29 As a Chief Speaker in Indian Global Summit on SMEs during October 2011 ; speaking on exports by SMEs and collaborations & business-consortiums with international defence enterprises at tier-2 level for major national defence programs 29

30 Faculty in Institute of Advanced Management Education and Entrepreneurship (IAMEE) : ERP, Information Security, Marketing and such other managerial sessions :

31 National Advisory Council Member of Institute of Advanced Management Education and Entrepreneurship (IAMEE) PG Management Institution. On the occasion of their Convocation Function on 17 Dec 2011 : Felicitated as Guest of Honour 31

32 Conducting the Def Expo in New Delhi : Demonstrating to Generals and Admirals the strategic Surveillance Systems with Blighter Ground Surveillance Radars of Plextek Limited : with the complete team and foreign collaborators. 32

33 Key-Speaker and Panelist on National Electronics R&D Conference in Mar 2013 : Presented deeply researched papers on Robust R & D Strategies and Challenges in project management of multi-domain/multi-project environment with lean & mean resource deployment 33

34 Working with Plextek Limited, UK on Blighter Radars Working on Blighter Surveillance Radars : Team with Nicholas John Booth and Grant Bennet Conducting the Surveillance Systems demonstration to Ministry of Home Affairs/ Border Security Force and also to Indian Air force - Blighter Ground Surveillance Radar integrated with Cobra Hawk-eye Electro-Optics equipment : In April 2013 ; A Major demo evolution! 34

35 Presenting Critical Defence Technologies for induction and Opportunities in Defence & Aerospace : Major conference at the behest of Xilinx May

36 Working with Chess on Electro-Optics Visit to UK in April/May 2014 for discussions and meetings with Foreign Collaborators as Executive Director of Secure Earth Conference at Chess Dynamics Limited, UK : with Graham Peter Beall and Roger Charles Joel 36

37 Though not directly related to my own career, but this makes my success-point. Mahesh, my son graduated from Purdue/finished his MS.. Camping in May 2014 at Purdue University; With the Professors, Dr. Anil Bajaj, Prof. Gordon Pennock and Ms. Jacqueline C Baumgardt at Purdue in May

38 Conducting a major demonstration of Strategic Surveillance System to Indian Air force for Airfield Surveillance and security in Aug Blighter radar integrated with Electro-Optics equipment Team with Mark Radford, CEO and Nicholas Booth, Director of Plextek Limited/Blighter Surveillance Systems.. Demo to high ranking officers of IAF! 38

39 Demonstration of Blighter radar with Cobra Hawk-eye EO to Border Security Force in Aug 2014 : My Team together with Mark Radford & Nicholas Booth of Plextek Limited/Blighter Surveillance Systems; and Roger Joel of Chess Dynamics Limited. 39

40 An Outline of Professional Outlook, specific technical abilities & exclusive professional capabilities 40

41 My individual professional outlook! Operate from a desire to excel rather than work over a fear of failure Focus on opportunities rather than emphasizing the constraints Have a holistic view of the organisation rather than a compartmentalized perspective Encourage proliferation of ideas as an asset rather than a hindrance Identify and leverage the strengths of self, colleagues and the organisation Contribute to Quality, Expansion, Growth, New Initiatives", "Wealth-Creation & Team-building and Productivity everywhere, always, in every form and in every assignment 41

42 My strengths! ( as assessed by TV Rao Learning Systems on 360 assessment) Acknowledged expertise in Aerospace/Avionics, Defenceelectronics, strategic/perspective planning, Defence marketing initiatives in current trends & Defence-business strategies; EW, Missiles, Fire control & combat management systems and Aerospace/ Avionics systems & equipment Proven Program Management capability & Leadership Effective communication skills & Networking Vision & Planning ; Implementation capability systemically Knowledge in many professional domains & Analytical ability Clarity in Thought & Approach; Organised work-methods Team-building and Managing group-dynamics Positive thinking & Optimism Achievement-orientation, Commitment & Conviction Confidence, Discipline and Enthusiasm 42

43 Abilities & Strengths : An overall profile! 35 years professional experience, full of many achievements & accomplishments. Considered & chosen for Rajiv Gandhi Excellence Award. Recipient of Best Citizens Of India & Glory Of India Awards; and DRDO R&D Excellence award A strategic business analyst and adviser, a professional technologist and strategic projects builder and also a key initiator into new business opportunities and domains domestically and also internationally Graded in R&M and Quality Management. Qualified lead assessor of ISO 9001 and a technical expert accredited by IRCA. Recognized by International Who s Who Professionals. Speaker on QM standards, defence design & development standards and project/program management philosophy and perspective planning. Also CII & FICCI- Defence SMEs Sub-committee member and a regular CII-Defence speaker/sme analyst Business development capability + Networking potential + Technological Experience & knowledge of R&D, D&E + Project management competence in Multi-role, Multiplexed resources & Multi-project scenarios Both defence background + Academia + Industrial experience in senior/top positions in public & private sector + Experiences with DRDO and other industrial firms & technological concerns in India & abroad 43

44 Professional experience : Defence & combat systems Was a member of the major National Integrated Project Programs of Missiles and EW in Defence projects Was a Head of a major strategic project for development, production and commissioning of EW equipment Was a Chief Engineer in Missiles & Technical Head of a Missiles-TP Was a Head of R&M Group for Missiles and EW in Navy Held senior appointments in every managerial wing such as Production, Planning, Material & Contracts, Quality, R&M and other facets 44

45 Professional experience : Defence & Combat systems Served Indian Navy at all managerial levels and at all functional positions in NHQ, Commands, Naval Dockyards, Missile TP and operational Units Holds a vast Program Management & Project Management Exposure with hands-on experience in many defence & aerospace projects Was involved in software integration and development of software interfaces for major combat management systems of Navy Served Defence production in Mil and Aero space wings for a no. of projects and developed many ATEs, Test sets and STTE; Dealt with all types of military aircrafts Commissioned many systems and equipment on naval vessels and was also involved in major trials & tests programs at Harbour and at sea 45

46 Exclusive professional experience in EW technologies 3 years in RMAG/NTG, Hyderabad as Head of Naval EW Project group and overall 12 years+ exclusive experience in EW field alone in all facets Was a member of major review boards of Indian Navy, DLRL and BEL for Sangraha integrated EW Program Completed a comprehensive R&M study of an EW system of a submarine version Involved in Lab evaluations of many EW systems at DLRL and added design-value for systems finally delivered Chosen as an internal member by Director, DLRL for the verification & evaluation of EW designs of DLRL Established COTS solutions for the first time in EW sub-systems 46

47 Exclusive professional experience in EW technologies 5 years in Bharat Electronics, heading the naval EW departments and led many project teams Successfully led technical teams, comprising of foreign engineers from Rafel (Israel) and proved an imported EW system on INS Viraat Carried out a lot of value addition to DLRL s first-off products, enhancing the performance level of the systems delivered to Navy Hands-on experience in production & delivery of multiple systems; more than 20 nos of EW systems installed & commissioned Carried out product-reengineering of light weight ESMs & proved the systems at sea Authored many papers on EW topics and presented them in various institutions 47

48 Exclusive professional experience in EW technologies Involved in development of major software interfaces to EW systems These major interfaces were demonstrated on a major EW system, meant for a strategic platform Responsible for securing a lot of repeat orders to BEL based on successes of the first off designs Involved in international marketing of EW systems Adequate domain know-how in EW & vast EW contacts Hands-on experience in heading EW projects with multiple teams One major EW project that was headed & handled was credited with R&D Excellence award 48

49 Exclusive professional experience in Missile technologies Was Chief Engineer (Missiles) in a major Missiles TP of Indian Navy Conducted many Missile operations for major exercises Positioned Missiles facilities for testing and delivery in forward positions Was involved in drafting Missiles operational logistics Hands-on experience in Missiles life-extension and life-cycle management Hands-on experience in indigenisation of Missile-explosives Professional expertise in simulation of missile-assemblies Chairman of an evaluation of indigenous SAM Missiles-launcher Planner of Missiles-infrastructure and building launcher-facilities Professor in Missile-technologies Handled all kinds of Missiles SSMs, SAMs, ASMs, AAMs of Navy Involved in major surveillance program of Missile life-cycle checks 49

50 Exclusive professional experience in Antennae Systems Exclusive experience in professional management of Antennae systems of Missiles and Electronic Warfare products Professional hands-on experience in handling Log-Periodic Antennae, Cavity back-spiraled antennae, trackers, Omni-stack antennae, Radar systems antennae, Communication systems antennae, Satcom systems antennae etc. Specific expertise in composites, antennae-head units configuration and engineering, radomes, RF super components Hands-on experience in configuring and installing various antennae units on Indian naval platforms and aircrafts Professional expertise in handling the environmental screening, EMI/EMC testing, individual testing of antennae for gain-matching and channel-balancing and consistent beam-pattern behaviour in different polarization modes 50

51 Exclusive professional experience in Aerospace/Avionics Involved in design analysis, acceptance, engineering & development, testing and production of Naval Air EW systems whilst in Navy (associated with DRDO/DLRL) and BEL-Hyderabad Headed Aerospace/Avionics division in professional appointments and worked with HAL, BEL and NAL for aerospace/avionics systems and equipment. Dealt with almost all types of military aircrafts. Involved in design, development, engineering and production of many aerospace/avionics equipment for Jaguars, Su-30s, MIGs, Mirage-200s, ALHs, AN-32s, Kamovs, Chetaks, Dorniers, TUs, Sea kings, Sea Harriers and LAC & LUH aircrafts and rotorcrafts Developed, tested and delivered major ATEs for EW/RWRs of fighter aircrafts and was also involved in international marketing/business development of Air version EW Closely worked with many divisions of HAL viz., Aircraft division, Helicopter division, Engine division, Avionics division & SLRDC 51

52 Exclusive professional experience in Homeland Security/Surveillance Technologies Engaged for the last eight (08) years exclusively in Radar and Electro-Optics based Surveillance technologies ; and involved in and led projects related to Border Surveillance Management, Offshore Platforms protection and Key-Strategic Assets protection (to include all VAS/VPs) Also involved in the projects pertaining to Laser based securityautomation systems, trackers, security-fencing & security datafusion technologies and automation systems Extensively worked with foreign manufacturers in surveillance radar technologies and electro-optics based surveillance systems; and conducted many demonstrations to Indian organisations of MoD and MHA Authored many papers on Indian surveillance needs and procurement-canvas; and created technological awareness in India about the advanced & contemporary technologies 52

53 Exclusive professional experience in Cyber-defence/Cyber-Security Technologies Held the top positions as GM (SAP/ERP) and GM (IT and Systems) in a defence Public Sector; and implemented modern IT systems and engaged in institutionalization of cyber-security measures. Hands-on experience in handling the vulnerability analysis and penetration testing for assessing the cyber security-breach aspects; and auditing them vigorously with an aim to ensure utmost cyber security and cyber-safety measures in a large organisation, fully cyber-active and entirely cyberdependent. Conducted a SAP and e-security audit with Price WaterHouse Coopers for a large establishment of a public sector; and completed a research and report formulation for implementation-measures. Also completed at backend as a backbone facilitator and expert for a large private enterprise on their information/e-security and brought up a lot of e-security and network security measures. Authored and presented many e-security and network security presentations at Govt./MoD level and widely campaigned Conducted many master-classes and academic sessions as a professor in ERP/e-security/Cyber-defence/Information & network security Presently advising/consulting some companies in network security, lawful interceptions, data-security and cyber-defence areas. 53

54 Summary -Profile at a glance 35 years professional experience, full of many achievements, awards & accomplishments. Considered & chosen for Rajiv Gandhi National Excellence Award. Recipient of Best Citizens of India & Glory of India Awards A strategic business analyst, a professional technologist, strategic projects builder, an Expert-Consultant in Defence, Cyber-security professional and also a key initiator into new business opportunities and business-domains domestically and also internationally Graded in R&M by DRDO; and Quality Management. Qualified lead assessor of ISO 9001and a technical expert accredited by IRCA. Recognized by International Who s Who Professionals. Speaker on QM standards, defence design & development standards and project/program management philosophy and perspective planning. Also CII & FICCI-Defence SMEs Sub-committee member and a regular Defence-strategies speaker/sme analyst. Business development capability + Networking potential + enormous Technological Experience & knowledge of R&D, D&E + Project Management competence in multi-role & multi-project scenarios. Both Defence background + Industrial experience in senior/top positions in public & private sector + Experiences with DRDO and other industrial firms & technological concerns in India & abroad 54

55 Thank You! Commander Prasad YVV A-003, Renaissance Park-3 Subramanya Nagar Main Road Malleshwaram west Bangalore Phone : (R), me@commanderyvvprasad.com 55