NEW DELHI: Dr. Jaiteerth R. Joshi, Outstanding  Scientist, has  assumed charge as the new Director General (DG) of  BrahMos, DRDO and CEO  & MD of BrahMos Aerospace from 1st Dec 2024.

Dr. Joshi has a unique distinction of rendering leadership in design,  development, strategic planning & production of tactical missile  systems of the country. He led various initiatives in Joint development  of Medium Range Surface to Air Missile.

As Programme Director, LRSAM, Dr. Joshi has extensively contributed  towards design, development and induction of indigenous missile  programme and as Project Director he has successfully bolstered the  defence capabilities of Indigenous Aircraft Carrier with LRSAM Missiles.

His sustained R&D contributions and technology leadership over the  last three decades has been transformative for making India self-reliant  in advanced missile systems and technologies.

His contributions strengthened the Defence R&D at national level  through collaborative research involving academia, industry and R&D  institutions providing thrust to defence manufacturing capabilities. As  AICTE-INAE Distinguished Visiting Professor, Dr. Joshi has significantly  contributed in skill development of engineering students to harness  their potential.

Dr. Joshi is President-Elect, ISNT and as Chairman, Indian Society for  Non-destructive Testing (ISNT), he has trained and certified large  number of candidates in Level-I and Level-II of Radiography, Ultrasonic,  Magnetic Particle & Penetrant Testing and trained Welding  professionals as a part of his Chairmanship of Indian Institute of  Welding (IIW).

For his distinguished contributions towards Defence R&D, he has been  conferred with many awards and honours from various organisations and  professional bodies including Distinguished NDT'ian of the decade by  ISNT, National Technology Day Award by DRDO, IIM SAIL Gold Medal by IIM,  Scientist of the Year Award by DRDO, Bharat Ratna Sir Mokshagundam  Visvesvaraya Award by Institute of Engineers, Manager of the Year Award  by HMA, Dr. N. Kondal Rao Memorial Award by ISNT, Distinguished Alumnus  Award (DAA) of National Institute of Technology, Warangal.

He is a Fellow of Indian National Academy Engineering (FNAE), Telangana  Academy of Sciences (TAS), Indian Society for Non-destructive Testing  (ISNT), Indian Institute of Metals (IIM), Institution of Engineers India  (IEI), Indian Society for Mechanical Engineers (ISME) and Indian  Institution of Production Engineers (IIPE).

Dr. Joshi has published several research papers in leading journals and  delivered keynote addresses and guest lectures in many conferences &  academic institutions.