Prof. G. Kumaraswamy Rao, Director (R&D), BIET (Former Director & O.S. of DLRL Ministry of Defence)
Prof. G. Kumaraswamy, former director of Defence Electronics Research Lab an Electronics Systems Engineering Centre, was associated in work with Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in the "Integrated Guided Missile Program, and was personally responsible for the design and development of a number of missile guidance electronic systems for Trishul, Prithvi and Akash missiles" .He has also designed the ground guidance electronic system for India’s first short range surface to air missile. Prof. G. Kumaraswamy is the Director of R&D at Bharat Institute of Engineering and Technology.