Shri BM Dinakar Babu, Director (Aviation Electronics and Electrical & Instrumentation Groups) at HQ, New Delhi since 01 Dec 2020. He has completed his BE (Electrical and Electronics) from Malnad College of Engineering, Mysore University. He joined DGAQA in Nov 1992 and has served various Field Establishments of DGAQA, like ORDAQA (Kanpur), MSQAA (Bengaluru), OADG (Koraput), ORDAQA (ADE-Bengaluru), MSQAA (Hyderabad). He has provided Quality Assurance Coverage for Manufacture of HPT-32, Dornier-228 Aircraft, Liquid Propellant Engines for Prithvi Missile, Jaguar (Strike and Trainer), Hawk, PTA (Lakshya) Aircraft, Akash Missiles, RD33 Engines for MiG-29 Aircraft, Overhaul of Rotables of AVRO (HS-748), HPT-32, Dornier and Jaguar Aircraft, R29B Engines for Mig-27 Aircraft. Development of DARIN-II Up–gradation on Jaguar Aircraft , Rustom-II UAV, LRDE Airborne Projects, DARE EW Suite Projects. The officer has been awarded DRDO Excellence Award for the year 2018 for his contribution to Rustom-II Project.
Shri Sanjay Chawla is Graduate in Mechanical Engineering and Post Graduate M.E in Polymer Technology from Delhi College of Engineering.
• He has total 35 Years of experience including 30 years in Quality Assurance of Military Aviation stores covering Aero Materials, Composites, Guided Weapons , Transport Aircraft, UAVs, Aero engines etc. worked at Kanpur, Hyderabad, Delhi, Koraput.
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• He is recipient of DRDO AGNI AWARD for Development of Aero Materials for LCA and DRDO Technology Award for Development of JFS Castings..
Shri Shiv Kant Kapoor is 1986 batch graduate in Metallurgical Engineering from Punjab Engg College, Chandigarh (UT). He Joined DGAQA in 1994 as SSO-II at Dett AAIW(Itarsi), wherein provided QA coverage Of Air Armament stores and later posted at ORDAQA(F&F), Bengaluru in 1997 • Promoted as SSO-I and posted as Officer-in-Charge to Dett AAIW(Muradnagar) in 2002, wherein provided QA Of Air Armament stores • Promoted as PScO in2009and posted to OCRI(Aircraft Division), Bengaluru and continued as Director (Aircraft) from 2015-17, wherein he provided QA for western fleet of Aircraft, SARAS, PTA etc.• He has participated in various court of Inquiries and provided vital inputs to ascertain cause of failure and initiated corrective measures.As Director posted to OADG, Nashik in 2017, where he is responsible for QA during SU-30 MKI manufacturing, Assy and Flight Hangar including Article-A Mod integration and various other modifications for launchers on SU-30MKI& MiG -21 ROH. He has streamlined the manufacturing activities of Su-30 production, ROH of MiG-21 and brought out various process related improvements, which were not in vogue at HAL(ND). He is known for his dynamism and involvement whileensuring the Quality Assurance during production of SU-30MKI.
Shri Syed lftekhar Ahmed Joined DGAQA erstwhile DTD & P (Air) in 1989. He has worked in Various capacities at HAL Aero engine, HAL Koraput, HAL Aircraft, HAL Helicopter, HAL RWRDC .He has worked as Regional Director in HAL (Aero Engine) Bengaluru, Regional Director (Air Armament) Khadki Pune, Regional Director (ALISDA) Bengaluru, Regional Director (GW&M) Hyderabad at DRDL,MIDHANI, BDL & he has been appointed as ADG(Nashik) in Oct 2019. He has Contributed in streamlining Quality Assurance Activities of Western /Russian /lndian Origin Aero engines during Design Development, Production, Overhaul, Repair at HAL Bengaluru, Koraput Division. Quality Assurance of Chetak / Cheetah, Advance Light Helicopter during Design Development, Production, Overhaul, Repair at HAL RWRDC' Quality Assurance of Air Armament, Canopy Severance Systems, Ejection Systems, Aerial Bombs Design Development Production. Quality Assurance of Avionics Stores for LCA, UAVs, AEWC Project. Quality Assurance of Missiles and Materials Design Development Production. Quality Assurance during Design Development Production, Overhaul, Repair Su-khoi 30 MiG 21. He has Contributed in various process improvements during manufacture Created Key metrics and audit processes to ensure established goals were met. He has Contributed as a member on farming of AFQMS and ApQMS lssue I Policy document as per ASg100 Rev C and Rev D Aerospace standards. He is also trained in Six Sigma and implemented six Sigma Projects
Shri C. Ramesh, Director has completed his BE in Mechanical Engineering and presently working in HQ SSQAG, Hyderabad since 2017. In-charge of GSE Group, responsible in ensuring the Quality of various GSE Systems pertaining to strategic programme. Period to this appointment the office worked in various capacities in ensuring the Quality of the systems / subsystems during manufacturing of missiles at MSQAA, Hyd and overhaul of JAGUAR & MIRAGE, AIRCRAFT at M/s HAL, Bangalore.
• Completed B. Tech (Hons) in Aeronautical Engg. from IIT Kharagpur in 1990. • Completed M. Tech (Mech Engg.) from IIT Madras in 1998. • Joined DGAQA [erstwhile DTD & P (Air)] on 17 Dec 1993. • Prior to joining DGAQA, worked as Asst. Engineer (Design) in LCA complex, HAL, Bangalore from 11-12-1990 to 16-12-1993. Significant Achievements: • Participated in procurements of Aircrafts, (Transport Aircrafts, LCA (Navy), Helicopters, UAV), Engine and GSEs for IAF, IA, INA and ICG at HQ, DGAQA. • Organised DGAQA stall in Trade fair at Pragati Maidan New Delhi for consecutive three years. • Organised Aero India activities pertaining to HQ, DGAQA for two shows and supervised it at Bangalore. • Organised DGAQA stall and lectures in Defence corridor at Belgaum, Karnataka, Aligarh, UP and Nasik Maharashtra. • Organised DGAQA stall at Def Expo 2020 along with ADG (N&CZ) at Lucknow. • Developed several Ground Support Equipment through MSMEs at GSE, Group, HQ, New Delhi. • Provided QA coverage during hot and cold weathers for LCA and IJT aircraft. • Participated in FET for Twin Engine Heavy Helicopter for Indian Coast Guard.
Shri. Nagaraja. R B. BE(Mechanical) graduate from Karnataka University. Joined DGAQA (Erstwhile DTD P(Air) in 1993 as JSO and selected for DAQAS cadre as SSO-II in 1994. He has served various field establishments i.e. ORDAQA (H/Cs), ORDAQA (AA) and Director (MSQAA), RDAQA (LCA) RDAQA (H/c). Presently, as a Director (AMS) MSQAA, Hyderabad and providing QA coverage to Akash Missile project. He has actively participated in QA activities of Advanced Light Helicopter project during development and production of Helicopters. He had undergone familiarisation programme on manufacturing of composite main rotor blades for ALH helicopter at M/s Euro copter Germany. He has worked in QA activities of Air armament stores and Canopy Severance System for LCA A/c.
Maj Gen Ranvijay singh was commissioned in the corps of EME on 09 Jun 1984 with a Bachelor degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering and had a distinguished academic profile. Over a span of approximately 35 years, he has been actively involved in inspection, quality assurance and indigenisation He has undergone all mandatory EME courses and DGQA course such as quality improvement tool. QAS Lead Auditor course etc. He has served from Jun 1984 to Jan 2003 in different EME units/Establishments. The officer joined DGQA on 31 JAN 2003. And has served in different DGQA organization/ Establishments over the last 16 years.He has served as Director in HQ DQA(S), controller, CQA(T&C) Kanpur from 2013 to 2016 & now posted to HQ SSQAG in 2016 as principal Director till 23 jun 19 & thereon headed SSQAG as Additional Director General W.e.f 24 jun 19.
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Shri Navneet Kumar Dua, Director has assumed the charge of Regional Director (ADL), Lucknow on 29-12-2022. He is Graduate in Mechanical Engineering and possess QA experience of 35 Years, including 31 years in Quality Assurance of Military Aviation stores. As DAQAS officer, he has served at OAQA Dehradun, ORDAQA Ghaziabad, OADG Nasik and in GSE Gp, Tech Coord Gp & Aircraft Group at HQrs DGAQA, New Delhi. His experience encompasses Quality Assurance coverage for Manufacture/ Overhaul of Su-30, MiG-27 & MiG-21 Aircrafts, Airfield Lighting Systems, Day & Night Vision Devices, Development of EO/IR pods of UAV Rustom-II, GSE/ GHE items etc. He has been instrumental in ensuring Quality compliance in Capital & Revenue procurement of Helicopters and GSEs stores for Indian Air Force, Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard. For realizing ‘ Make in India’ portion of Airbus C-295 Aircraft project, he has been a member of Quality Assurance Working Group (QAWG) constituted alongwith M/s Airbus & M/s TASL, to formulate and implement QA roadmap for the project.
Shri Jogindra Kumar, Director, B Tech in Electrical Engineering, having rich experience of more than 25years in the field of Aircraft Systems, Accessorises, Avionics systems and stores for various projects of such as LCA Tejas, Su-30 MKI, Mirage, Jaguar, MiG. This includes highly complex and sensitive system like HUD, Display Attack Ranging and Inertial Navigation system, Electrical Power Generation & Control System, Gyro & Barometric Instruments,, Radar and communication system, Ground Support and Ground Handling Equipment etc.
.Shri Nitin A. Meshram has completed B.E. (Metallurgy) in 1990 from College of Engineering, Pune, Pune University. He has joined DGAQA:on 20 Nov.1992 as JSO at OADG, Nasik.Worked in following DGAQA field establishments: 1. OADG, Nasik: ( Nov.1992 to Nov. 1996 as JSO) • Worked on Mig-21 Aircraft (overhaul) in 065 shop • Worked in Canopy shop (015 shop) • Defect of Canopy bubble parting line in visual area of pilot was sorted out by suggesting remedial measures. 2. AQAW, Ambajhari: (Nov.1996 to Jan. 2006 as SSO-II) • QA coverage during Indigenization of 57 mm rocket and Development of 100-120 kg bomb and trials at Pokhran range. • QA coverage during manufacturing of 68 mm rocket and 30 mm GHASHA canon. 3. HQrs, DGAQA, New Delhi: (Jan.2006 to Dec. 2013 as SSO-I)• Participated in various TEC, CNC, FET at Air HQrs and MoD for following projects:- o MMRCA o Mid life upgrade of KOMOV Helicopter o Light utility Helicopter o PDI of VVIP Helicopter • Installation inspection of Arrester Barriers (20T & 40T) at various Air Force bases. • Inspection of parachutes at ADRDE, Agra and AF station Palam. • Technical co-ordination with Field Establishments under Aircraft Group. 4. AQAW, Muradnagar: (Jan.2014 to April 2017 as PsCO) • Involved in QA activities of 1000 lb, 250 kg and 450 kg bombs • Rejection rate of bombs during casting was brought down by formulating the Audit Committee. • Worked as OIC in absence of Group Captain. 5. OADG, Koraput: (May.2017 to 11 July 2020 as PsCO) • Involved in Indigenization of AI-20D blades for AN-32 Engine and TV-3 Blades for MI-17 helicopter and finalization of Acceptance test Procedure and its approval. • Upgradation of residential quarters and installation of solar panels was carried out as Sr. Estate officer • Streamlined the process of stores purchase and Condemnation of old files, MT stores & IT stores. • Carried out Tech-coord activities as Tech-Coord officer. 6. ORDAQA, Kanpur: Joined as regional Director on 20 July 2020
Sh. Mahendra Prasad joined DAQAS cadre in March 2001 at ORDAQA, Lucknow where he was assigned with the responsibility of providing QA coverage in Instrument factory that includes Electrical LRUs, Pitot / static instruments, Gyroscopic instruments, Electronic airborne stores and instruments, Pilot oxygen breathing system, Fuel measurement and monitoring system for all fleets. Then he was posted to OADG Nashik in Mach 2010 where he was assigned with the responsibility of QA coverage for Overhauling of MIG Bison & SU-30 MKI aircrafts. There after he was posted to HQ DGAQA in Jan 2015 where he was assigned with the responsibility of Joint Director Aircraft, Joint Director PP&FOL (Power Plant & Fuel Oil and Lubricant) and Joint Director Aeromed. There after he was posted to OADG (N&CZ) Lucknow in May 2020. He assumed the charge of RD, AQA, Korwa in Aug, 2021 heading QA activities for production and ROH of avionics of SU-30 MKI, Jaguar DARIN –I, II, III, Hawk, HTT-40, LCA A/c, LCH, Cheetah/Chetak/Cheteal H/c, BrahMos, UAV, D&D and indigenization activities. He has vast QA experience of 37 years including 15 years QA activities in Naval Aviation before joining DGAQA.
Shri Rahul Gupta joined DGAQA in April 1999 as SSO II at ORDAQA, Lucknow. He contributed in QA activities for Electrical & Instruments Systems/LRUs of most of the Indian fleets. On promotion he was transfer to Nasik in Feb. 2006 and worked on SU-30 MKI A/c. At HAL, Korwa he got exposure to Avionics Systems from April 2012 to Aug. 2015. He severed at HQ, DGAQA at the capacity of Joint Director in E&I and Tech Coord Group. He assumed the charge of Regional Director, AQA w.e.f. 01st July 2021
Gp Capt RR Pant is the Commanding Officer of AQAW(A) Khamaria wef from 01 Oct 2020. He is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from GB Pont University and a M Tech from IIT Mumbai. . Gp Capt RR Pant has served the Indian Air Force for three decades and has been instrumental in converting the Mirage during his tenure as a senior technical officer in various fighter squadrons of the Air Force.
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Roopesh Mani Kaushik is M.tech (Material Science & Technology) from DIAT, Pune with 27 years of work experience in Quality Assurance including 20 years in Quality Assurance of Military Aviation Stores. He is presently working as Sr. Scientific Officer-I and Head of the Establishment of OAQA (Dehradun). He has published one international paper in Elsevier Journal. He has made significant contribution in QA reforms for Indian Military Aviation. He was core member of various committees for formulation/revision of Apex policy documents of DGAQA and MoD/DDP. He is nominated as Point of Contact (POC) of DGAQA for Co-operation from Department of Defence (DoD)/USA, under Defence Trade and Technology Initiative (DTTI), on best Government Quality Assurance (GQA) practices for military aviation. He has been awarded Director General commendation awards for year 2014-15,2016-17,2017-18,2019-2020 for Quality Rating Maturity Model, QPI identification and benchmarking, Third Party Inspection (TPI) Policy document, AFQMS Revision 2018, contribution for DDPMAS amendment, Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP), Policy on Reciprocal Quality Assurance (RQA), preparation of draft Defence Aerospace Quality Policy.
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Bengaluru Shri Hara Kumar Mohanty is a Post Graduate in Space Engineering & Rocketry from BIT(Mesra) with Graduation in Mechanical Engineering and joined DGAQA(erstwhile DTD &P(Air)) in the year 1993. He has performed Quality Assurance function during manufacture and overhaul of Fuel & Hydraulic accessories of various aircrafts at Accessories Division Lucknow (ADL). He has also performed Quality Assurance function at MSQAA and SSQAG during development / manufacture of Airborne Control Systems, Metallic / Composite Structures, Liquid Propulsion Systems, Rocket Motors including Hydraulic & Pneumatic systems in association with DRDL, RCI & ASL work centres at Hyderabad. Presently he is posted as Regional Director, Aeronautical Quality Assurance (LCA-Tejas Division), Bengaluru.
Shri Y Venu Madhava Rao is a Graduate in Mechanical Engineering and joined DGAQA in the year 2003. He has performed Quality Assurance function during manufacture and overhaul of Russian origin aero engines at at HAL(KPT). He has joined the ORDAQA(GW) as SSO-I and provided QA coverage for diverse projects such as ASTRA Air to Air Missile, New Generation Anti Radiation Missile, Refurbisment and life extension of SAM’s at M/s BDL, Hyderabad, Developement of Smart Anti Airfield Weapon, Aerial Strategic Bomb etc. at RCI & DRDL. He has received DRDO Award for path breaking Research/ outstanding technology development as part of ASTRA team in 2015. He has Joined SSQAG as PScO and contributed in the quality assurance during development / manufacture of Airborne Control Systems, Metallic / Composite Structures, Liquid Propulsion Systems,solid fuel Rocket Motors including Hydraulic & Pneumatic systems in association with DRDL, RCI & ASL work centres at Hyderabad. Presently, he is posted as Regional Director, Aeronautical Quality Assurance (Engine Division), Bengaluru and AERDC, HAL, Bengaluru.
Shri S R Shankhala joined DGAQA (erstwhile DTD&P(Air)) in Dec 1992 as JSO at Ojhar, Nasik. As JSO & SSO-II, he contributed towards Quality Assurance activities during production/ overhaul of various Russian aircraft being manufactured at HAL (Nasik) namely MIG-21 variants, BIS upgrade aircraft. On promotion to SSO-I he was posted to Dett AQAW Kanpur. During his tenure at Kanpur, he contributed towards Quality Assurance activities during manufacturing of subassemblies & assemblies of Air Armament stores at Ordnance factory Kanpur. Subsequently he was posted to HAL Kanpur, where he provided Quality Assurance coverage during production/ servicing of Dornier aircraft, overhaul of AVRO & HPT trainer aircraft and servicing of UAV engine. On his posting to Delhi, he served at HQrs DGAQA from Apr 2013 to April 2019 as Joint Director (Tech-Coord & PP&FOL). In addition, he performed the duties of Grievance officer of DGAQA for redressal of grievances received from individuals through online CPGRAMS Portal. Recently he has been elevated to the post of Director and is currently posted to ORDAQA (OD) Bengaluru, as Regional Director.
Bhukya Rajaram, Director has assumed the charge of Regional Director (MRO & RWRDC), Bengaluru on 30-06-2020. Officer has completed BE (Electronics and Communication Engg.) from Osmania University, Hyderabad. He joined DTD & P (Air) in 1995. He worked at various DGAQA offices at Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Nasik located at HAL, ECIL , DRDL and BDL.
Shri Vijay Kumar Gaur is a post-graduate in Mechanical Engineering from IIT, Delhi and joined DAQAS cadre in the year1997. He has performed Quality Assurance (QA) Function during Manufacture/Overhaul of Aero -Engines (Russian as well as Westernorigin Engines), manufacture/servicing of aircraft (Dornier and LCA-Tejas) and production & supply of Aviation Turbine Fuel, Oil & lubricant form ilitary aircraft while serving at various establishments viz. OADG (Koraput), PP&FOL Gp at HQ DGAQA (New Delhi), ORDAQA(Kanpur) and ORDAQA (LCA-TD), Bengaluru.Presently,he is posted as Regional Director, Aeronautical Quality Assurance (ARDC) since1st July 2021.
Shri Hara Kumar Mohanty is a Post Graduate in Space Engineering & Rocketry from BIT(Mesra) with Graduation in Mechanical Engineering and joined DGAQA(erstwhile DTD &P(Air)) in the year 1993. He has performed Quality Assurance function during manufacture and overhaul of Fuel & Hydraulic accessories of various aircrafts at Accessories Division Lucknow (ADL). He has also performed Quality Assurance function at MSQAA and SSQAG during development / manufacture of Airborne Control Systems, Metallic / Composite Structures, Liquid Propulsion Systems, Rocket Motors including Hydraulic & Pneumatic systems in association with DRDL, RCI & ASL work centres at Hyderabad. Presently he is posted as Regional Director, Aeronautical Quality Assurance (LCA-Tejas Division), Bengaluru.
Shri Ganesh Prasad Sahu is B.E in Electronics and Communication Engineering, Gold Medallist in ME with specialisation in Digital system from MNIT, Allahabad and completed his Master of Business Administration (MBA). He joined DAQAS Cadre on16th January 2001 at HAL, Hyderabad wherein he has provided a QA coverage for Communication, Navigational, Electronic Warfare and Radar systems / subsystems / Modules during Design & Development, production and overhaul/repair phase at BEL (Hyderabad), ECIL and HAL Hyderabad. In his second stint at SSQAG (Hyd), he actively participated design and development of Missile LRUs/stores, integration, phase checks and flight trials pertaining to Strategic Missile systems e.g. Agni Variants i.e. A1, A2, A3, A4 & A5. In his tenure as Officer-in-charge, ORDAQA (ADE) the officer contributed immensely on the projects pertaining to UAV, RADAR, EW & RWR Systems, Retractable Landing Gear (RLG) systems and 182 HP Engine Designed & Developed by ADE, LRDE, DARE, CVRDE Chennai and VRDE Ahmednagar respectively, in coordination with stake holders especially with CEMILAC/RCMAs. As Reginal Director of ALISDA which has five detachments namely ORDAQA(ADE), ORDAQA(CABS), OAQA BEL Bengaluru, OAQA BEL Chennai and OAQA Trichy, he effectively controls & contributes technically for all DRDO Lab, DPSUs and Private vendors for ongoing programmes/ projects. ALISDA is designated as nodal agency for conducting, coordinating and participating in Defence Exhibition/Air show, Regional Directors / HODs Meet, Training to DGAQA officers, iDEX programme and other development activities wherein different activities like Defence Public Exhibition to commemorate “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav”, Aerospace and Defence Manufacturing show 2022 (ADMS-22) at BEML, Bengaluru, Defence Expo at Chennai, 7th RDs /HOEs meet and Foundation courses/ Mandatory Training (18th, 19th and 20th) for DGAQA Group `A' and `B' officers were conducted successfully. His QA experience during Design and Development phase is enormous due to more than half of his DGAQA career spent in during D&D phase thereby guiding the DRDO Labs, DPSUs and Private venders during D&D phase actively and effectively. He is Fellow member of Institution of Engineers(India) and Yoga trainer too.
Shri G Narendra Babu with BE in Electronics & Communication has worked for six years in Indian Air force as Short Service Commissioned Officer in the maintenance of high power static RADAR before joining DGAQA in 1998. In DGAQA, he has worked at ALISDA providing QA coverage to Electronic airborne stores, OADG, Kanpur providing QA coverage for HPT-32 aircraft, SSQAG (Strategic Systems Quality Assurance Group), Hyderabad providing QA coverage to AGNI missiles and in HQ, New Delhi heading Tech Coord group and at OADG, Koraput heading AQA group of Sukhoi Engine Division providing QA coverage during manufacture and overhaul of AL-31FP aero engine and its aggregates followed by heading of AQA group of Engine Division providing QA coverage during manufacture and overhaul of MIG-29 & MIG-21 aero engines, its aggregates and Blade manufacturing Unit. Presently heading ORDAQA, HAL, Hyderabad since 01 Aug 23 providing QA coverage to avionics under its purview.
Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Graduated from Bharathiyar University,Coimbatore. Joined DGAQA in the year 1992, 28 years of experience in Aircraft, Air Armament and Missile systems. Provided QA Coverage for HPT-32, AVRO, KIRAN during overhaul/servicing, HTT-40, IJT-36, LCA-fighter/trainer/naval version during design & development , LCA series production, Air armament stores and warheads. Presently working as Regional Director , ORDAQA(GW&M), Hyderabad, responsible for issue of QA policies, guidelines and monitor Quality Assurance functions at RCI, DRDL, DMRL, DLRL Midhani, AMTL, BDL, BHPV and Private firms during design and development /production of bombs, missiles and aerograde materials.
Degree in Electronics Engineering from Government Engineering College (UVCE), Bengaluru. Joined DGAQA as JSO in the Year 2001 at ORDAQA, Korwa, Sultanpur Distt. (UP). Presently, Working as SSO-I, Officer In Charge at AQA (Air Armament), Trichy,Tamilnadu.
Shri A Chandrasekaran joined DAQAS Cadre in 1997 and served various FE's including OCRI, Koraput, ORDAQA (Aircraft, Overhaul, & Helicopter) Bangalore, Groups such as PP & FOL, Aircraft and Aero Med at HQ DGAQA, New Delhi. He has worked on Aero-Engine of Russian Make and worked on Aircraft Projects such as Jaguar, AJT Hawk and Helicopter projects such as Cheetal, Chetak, ALH and LCH. He has visited M/s BAe Systems, UK on Familiarisation of AJT Hawk and contributed in the field of Quality and Reliability during production of Aircraft and Helicopter. He has participated in CNC for various projects of Service HQ. He assumed the charge of Director (Aircraft & AeroMed) at HQ. DGAQA, New Delhi since 01st July 2019.
Shri Mahesh C Kalasad, Director is a Graduate in Mechanical Engineering from Bengaluru University. He assumed the charge of Director (GSE) at HQ. DGAQA, New Delhi on 15 July 2021. He Joined DGAQA {Erstwhile DTD&P (AIR)} in the year 08 Nov 1992 as SSA at Hyderabad and subsequently selected from UPSC for DAQAS cadre & joined as SSO-II in 05 April 1999. He is having a total of 33 Years of experience; including 28 years in Quality Assurance of Military Aviation stores by serving at various FE's of DGAQA covering: Development- Manufacturing & Testing of Aero Grade materials (viz. Nickel/Iron/Titanium based super Alloys, Special steels & other metals) at M/s Midhani, DMRL, AMTL & Carbon-carbon brake pads at RCI-Hyderabad; Development & Production of Composite materials; Design, Development & Production of Rotary wing indigenous Aircrafts (viz. ALH, LCH, LUH); Design & Development of indigenous Fixed wing Aircrafts (viz. HTT-40, IJT-36, LCA-fighter/trainer/naval version) at Bengaluru; Manufacture & Overhaul of Aero -Engines (R-25 (MiG-21), AL31FP (SU-30) Russian origin engines) at Sunabeda-Koraput. He has Contributed during implementation of online memo system & online snag analysis system in M/s HAL (Helicopter, MRO-Helicopter, ARDC & ACD divisions) at Bengaluru.
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Shri Mahendra Singh, is Bachelor in Mechanical Engg is having exposure in the field of QA activities of Missiles (Ground to Air, Aakash Launcher), Engine Systems, Servicing and Overhaul of Engines, Helicopters etc. Presently, holding the post of Director at Headquarter in Armament Group, New Delhi.
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Shri R A Pilare,SSO-I has completed B.E. (Mech) from Nagpur University.. He was involved in Quality Assurance of Various Armament stores and presently working at Dett. AQAW (A) Ambajhari as Officer In-Charge since 20th Jun 2020.
Shri Deepak R, SSO-II (ESE 2018 Batch) has completed BE (Mechanical) from SSN College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai. He was previously working for Indian Railways in the field of Corrosion Repair and Welding before joining DGAQA in 2021. As the Officer-In-Charge of Detachment Aeronautical Quality Assurance Wing (Armament), Bhandara, he is involved in Quality Assurance of Air Armament Stores manufactured by Ordnance Factory Bhandara and other airborne store/ materials manufactured by private firms in and around Bhandara.
Shri Biswajit Chaudhuri ,Principal Scientific Officer (PScO) is Officer in charge of OAQA Barrackpore from 25th June 2020... He is BE in Chemical Engineering. Experience : (i) 02 years production experience in Hindusthan Lever, Haldia and 04 years production experience In Ordnance Factories. (*) (ii) 10 years QA experience in Armament Group of Establishments. (iii) 03+ years QA experience in Cheetah & Chetak Helicopters and its rotables (continuing..) (*) Prior to join in DGAQA
Shri Bheemla Bukya, Senior Scientific Officer -I has completed his BE in Mechanical Engineering and M Tech in IE&M .He has got rich experience in Quality Assurance of various aircrafts and weapon systems
Shri Chandra Ketu Singh, SSO-I has completed his B Tech in Mechanical Engineering.. He is having extensive experience in QA of different Small Arms,Airial Bombs,Establishment of Track Link Assembly of Tanks.
Shri Daya Shankar Pathak, Senior Scientific Officer –I joined DAQAS cadre in Oct 2015. The officer has completed BE (Mech) & Post Graduate Diploma in Quality Management from Annamalai University, Chennai. The Officer is holding Basic AME Licence (BAMEL) in category Heavy Aeroplane (HE) & Light Aeroplane (LA) issued by DGCA. The officer is trained & having huge working experience on Russian version Aircraft Mechanical & Engine Systems. The officer is having rich experience of providing QA coverage for high calibre ammunitions while in DGQA. He assumed the charge of Officer- In- Charge of Dett AQAW (A) Itarsi since 05 Jul 2021. The DAQAW(A), Itarsi is responsible for providing QA coverage, during production of Pechora Sustainer Grain and Booster/Sustainer Grains of Akash Missile System apart from conducting BEM and full scale firing of various stores of Army, Navy and Indian Air Force.
Shri Debasish Dutta , SSO-I has completed his degree in Mechanical Engineering .He is having rich experience in Maintenance and overhauling of different variant Aircrafts of Indian Air Force. He has worked in various establishments in DGAQA and provided QA coverage to Artouste III-B” engine of Chetak/Cheetah Helicopter & “Gnome” Engine of Sea King Helicopter,,AL31FP engine of Sukhoi-30 Aircraft,. Presenly he is the officer in charge of Dett. AQAW(Armt), Dum Dum and provideing Qa coverage to Different types of Tail Units / Retarded TU’s (with Parachute) & Ghasha 30 Cartridge Case.
Shri Rama Kant Tripathi, SSO-I has completed his degree in Mechanical Engineering & MBA in Marketing. He has got rich experience in Quality Assurance of Mig-29 engine Overhauling, Aircraft accessories and Armament stores. He has worked in various Establishments of DGAQA. Presently he is the Officer In-Charge of Dett AQAW(Armt) Kanpur since 01st June 2021 and providing QA coverage for different type of Armament stores.
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Bharath Electronics Limited, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Presently holding the post of Officer-in-charge, ORDAQA (ADE) which provides the QA coverage for all D & D activities at ADE, LRDE, DARE, CVRDE and VRDE. This office provides the QA coverage during D & D of Avionics, engines, landing gears etc. of UAV (i.e. R-II, SWiFT & UCAV), their integration and flight trials. Also involved in D & D activities of Radars and EW Systems undertaken by LRDE & DARE respectively. Post graduate (M.E) in digital systems from NIT Allahabad and MBA from IGNOU. Joined DGAQA as SSO-II on 16th Jan 2001 at ORDAQA (HAL) Hyd. Involved in QA activities during D & D, production and repair/ O/H of Avionics, EW Systems at HAL Hyd, BEL Hyd, ECIL Hyd, DRDO lab Hyd and Private vendors.
Centre for Airborne Systems Defence Research & Development Organisation Bengaluru
Stratagic Electronic Facility, HAL, Kasaragod, Kerala
Joined Govt Service in Sept 1993 as ACSO in AFHQ Civil Service through Civil Services Exam of 1991.Worked in DRDO HQrs, Army HQrs, Air HQrs as Dy Director since 2000. Joined DGAQA on 16 Sept 2019.
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Shri PP Singh, BE (Electrical) graduate from Bangalore University joined DGAQA (Erstwhile DTD&P (Air)) on 30 Dec 1992 and in 1997 was promoted to DAQAS cadre. He has served in various Field Establishments throughout the country and in various disciplines such as Avionics, Aircraft, Batteries, Aerial Photo Film, AHSP activities, QA of Russian and Western Aircrafts (Overhaul) and Indigenous Trainer Aircrafts and their sub-systems and rotables at HAL (Nasik) and Overhaul Division of Bangalore. Also involved in the DARIN-III Upgrade Programme of Jaguar Aircraft by MCSRDC, Bengaluru and Mirage-2000 midlife upgraded programme. Further I was also involved in QA of various Air Armament Stores produced at ORDAQA (Khadki) Pune and during development of various Armament Stores at ARDE, HEMRL Pune. Provided QA to Rustom-II Wings at R&DE Pune using RF-I (Resin Film Infusion) Technology. At present posted as Director at MSQAA and looking after Development Group, MSQAA since 04 Aug 2020.
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Director of SSQAG
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Gp Capt Satyendra Bhardwaj is presently working as Director . He is having B.E (Electronics Engineering) from MREC (Jaipur) now knows as MNIT Jaipur , M.Tech (Modelling & Simulation) from DIAT, Pune , Execuive MBA from IIFT, Delhi in International Business and MBA from AKTU, Lucknow. He is having rich QA/QC/technical experience in Fighter arcraft. Presently, he is looking after the indigenisation activity ,Upgradation , Modification and TTGE of Fighter Aircarft.
Shri Pradip Roy , Director joined the DGAQA in Jan 1989 having qualification of Mechanical Engineering from GSITS, Indore and M.Tech degree in Thermal Engineering from NIT Bhopal. He is presently working as Director and incharge of Su-30 MKI flight hanger group. He is having rich QA experience of fighter aircarft ( MiG-21, MiG- 27, SU-30 MKI) and Aero Engine of LCA, Jaguar, MiG-27, MiG-21, SU-30 MKI , ALH (Mk1 to Mk4) , Orpheus –Kiran, Artouste-cheetah helicopter, Garret-Dornier aircraft.He has participated in various court of inquiries and Defect investigation . He was invloved in development activity pertaining to Aero Engine at GTRE, bangalore.
Shri C Rangaswamaiah, Director has joined DGAQA as SSO-II at ORDAQA, Kanpur on 09.03.1998. He did his BE in Mechanical Engineering from Bangalore University. He has served in various Field Establishments of DGAQA during his carrier.viz. ORDAQA, Kanpur. ALISDA, Bangalore, ORDAQA (Aircraft & overhaul), Bangalore. MSQAA Hyderabad and presently at HQ SSQAG, Hyderabad w.e.f 20.07.2020. He also worked as Regional Director, AQA, Kanpur. He has keenly involved and immensely contributed in QA activities during manufacturing and overhaul of Dornier-228 Aircraft, overhaul and servicing of HS-748, HPT-32, KIRAN MK-I/IA/II Aircraft, Manufacturing of HAWK (AJT) Aircraft, Aeronautical Parachutes and other Airborne systems, Validation & Delivery of AKASH Missile system including its Ground system by active participation during Qualification tests and firing trials of AKASH Missile. Attended various high level meetings chaired by JS on AKASH Missile related issues. He was rewarded with an Appreciation letter from PD, MSQAA for two consecutive years for his significant contributions in realization of FOPM systems of AKASH weapon systems. Presently, he is heading the Mechanical Group of AGNI strategic Missile Systems as Director at HQ, SSQAG, Hyderabad.
The Qualificatiopn of Shri S C Karan is BE in Mechanical Engineering. Joined DGAQA on 07-04-1997.. He has worked in various organisation i.e AQAW (A) Kanpur, MSQAA Bangalore, RMC Mumbai, ORDAQA Lucknow, ORDAQA Kanpur and OADG Koraput.
Officer-in-charge
OAQA (BEL) Chennai