About Us
Dr. S. Guruprasad Ph.D ( IIT Bombay )
Retired from DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Government of India,
Former Director General DRDO & Distinguished Scientist, New Delhi,
Former Director R&DE(Engineers), DRDO, Pune
After serving in DRDO for over 34 years Dr. S.Guruprasad started this Innovation Driven Design House “InnoGP” to quench his thirst for creativity and to contribute to Defence R&D, Manufacturing and to develop State of Art Defence Engineering Systems. During his Career in DRDO, Dr. S.Guruprasad got opportunity to create number of Innovative Design Concepts and all these Defence Engineering Systems were inducted into Indian Armed Forces.
Dr. S.Guruprasad did his B.E., in Mechanical Engineering from Mysore University and his Masters Degree in Machine Design from Bangalore University. He did his Ph.D from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai.
Dr. Guruprasad joined R&DE(Engineers), a DRDO Laboratory in the year 1986 as a Scientist and contributed in many R&D activities of national importance. He worked on many Military Bridging projects viz. SARVATRA, Bridge Layer Tank (BLT), Mountain Foot Bridge, Modular Bridging System etc.. All the Bridging Systems have been inducted into Service and number of Industries were given Transfer of Technology. He also worked on Missile Launchers related to Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) led by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. He used Finite Element Method and other simulation techniques extensively to simulate Launch Dynamics to ensure Safe & Successful take off of Launch Vehicles from the Launcher. He carried out significant research in the areas of Underwater Shock Dynamics, Blast & Impact resistant structures and composite structures. He made significant contributions as Project Director BrahMos responsible for Weapon Launch Systems of BrahMos. The Mobile Autonomous Launcher and the Universal Vertical Launcher Module for Naval Ships are original Designs with novel technologies resulting in number of International Patents to his credit.
Dr. Guruprasad is expert in Computational Structural Mechanics, System Dynamics and Composite Structures. He has many technical publications to his credit in various National and International Journals and conferences. He has 30 patents to his credit, some of them international (USA, Russia etc..).
He was appointed as Director of R&DE(Engineers) in the year 2010 wherein he contributed in development and induction of many systems related to Combat Engineering, Weapon Launch Systems, Advanced Composites, NBC Protection Systems and Robotics.
Dr. Guruprasad was appointed as Chief Controller R&D at DRDO Head Quarter at New Delhi in the year 2016. Later the post was re-designated as Director General (Production Coordination and Services Interaction). At DRDO Head Quarter he led Directorates of Services Interaction, International Cooperation, Industry Interface, Low Intensity Conflicts and Quality-Reliability-Safety. These important Directorates at DRDO Head Quarters provided critical directions to the DRDO Laboratories and also provided boost to Induction of various DRDO developed Systems to Services. The changes in DRDO Transfer of Technology policies were Landmark achievements that gave a major boost to the Defence Industries. He led many international delegations and was also part of high level delegations setting the course of International Defence Research Co-operations. He also contributed to the Defence Technology acquisition & manufacturing policies of the country. He co-chaired the Joint Technology Group with USA that made significant progress during his tenure. He also co-chaired number of international defence research cooperation forums and upheld the country’s interests.
Dr. Guruprasad has been recognised with the following DRDO awards
| 1 | Performance Excellence | 2004 |
| 2 | Performance Excellence | 2007 |
| 3 | Scientist of the Year | 2010 |
| 4 | Silicon Trophy | 2012 |
| 5 | Path Breaking Research / Technology Development | 2013 |
He was recently conferred “Swatantryaveer Savarkar Award” on 28 May 2020 in recognition of his Contributions to the Country.
Mrs Leelavathi Guruprasad M.Sc
Mrs. Leelavathi Guruprasad did her M.Sc. in Physics from Mysore University. She worked in Life Insurance Corporation of India for nearly 30 years in Senior Positions and took voluntary retirement to pursue her hobbies. Now, she takes care of Administration and Financial Management of InnoGP.