The "Missile woman" Tessy Thomas was conferred the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management for 2012.

In a career spanning of 24 years, she contributed in various fields such as Guidance, control, inertial navigation, trajectory simulation and mission design.

Currently she is a Project Director (Mission) for the long-range Agni-V system. She successfully flight tested Agni-V April 19. She was also a Project Director of Agni-IV, a major project of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and successfully flight tested it on Nov 15, 2011.

Tessy Thomas ,,Thomas successfully flight tested Agni-V April 19. She was project director of Agni-IV, a major project of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and successfully flight tested it Nov 15, 2011. In a career spanning 24 years, she has contributed in various fields such as guidance, control, inertial navigation, trajectory simulation and mission design.

The Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management was instituted by Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management (LBSIM), Delhi, promoted by Lal Bahadur Shastri Educational Trust. The Award honours each year an Indian, residing either in India or abroad, who is exceptionally outstanding and distinguished business leader, management practitioner, public administrator, educator or Institution builder for his/her sustained individual contributions and achievements of high professional order and excellence. The honour carries a cash award of Rs. Five Lakhs plus a Citation and a Plaque. The Awardee's name is inscribed on the Honours Roll of LBSIM and he/she is designated as Lal Bahadur Shastri Fellow.
The Award is presented by the President of India on October 1 each year which is the eve of the birth anniversary of Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri.
The Award process begins in January each year with the nomination of a twelve member Jury by th ...more