Proceedings of the National Aerospace Propulsion Conference / Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering (PDF)

Gullapalli Sivaramakrishna is a Scientist 'G' in Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE), Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India. After graduating from Osmania University in Mechanical Engineering, he did Post Graduation in Design & Development of I.C. Engines & Gas Turbines from NIT Warangal. He has 27 years of experience in CFD based Design & Development of Gas Turbine Combustion Systems. He has been recently designated as the Technical Director of Combustion Group in GTRE. He was Deputy Programme Director of a National Initiative of GTRE, DRDO titled "Multi Centric Gas Turbine Enabling Technology (GATET)" from its inception in 2009 till 2014; became Programme Director of the same in the year 2014 and held the post up to its full term (till 2017). Through this initiative, he has pursued several technology development projects in various areas of relevance to bridge the technology gaps as well as to initiateresearch in emerging technology areas pertinent to gas turbines,in collaboration with academia and R&D institutions in India. He has authored about 35 technical publications in National & International Conferences. He was one of the editors of the proceedings of a couple of National Conferences and International Seminars. Being a part of the technical committee, he has conducted a few National Conferences and International Seminars relevant to aerospace propulsion. He is the General Secretary of National Council for Air Breathing Engines (NCABE) Trust established to provide a forum and stimulus to the R&D activities in the field of aerospace propulsion in the country. He is the recipient of National Science Day Award of DRDO.



S. Kishore Kumar has been working as a DRDO Fellow in Gas Turbine Research Establishment, DRDO since 2016. He was an AICTE-INAE Distinguished Visiting Professor from 2014-2016 and was formerly Scientist G & Associate Director heading CFD, Compressor, Turbine, Combustor,