Soundar Rajan

Mr. PM Soundar Rajan is the Advisor - Technology at Samtel Avionics Limited, and advises SA in multiple domains in which SA operates. He is an Electronics and Communication Engineer from College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai, and has done his Masters from IISc in the same field. He commenced his professional Careers in 1973 with LRDE. During his tenure at LRDE he designed and developed digital communication systems. From 1978-1996, he served as part of ADE contributing towards the Flight Testing and LCA Avionics Integration activities. He joined DARE (erstwhile ASIEO) in 1996. He contributed towards the development and integration of Mission Computer and other Avionics systems for the Su30 MKI aircraft under the project, Vetrivale. As the Chief Designer and Project Director of the MiG27 avionics upgrade, he has successfully upgraded the aircraft which is currently in Squadron Service. Mr. PM Soundar Rajan assumed charge as the Director of Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE), Bangalore in August 2011. He has contributed significantly towards development, integration and certification of mission computers for Su30MKI, MiG27 and Jaguar aircraft which are all in operational use. During 2011 to 2014, his contributions were towards evolving and implementing EW systems on combat aircraft He is the recipient of AGNI Award for excellence in Self Reliance for the year 2003 and DRDO Performance Excellence Award for the year 2008. He retired from DRDO after 40 years of eventful and fruitful service on 1 st July 2014. He was honoured with a Fellowship with DRDO from Sept 14 to 31 August 2015.