Commander (Retd.) YVV Prasad is a recipient of “Best Citizens of India” & “Glory of India” Awards for his dedicated contributions to the ‘Indian Defence Industry & its Growth’. He is recognised & acknowledged for his professional contributions to many national integrated and indigenous programs in defence, aerospace & homeland security. He is assessed on high ranks as a defence strategist/defence-analyst. He is a noted defence columnist. He has so far been a Professional Member of every Indigenous Defence Major Integrated Program in India. During his professional life of 38 years, he has served the Nation in many roles like a ‘Defence & Aerospace Program-Head’, major ‘Contributor to many Defence Technology Programs’, a ‘Strategic Thinker’, a ‘Visionary for defence SMEs’ growth’, a distinguished ‘Professional Speaker in National defence forums’ and also a noted ‘Professor in Academia’.

He is known for his depth of expertise in EW, Missiles, Guided Weapon-Systems, Radars & Sonars, Aerospace/Avionics, Military Communications, Data-Links and Security & Surveillance domains. He is a graded ‘R&M Professional’ by DRDO for his contributions in ‘R&M studies of EW and Missiles’. He has been commended a number of times on different professional occasions by the Chief of the Naval Staff, many Directors of R&D labs, many international firms and other industry-dignitaries. One of the EW projects headed by him won the DRDO R&D Excellence award. His contributions in Integrated Guided Missile Development Program, Integrated Naval EW Programs, Advanced Strategic Technology Vessel Program, Su-30 Indigenous Program, Jaguar Upgrades program, Light Combat Aircraft Project and Integrated Border Management program had earnt him many recognitions.

He is assessed highly well by the industry-forums for his excellent system-building strengths in new defence-technologies and hot-spot business domains. He is listed by ‘International Society of Who’s Who of Professionals’. He is honoured by BITS-Pilani as their ‘Adjunct Faculty’ and also by many academic institutions of excellence as their Academic adviser. He has been a member of defence-Standing Committees at CII & FICCI. He is also deeply acknowledged for his expertise and knowledge-assets in “IT & embedded systems” in Mil-Aero & HLs domains; and also in “Cyber-Defence/Cyber-Security and e-Infrastructure”. He had served Indian Navy for 21 years, then Bharat Electronics Limited & Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (Defence PSUs) for 06 years & also certain private sector defence & aerospace companies for 11 years in senior/top management positions. He had contributed extensively for many naval vessels and also for almost every type of Indian military aircraft in some form through his projects and deliveries. He had closely worked in the past with Ministry of Defence/DDP for many a policy formulation, offsets, export-initiatives; and he was in Defence Minister’s overseas’ delegation too.

He is currently holding the position of “Vice President, Blighter Surveillance Systems (BSS)–India”; and BSS is a UK Company. He is also presently functioning as a “Special Strategic Adviser/Expert-Consultant” to Bharat Electronics Limited, Ador-Powertron Limited and such other premier Defence companies; and he is also an Independent Director for some companies in Defence-Software building and Mil-Aero projects, and guiding them for their vision and growth. He truly carries his vision for “Make in India” & “Indigenous Defence-Production”; and nationally acknowledged for these.