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BrahMos Aerospace Deputy CEO gets disaster management award

ANI , (June 22, 2022)                                                                           Print This News

NEW DELHI: BrahMos Aerospace Deputy CEO Dr. Sanjeev Kr Joshi has received the World Disaster Management Congress Award for Disaster Risk Reduction during the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 to 2021.

The award ceremony was held in the national capital on Wednesday evening and presented by Tourism and Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy. The felicitation is envisaged to recognize and honour those engaged in the entire Disaster Management during the COVID crisis, the organisers said.

India is a signatory to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, which was adopted during the third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in March 2015 to work towards making all stakeholders disaster resilient and significantly reduce the loss of lives and assets.

Dr. Joshi was in the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) when the COVID crisis hit globally and collaborated on the efforts against the pandemic.

  • "Every Indian takes pride when he hears that the BrahMos missile 'Made in India' is considered the deadliest and the most advanced in its category. For many countries, the BrahMos missile has emerged as their preferred choice" - Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India

  • "The traditional partnership between India & Russia has been tested by the time and time and it is the most important stabilizing factor, not only for the asian region, but for the whole world" - Mr Vladimir Putin, President of Russia

  • "Time has come for BrahMos Aerospace to work on Mark-II version of BRAHMOS so that we will still be the market leader in hypersonic cruise missiles." - Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Former President of India

  • "In Geopolitics, only a strong Nation can advocate peace. And a powerful weapon like BRAHMOS can give strength to India to advocate peace in the world" - Dr. A.S. Pillai, Founder CEO & MD BrahMos Aerospace

  • "BrahMos is not only a successful Joint Venture but also a model for cooperation which has immense political value for our two countries" - Mr. Dmitry Rogozin