Vivek Lall is an American scientist who has been Chief Executive of General Atomics since June 1, 2020. Before joining General Atomics, Dr Lall worked at

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, and held key positions with Boeing and Reliance. Lall previously worked at General Atomics from August 2014 to December 2017. He has also worked as CEO and President of Reliance New Ventures Reliance Industries Limited. Lall was heading the Boeing (Defence and Space) operations in India from 2007 through April 2011. Lall previously worked for the US-based global defense and nuclear giant General Atomics as the global Chief Executive for International Commercial Strategic Development for General Atomics. He was also affiliated with the

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to advise on Broadband and Cyber Security issues for challenges within the global community and provide services that will help address them.

Early life

Lall was born on 5 March 1969 in

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. Lall began his technical education at

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Carleton University Carleton University is an English-language public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to serve returning World ...

and earned his bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering. He was also instrumental in conducting research on single-engine blades for Canada's National Aeronautical Establishment. Lall completed his Aeronautical Engineering master's degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in

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. He then worked with

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Ames Research Center where he was part of a project undertaking research work. With a fellowship from NASA, he finished his PhD in aerospace engineering at Wichita State University,

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Career

During his tenure in defense company Raytheon, he worked on the Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS) Beechcraft T-6 Texan II. He also worked on various disciplines at the NASA Ames Research Center. In 1996, Lall joined The Boeing Company as an aerospace engineer and working on

computational fluid dynamics Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a branch of fluid mechanics that uses numerical analysis and data structures to analyze and solve problems that involve fluid flows. Computers are used to perform the calculations required to simulate th ...

and air elasticity and loads and dynamics for the

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and

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aircraft. He moved from engineering to management and later. In 2003, Boeing moved Lall to

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

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, as managing director of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. During his tenure, Boeing secured $25 billion worth of commercial aircraft business in India. In May 2007, Lall was appointed as vice-president and Country Head for India, Boeing Defense Space & Security. Under his leadership, Boeing concluded the US-India defence deals for C17 strategic lift,

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Anti-submarine warfare aircraft and Harpoon Missiles. Lall has previously worked with another defence company, Raytheon. At Reliance, Lall oversaw production of aircraft,

unmanned aerial systems An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board. UAVs are a component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), which includes adding a ground-based controlle ...

, onboard equipment and various defence equipment in collaboration with foreign partners. On January 2, 2018

announced the appointment of Lall as vice president, Aeronautics Strategy and Business Development.

Associations

* Lall was appointed as Chairman of the Indo-US Strategic Dialogue by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce in August 2011 * Lall was appointed as Distinguished Fellow at India's think tank Observer Research Foundation. * He also served as Chairman of the Defense Committee of The Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM)

References

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