Vivek Lall honoured by Biden with Lifetime Achievement award

INDIAN-ORIGIN industry leader Vivek Lall is honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award by President Joe Biden with citation of ‘With Grateful Recognition'.

The citation was given to Lall, who has done PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Wichita State University in Kansas, by the AmeriCorps and the Office of the President. It was also personally signed by the President of the United States, as per the official statement.

AmeriCorps is a part of the US Government. The organisation aims to foster activities that bring Americans closer together to ‘serve communities.'

Dr Lall, son of an Indian diplomat, serves as chief executive at General

Atomics Global Corporation, a global leader in the specialised fields of nuclear technology. It has developed state-of-the-art Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) like the Predator, Reaper and Guardian drones.

Before his leadership position in General Atomics, Dr Lall worked at organizations like NASA, Raytheon, Boeing and Lockheed Martin.

He is serving as a US Technical Team Member to the Noth Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Science and Technology (STO) with the Pentagon. He was appointed in a critical advisory role to the US Cabinet Secretary heading the Department of Transportation, encompassing entities like the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in 2018.