Dr Asheesh Shrivastava is a veteran from the Indian Air Force and presently working with a Maharatana Defence PSU. While in the IAF he was deployed on Russian Military transport aircraft and had undergone specialised training at aircraft facilities at Uzbekistan, USSR and Israel. During his military service he had participated in various exercises in India and abroad. He is an Engineering Graduate with Masters in Computer Application. He also holds a MBA in Operation Management and Doctorate in Aviation Management. He has also been posted as a Research Scholar at CAPS and pioneered the development project on use of indigenous SAF on Indian Military transport aircraft. He received the IAF’s Indigenisation Awarded from Honourable PM on 09 October 2019. He has also worked closely with the BIS, Dte of Indigenisation and the Ministry of Civil Aviation towards development, certification and manufacturing of indigenous products for aviation sector. He has published reports, papers, briefs and numerous articles in journals, edited books, magazines, newspapers and academic websites. His research interest includes synergising the growth of domestic Defence-Civil aviation industry.