Dr. BHVS Narayana Murthy is a distinguished Defence scientist renowned for his R&D in the indigenous design & development of advanced Avionics technologies for Defence and aerospace applications in India. He has served in DRDO in different Scientific and Techno-managerial roles and Superannuated as Director General Missiles & Strategic Systems in May 2023.

He graduated in Electronics and Communication Engineering from REC, Warangal, completed his M. Tech from JNTU, Hyderabad and received Ph. D in Computer Science from IIIT, Hyderabad.

As Director RCI and Programme Director MRSAM, Dr Narayana Murthy has led the development and delivery of state-of-the-art indigenous Avionics technologies and systems such as RF Seekers, IIR Seekers, Navigation Sensor & System, Realtime Embedded systems and Control Actuation System. His sustained contributions and technology leadership over the last three decades has been transformative for making India self-reliant in advanced avionics technologies for various missile systems.

As Project Director, he led the conceptualization, design and development of the Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW) and laid foundation for Long Range Smart Guided systems with precision strike capabilities.

Dr Murthy is the Chief Architect of advanced Onboard Computer (OBC) technologies for missile systems and other Defence applications. He architected the development of miniaturized avionics systems using System on Chip mission computer.

For his distinguished contributions, he has been conferred with Honorary Fellowship of Computer Society of India, elected as Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) and Indian Society of Systems for Science and Engineering. Other prestigious awards conferred on Dr Murthy include Rocket and Related Technologies Award by the Astronautical Society of India, Agni Award for Excellence in Self Reliance, DRDO Scientist of the Year Award, Path Breaking Research/Outstanding Technology Development Award and DRDO Performance Excellence Award.