Dr. Ulrich Bez is the non-executive chairman of Aston Martin and former CEO of Aston Martin.
He was a former advisor to Ford. He was the first technology director of BMW Technologies.
Under his leadership the company developed and launched - based on the VH architecture which he initiated - 20 major car models, including the iconic DB9, the sporty V8 and V12 Vantage, the ultimate Vanquish and the luxury 4 door Rapide, as well as the supercar One-77, the V12 Zagato and the Cygnet, a concept addressing the needs of a crowded metropolis.
Dr. Bez published a book "Making Aston Martin", which describes his background as well as his work at Aston Martin.
Dr. Bez is also a keen racing driver and in the 24 Hours Nürburgring endurance race came in first 20's.
He is the present chairman of ISRO.
In 2014, he was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions to the fields of science and technology.
He is credited with the development of key scientific instruments aboard the Chandrayaan-1 and Mangalyaan space crafts.
He has represented Indian Space Research Organization at many international forums such as the World Meteorological Organisation and Indo-US Joint Working Group on Civil Space Cooperation and holds the Chair of the ISRO Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEO).
The Terrain Mapping Camera and Hyperspectral Imager payloads of Chandrayaan-1 project is also credited to the efforts of Kiran Kumar.It was the group led by Kumar which developed three of the five scientific instruments.
Subramanian Swamy is an Indian politician and economist who serves as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.
He was the President of the Janata Party until it merged with Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP). Swamy has served as a member of the Planning Commission of India and was a Cabinet Minister in the Chandra Shekhar government. Earlier in November 1978, Swamy was member of the Group of Eminent persons and was called to Geneva, Switzerland to prepare a report of the United Nations (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)) on Economic Co-operation between Developing countries (ECDC).
Swamy also simplified trade procedures and formulated a new export strategy which became the forerunner of trade reform adopted subsequently. In 1994, Swamy was appointed as Chairman of the Commission on Labour Standards and International Trade by former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao. He also serves as chairman of the Board of Governors of the SCMS Group of Educational Institutions inKerala. He has written on foreign affairs ofIndia dealing largely with People's Republic of China (PRC), Pakistan and Israel.
He was nominated to Rajya Sabha on 26 April 2016.
He is a skeptic-psychic entertainer who specializes in mind reading amd telepathy.
He has appeared in on-air shows such as A & E's Biography: "Houdini, the Great Escape," NBC's "The Other Side" and "Psychic Secrets Revealed," The Sci-Fi Channel's "Mysteries, Magic and Miracles," The Discovery Channel's "Forces Beyond," and on two episodes of The Learning Channel's "Exploring the Unknown." His featured segment as a spirit medium on the pilot episode of Showtime's "Penn & Teller's Bullshit!" series entitled "Speaking with the Dead" helped secure an Emmy Award nomination for that episode in 2002.
He is the Project Director and Technology director at LCA(Light combat Aircraft ) , Aeronautical Development Agency, Ministry of Defense, Government of India.
He is the man behind the development of Tejas which is compared with the French Rafale aircraft.
