Dr. Yogananda Jeppu is an accomplished aerospace and systems engineering professional with over 38 years of experience in flight control systems, control law design, reliability engineering, formal methods, model-based development, and independent verification and validation of safety-critical systems. He was elected a Fellow at Honeywell Aerospace in recognition of his technical leadership and contributions to innovation, and is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India) and a Fellow of the Aeronautical Society of India.
A key contributor to the Indian Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas programme, he played a significant role in control law development, airdata software, and verification and validation. His work has advanced model-based development and formal methods for aerospace software, automated test generation, and certification of safety-critical systems. His contributions include the successful application of model-based development and formal methods to certified aerospace products, as well as the development of innovative testing methodologies that significantly reduced verification effort.
He contributes to the engineering community through standards activities, technical committees, research publications, and collaboration with industry and academia. He holds a PhD in Reliability Engineering from IIT Bombay and has authored and co-authored numerous technical publications in aerospace engineering, software verification, and systems engineering.