The prestigious ' IETE- Devi Singh Tyagi memorial award'  for the year 2020 was bestowed upon  Ajay Khare, designer at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. This award was ushered in by Dr R K Tyagi (former CMD HAL) in 2016,  in fond memories of his respected father. The award is conferred anually to deserving  scientist/ engineer for their  contributions towards MAKE IN INDIA in the field of defence electronics and avionics.  In past the award has been conferred  to  eminent scientists like P Balasubramanian, DRDO (2019), Amit Tiwari from BEL (2018), Dr Jaykumar from ISRO (2017) and Ms. Padam Priya of HAL in the year 2016.