Residence India Role Scientist Name Mylswamy Annadurai | Fields Aerospace Engineering Nationality Indian | |
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Alma mater Government College of Technology, CoimbatorePSG College of Technology, CoimbatoreAnna University of Technology, Coimbatore Similar People Subbiah Arunan, K Radhakrishnan, A S Kiran Kumar, Mayilsamy, C N Annadurai | ||
Isro scientist mylswamy annadurai about astrosat launch and pslv launch vehicle
Mylswamy Annadurai (born 2 July 1958 in Kodhawady near Pollachi in Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, India) is a scientist with the Indian Space Research Organisation and currently serves as Director, ISRO Satellite Centre(ISAC), Bangalore. Annadurai was listed among 100 Global thinkers of 2014 and topped the innovators list. Annadurai writes a regular column, "Kaiyaruge Sevvai". ("Mars is at our Reach") in the Tamil Daily Dina Thanthi.Annadurai and his works are mentioned in 10th standard Science Text Book of Tamil Nadu.
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- Isro scientist mylswamy annadurai about astrosat launch and pslv launch vehicle
- Dr mylswamy annadurai who put india on the elite space league 1 4 paesum thalaimai news7
- Early life and education
- Mars Orbiter Mission
- Chandrayaan I II
- Previous Assignments
- Awards and achievements
- Other awards
- References
Dr mylswamy annadurai who put india on the elite space league 1 4 paesum thalaimai news7
Early life and education
Mylswamy Annadurai had his schooling in his native village Kodhawady. He has obtained a Bachelors in Engineering degree in the year 1980 from Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India and completed his master's degree in Engineering during 1982 from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore and Ph.D from Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu in India. He joined ISRO in 1982. As the Mission Director of INSAT missions, he had some of the original contributions to the INSAT systems maintenance.
Mars Orbiter Mission
India's first mission to Mars, the Mars Orbiter Mission, or Mangalyaan, reached the planet on 24 September 2014 completing its 300-day journey. While ISRO has been researching for a Mars mission for many years, the project was only approved by the government in August 2012. ISRO took over a year to work on the spacecraft and bring the project to implementation stage. The Mars Orbiter Mission was launched on 5 November 2013 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, on the country's east coast. After travelling 670 million kilometres, Mangalyaan is now set to study the surface features, morphology, mineralogy and Martian atmosphere to better understand the climate, geology, origin, evolution and sustainability of life on the planet. It is the most cost effective of all the missions sent to the planet by any other country costing India about $74 million.
Chandrayaan I & II
Chandrayaan-1, was India's first mission to the Moon launched by India's national space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The unmanned lunar exploration mission included a lunar orbiter and an impactor. India launched the spacecraft by a modified version of the PSLV C11 on 22 October 2008 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh about 80 km north of Chennai at 06:22 IST (00:52 UTC). The mission was a major boost to India's space program, and India joined a band of Asian nations (China and Japan) in exploring the Moon. The vehicle was successfully inserted into lunar orbit on 8 November 2008.
During the period 2004-2008, as the Project Director for Chandrayaan I, he led a team of engineers and scientists that designed and developed the project to carry instrumentation from ISRO and from NASA, ESA, and Bulgaria to accomplish simultaneous chemical, mineralogical, resource and topographic mapping of the entire lunar surface at high spatial and spectral resolutions. The project was realised within the time frame stipulated and the budget granted. He has paved the way for the future of Indian planetary missions and set an example for the international co-operation bringing the reputed international organisations like NASA, ESA, JAXA to work under the leadership of ISRO. Chandrayaan I has received many national and international awards including, the coveted Space Pioneers award for science and engineering at 28th International conference on Space development, in Florida USA in 2009.
Presently Dr.Annadurai is heading ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore as Director. The centre is responsible for building state of the art satellites for communication, remote sensing, navigation, space science and interplanetary missions.
Previous Assignments
Prior to that, he was working as Programme Director for IRS&SSS (Indian Remote Sensing & Small, Science and Student Satellites) that include Chandrayaan-1, Chandrayaan-2, ASTROSAT, Aditya-1, Mars Orbiter Mission and many Indian Remote Sensing missions. He also contributed to India's National Communication satellite (INSAT) missions as the Mission Director. He was the member secretary of the task team that prepared Chandrayaan I project report. He is the author of several research papers in his specialisation.
During his holidays, Annadurai tours across the country to meet and interact with the students to encourage them to study science.
Awards and achievements
Dr.Annadurai has received more than seventy five awards, that include,
Annadurai's publications and works are being widely referred by satellite operator's, one of his work has been referred in a US patent. He has written two books in Tamil namely, "Kaiyaruke Nila" and "Ariviyal Kalanjiyam". The Book" Kaiyaruke Nila" has won S. P. Adithanar Literary award for the year 2013.