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Mylswamy Annadurai
Leading Chandrayaan-1, India’s first mission to the Moon.
Chandrayaan-1 · Satellite engineering
- Born
- 2 July 1958
- Birthplace
- Kothavadi, India
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Mylswamy Annadurai
Mylswamy Annadurai is an Indian aerospace engineer who directed the Chandrayaan-1 project. His ISRO career covered spacecraft software, satellite operations and mission management. He later led the satellite centre responsible for building many of India’s spacecraft.
Early life
Tamil Nadu childhood
Grew up in Kothavadi near Coimbatore.
Engineering education
Studied electronics at Government College of Technology and applied electronics at PSG College of Technology.
Career
- 1982
Joining ISRO
Began work on software for a satellite simulator.
- 1980s–1990s
Satellite operations
Worked on remote-sensing and communications satellite missions.
- 2004–2008
Lunar project director
Led development of Chandrayaan-1 through its launch.
- 2015–2018
Satellite-centre director
Directed the institution now called the U R Rao Satellite Centre.
Missions & projects
Chandrayaan-1
India’s first lunar orbiter carried Indian and international scientific instruments.
Remote-sensing satellites
Became programme director for Indian Remote Sensing and Small Satellite Systems.
Mars Orbiter Mission
Contributed to the programme that delivered India’s first Mars spacecraft.
Beyond space
Science writing
Has written in Tamil about science and his experiences in the space programme.
Public recognition
Received the Padma Shri in 2016 for his contribution to science and engineering.
Sources & photo credit
Biography ↗URSC biography ↗NASA mission account ↗Photo: Ram 121. Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
