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Mylswamy Annadurai
Born
Mylswamy Annadurai

(1958-07-02) 2 July 1958 (age 66)
Kothavadi, Coimbatore district, Madras State (now Tamil Nadu), India
CitizenshipIndian
Alma materAnna University, PSG College of Technology, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore (B.E., M.E., PhD)
Known forChandrayaan I, Chandrayaan-2, Mangalyaan, Indian space program
SpouseVasanthi
AwardsPadmashri
Scientific career
FieldsAerospace engineering
InstitutionsIndian Space Research Organisation
Websitehttps://www.mylswamyannadurai.in
Notes
Program Director,
Chandrayaan-1, Chandrayaan-2 and Mangalyaan

Mylswamy Annadurai is an Indian scientist working as vice president for Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology,[1][2] Chairman, Board of Governors, National Design and Research Forum. He is often dubbed as the "Moon Man of India".[3]

Before taking this assignment he was with Indian Space Research Organisation and served as director of the Indian Space Research Organisation Satellite Centre.[4][5] During his 36 years of service in the Indian Space Research Organisation, he had some of the major contributions, including two of the major missions of ISRO, namely Chandrayaan-1 and Mangalyaan. Annadurai has been listed among the 100 Global thinkers of 2014 and topped the innovators list.[6] His works are mentioned in textbooks of Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education[7]

Early life and education

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He was born on 2 July 1958, in Kothavadi in the Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu state of India.[8][9][10] Annadurai had his schooling in his native village Kodhavady and nearby town Pollachi. He obtained a bachelor's degree in engineering (Electronics and Communication) in 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 PhD from Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu in India. He joined ISRO in 1982. As the mission director of INSAT missions, he made some of the original contributions to the INSAT systems maintenance.[11]

Mars Orbiter Mission

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Main article: 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 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.[12]

Chandrayaan I & II

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Main articles: Chandrayaan I and Chandrayaan 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 uncrewed 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.

Image of the spacecraft.

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 international cooperation bringing international organisations like NASA, ESA, and JAXA to work under the leadership of ISRO. Chandrayaan I has received many national and international awards including, the Space Pioneers award for science and engineering at the 28th International conference on Space development, in Florida USA in 2009.[13][14]

Director, ISRO Satellite Centre

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From 2015 to 2018 Annadurai was heading ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore[15] as director. The centre is responsible for building satellites for communication, remote sensing, navigation, space science and interplanetary missions. In his tenure as Director of the centre he has overseen making, launching and operationalisation of 30 state of the art satellites.[16]

Post retirement from ISRO

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In 2019 Mylswamy Annadurai was appointed as vice president for Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology. In the same year, he was also nominated as chairman, of the Board of Governors, National Design and Research Forum (NDRF)[17] He uses both positions effectively for the development of science and technology both at the state and national level, starting from science outreach at school level to guiding some high-end collaborative research of social relevance by bringing together research labs, academia, industry and policymakers,[18][19]

Films

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  • In the movie Mission Mangal based on India's Mars mission, the character of Akshay Kumar is inspired from Annadurai [20]
  • In the feature film Chandrayaan based on India's first Moon mission Chandrayaan-1 directed and produced by Santhosh George Kulangara,[21] his and his family members' roles were enacted by south Indian cine artists.

References

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  1. ^ TamilNadu State Council for Science and Technology[dead link]
  2. ^ "Annadurai has been appointed as Vice President for TamilNadu State Council for Science and Technology". Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  3. ^ "NDRF Homepage". ndrf.res.in.
  4. ^ "Dr M Annadurai Takes Over as Director of ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore". ISRO. 6 April 2015. Archived from the original on 10 May 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  5. ^ Reporter, B. S. (31 July 2018). "SDSC-SHAR chief Kunhikrishnan appointed U R Rao Satellite Centre's director". Business Standard. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  6. ^ "A World Disrupted: The Leading Global Thinkers of 2014". Archived from the original on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Electricity and Energy" (PDF). Textbooksonline.tn.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Brief Life Story of Mylswamy Annadurai".
  9. ^ "Coordination vital to the success of moon mission – KERALA". The Hindu. 23 July 2007. Archived from the original on 16 November 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  10. ^ "Reaching for the moon- Hindustan Times". Archived from the original on 19 January 2008. Retrieved 23 December 2007.
  11. ^ "British Library Direct: Order Details". www.direct.bl.uk. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  12. ^ "Isro's Mars Orbiter Mission Beams Back First Photos | NDTV Gadgets360.com". Gadgets.ndtv.com. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  13. ^ "Space Systems award for Chandrayaan". The Hindu. 6 September 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  14. ^ "Chandrayaan-3 Will Lead to Global Collaboration". Khul Ke. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  15. ^ "ISAC Homepage". Isac.gov.in. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  16. ^ mylswamy annadurai (3 August 2018), Mylswamy Annadurai – a brief history, retrieved 7 February 2019
  17. ^ "NDRF Homepage". ndrf.res.in. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  18. ^ "Moon man of India, Dr. Mylswamy, and NRCB, Trichy, come together to create a circular economy by using banana waste". nrcb.res.in. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  19. ^ "Integrated machine developed to process banana stem into fibre yarn". www.itfnet.org. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  20. ^ "Real Life Characters of movie Mission Mangal || Mission Mangal || Mars Orbiter Mission". YouTube. 15 November 2019.
  21. ^ "Chandrayaan Cinema". YouTube. 14 May 2011.
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