Mylswamy Annadurai

Mylswamy Annadurai
M. Annadurai
Born (1958-07-02)2 July 1958
Kothavadi, Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, India
Residence India
Nationality Indian
Alma mater Government College of Technology, Coimbatore
PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore
Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore
Known for Chandrayaan I, Chandrayaan-2, Mangalyaan, Indian space program
Spouse(s) Smt. Vasanthi Annadurai
Scientific career
Fields Aerospace Engineering
Institutions Indian Space Research Organisation
Notes
Program Director,
Chandrayaan-1, Chandrayaan-2 and Mangalyaan

Mylswamy Annadurai (born 2 July 1958 in Kodhawady near Pollachi in Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, India)[1][2] is a Distinguished scientist with the Indian Space Research Organisation and served as Director, ISRO Satellite Centre(ISAC), Bangalore.[3][4] Annadurai was listed among 100 Global thinkers of 2014 and topped the innovators list.[5] Annadurai writes a regular column, "Kaiyaruge Sevvai".[6] ("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.[7]

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.[8]

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.[9]

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.

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 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.[10]

Presently Dr.Annadurai is heading ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore [11] 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-L1, 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.

  • 1982: Joined ISRO and following is his career ladder in ISRO,
  • 1985: Team leader to develop S/W satellite Simulator
  • 1988: Spacecraft operations manager, IRS-1A
  • 1992: Spacecraft operations manager, INSAT-2A
  • 1993: Spacecraft operations manager, INSAT-2B
  • 1994: Deputy Project Director, INSAT-2C
  • 1996: Mission Director, INSAT-2C
  • 1997: Mission Director, INSAT-2D
  • 1999: Mission Director, INSAT-2E
  • 2000: Mission Director, INSAT-3B
  • 2001: Mission Director, GSAT-1
  • 2003: Mission Director, INSAT-3E
  • 2003: Associate Project, Director, EDUSAT
  • 2004: Project Director, Chandrayaan-1
  • 2008: Project Director, Chandrayaan-2
  • 2011: Programme Director, IRS & SSS (Indian Remote Sensing & Small, Science and Student Satellites)
  • 2015: Director, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore[12]

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,

Awards From Government

Awards from Universities & Academia

  • Doctor of Science, DSc (Honoris Causa) conferred by Pondicherry University(2009)
  • Doctor of Science, DSc (Honoris Causa) conferred by Anna University, Chennai(2009)[14]
  • Doctor of Science, DSc (Honoris Causa) conferred by University of Madras, Chennai (2009)[15]
  • Doctor of Science, DSc (Honoris Causa) conferred by MGR University, Chennai (2008)[16]
  • Eminent Scientist Award from 76th Indian Science Congress - Madurai Kamaraj University Endowment.[17]
  • Distinguished Alumni Award, PSG College of Technology, 2009.[18]
  • Sir CV Raman Award-2010 from Periyar University, Salem
  • Jewel of GCT(Government College of Technology, Coimbatore) by GCT Alumni
  • Personality of the year Awarded by St. Johns International School, Chennai
  • Hikal Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award 2010,the 63rd Annual Session of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Annamalai University.
  • National Science and Technology Award, 2011, Sathyabama University, Chennai.
  • Distinguished Scientist Award, KC College, Mumbai, Diamond Jubilee Award

Awards from ISRO

  • Annadurai is the recipient of the Hariom Ashram pretit Vikram Sarabhai Research Award for his outstanding Contributions to Systems analysis and Space systems management(2004).
  • He is also the recipient of a citation from ISRO for his contribution to the INSAT systems Mission management(2003)
  • Team Excellence award for his contribution to Indian Space Program(2007).
  • ISRO Merit Award 2009
  • Team Excellence Award 2010 as team leader of Chandrayaan-1 team
  • ISRO Outstanding Achievement award, 2014

International Awards

Awards from Professional Bodies

  • National Aeronautical Award-2008 from Aeronautical Society of India in recognition of his contributions in the field of Satellites/Spacecrafts
  • Fellow, Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, India (IETE)
  • Fellow, Indian Society for Remote Sensing (ISRS)
  • Fellow of The Society for shock wave research, Dept.of Aerospace Eng, Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Bangalore
  • NIQR Bajaj Award for "Outstanding Quality Man 2009"[20]
  • H K Firodia awards, 2009 for Science and Technology[21]
  • IEI-IEEE Engineering Excellence award 2016 for Contributions and Leadership in Space Technology in service of Humanity [22]
  • BHASKARA Award 2016 for his outstanding Scientific Leadership [23]
  • SIES (South Indian Education Society) Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati National Eminence Award, 2009 for Science and Technology[24]
  • Listed in the TNIE-Uninor Achiever of the year 2009,[25]
  • Listed in the Dinamalar-Uninor Achiever of the year 2009,[26]

Awards from Social & Public Forums

  • Vivekananda Award for Human Excellence by Rama Krishna Mission [27]
  • Kongu Achiever Award 2009 From NIA Trust, Pollachi.
  • Amara Bharathi National Eminence Award for Science and Technology, 2010
  • Karmaveerar Kamaraj Award,2010 from Chennai Mhahajana sabha
  • Dr Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar Birthday Commemoration Award for 2012.[28]
  • "Listed among 100 Global thinkers of 2014 and tops the innovators list "[5]
  • Tamilan Award 2016, for Science and Technology by Puthiya Thalaimurai TV [29]
  • Global Indian for Science, 2017 awarded by ICICI and Times Group [30]
  • Life Time Achievement Award in the field of science and technology by Union Bank of India[31]
  • C.Pa.Aditanar Literary Award 2013
  • Poorna Chandra award from Rotary Club, Coimbatore.[32]
  • Tamil Ma-mani award, from Tirupur Tamil Sangam.[33]
  • Tamil Achiever Award,2011 by Bharathi Tamil Sangam, Kolkata.[34]
  • Example to Youth Award.[35]
  • Kalingarayar Award, by Kongu Charitable Trust, Tamil Nadu
  • Citizen Extraordinary Award-2014, by Rotary Club Bangalore[36]
  • Lifetime Achievement - Muthamizh Award, Muthamizh Peravai

Annadurai's publications and works are being widely referred by satellite operator's, one of his work has been referred in a US patent.[37] He has written three books in Tamil namely, "Kaiyaruke Nila", “Siragai virikkum Mangalyaan”,and "Ariviyal Kalanjiyam". The Book" Kaiyaruke Nila" has won S. P. Adithanar Literary award for the year 2013. He also authors a book "Kaiyaruge Sevvai" along with Dr. E.K.T Sivakumar, founder of ESRO - Educational and Social Research Organisation

References

  1. ↑ "Coordination vital to the success of moon mission - KERALA". The Hindu. 2007-07-23. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 January 2008. Retrieved 23 December 2007.
  3. ↑ Apr 06, 2015 (2015-04-06). "Dr M Annadurai Takes Over as Director of ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore". ISRO. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  4. ↑ Reporter, B. S. (2018-07-31). "SDSC-SHAR chief Kunhikrishnan appointed U R Rao Satellite Centre's director". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  5. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Welcome to Valarum Ariviyal". Valarumariviyal.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2016-04-28. External link in |website= (help)
  7. ↑ "Electricity and Energy" (PDF). Textbooksonline.tn.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ "Isro's Mars Orbiter Mission Beams Back First Photos | NDTV Gadgets360.com". Gadgets.ndtv.com. 2014-09-25. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  10. ↑ "Space Systems award for Chandrayaan". The Hindu. 2009-09-06. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  11. ↑ "ISAC Homepage". Isac.gov.in. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  12. ↑ "ISAC Homepage". Isac.gov.in. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  13. ↑ "Rajyotsava awards for space scientists". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 30 October 2008.
  14. ↑ "Doctorate awarded by Anna University , Chennai for Annadurai". Asiantribune.com. Archived from the original on 3 August 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  15. ↑ "Doctorate awarded by Madaras University for Annadurai". Hindu.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  16. ↑ "Doctorate for Chandrayaan director". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  17. ↑ "Online News | Movie Download | Wallpaper Download | MP3 Download | Chennai HOT News: "Chandrayaan-1 victory due to team effort"". Chnonlinenews.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
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  19. ↑ Subramanian, T. S. (6 September 2009). "Space systems Award for Chandrayaan". The Hindu. Chennai, India.
  20. ↑ "outstanding quality man". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 11 November 2009.
  21. ↑ "HK Firodia award". The Times of India. 6 December 2009.
  22. ↑ "IEI-IEEE Engineering Excellence Award 2016".
  23. ↑ "BHASKARA Award 2016".
  24. ↑ "SIES to honour Somnath Chatterjee, Sreedharan and Annadurai". News.webindia123.com. 2009-12-07. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  25. ↑ Archived 11 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  26. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 January 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  27. ↑ "A Great Recognition on the eve of... - Mylswamy Annadurai". Facebook. 2014-01-13. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  28. ↑ ""Take up Tamil as medium of instruction" - NATIONAL". The Hindu. 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  29. ↑ "Puthiya Thalamurai TV Award".
  30. ↑ "Global Indian award 2017".
  31. ↑ "Life Time Achievement Award 2016".
  32. ↑ "Poorna Chandra award for Annadurai". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 18 November 2008.
  33. ↑ "Cheaper access to space possible: Annadurai". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 27 November 2008.
  34. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  35. ↑ "MYLSWAMY Anna Durai". YouTube. 2014-03-12. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  36. ↑ "'Master plan for space governance being readied'". Deccanherald.com. 2015-06-16. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  37. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 March 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2007.
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