Ex-Director, ISRO Satellite Centre
Dr. Mylswamy Annadurai is the recipient of Padmashri Award, the fourth-highest civilian award in India and is a distinguished space scientist of International repute. Holding PhD in engineering, he served in Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) for 36 years. He has contributed for more than 60 satellites made in India. During his tenure (2015-2018)as Director, ISRO satellite centre, Dr Annadurai led more than 3000 strong scientists and engineers to make and launch a record number of 30 state of the art satellites. Prior to that he led two of the most significant achievements of ISRO namely Chandryanna-1 and Mangalyaan (Moon and Mars missions), as Project Director and Programme Director for the respective missions. He was also instrumental in operationalizing NAVIC constellation.
