Padma Shree Awardee Dr. Mylswamy Annadurai is a distinguished space scientist of International repute. He has Ph.D. in engineering and has served in Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for 36 years contributing to more than 60 satellites made in India. During his tenure (2015-2018) as Director of the ISRO satellite center, 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 the NAVIC constellation.