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'''MylswamyBefore Annadurai''',taking popularlythis knownassignment ashe Moonwas Manwith of[[Indian IndiaSpace ,Research isOrganisation]] anand Indian scientist workingserved as vicedirector presidentof forthe Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology (TNSCST),<ref>[http://www.tanscst.nic.in/[Indian title=Space Research TamilNaduOrganisation StateSatellite Council for Science and TechnologyCentre]</ref>].<ref>{{Citecite web |url=httpshttp://www.thanthitvisro.comgov.in/Newsupdate/TamilNadu/2019/01/08115113/1021056/ISRO06-Mylswamyapr-Annadurai2015/dr-Edappadim-Palaniswami.vpf |title=Annadurai has been appointed as Vice President for TamilNadu State Council for Science and Technology |accessannadurai-date=6 February 2019 |archivetakes-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425060903/https://www.thanthitv.com/News/TamilNadu/2019/01/08115113/1021056/ISROover-Mylswamydirector-Annaduraiof-Edappadiisro-Palaniswami.vpf |archivesatellite-date=25 April 2019 |urlcentre-status=dead }}</ref> Chairman, Board of Governors, National Design and Research Forum(NDRF.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndrf.res.in/chairmen.htmlbangalore |title=NDRFDr Homepage |publisher= ndrf.res.in}}</ref> He was born on 2 July 1958, in a village called [[Kothavadi]] near [[Pollachi]] in [[Coimbatore]] district, [[Tamil Nadu]] state of India).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLSUgxm4eK0|title=Brief Life Story of MylswamyM Annadurai}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/23/stories/2007072351330200.htmTakes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116170418/http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/23/stories/2007072351330200.htmOver |url-status=deadas |archive-date=2007-11-16 |title=Coordination vital to the successDirector of moonISRO missionSatellite –Centre, KERALABangalore |newspaperpublisher=[[The Hindu]]ISRO |date=20072015-0704-2306 |access-date=2016-04-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id%3D36d559f6-eda9-4ed3-ab46-77104f45f743%26%26Headline%3DReaching+for+the+moon |title=Reaching for the moon- Hindustan Times |accessarchive-date=2310 DecemberMay 2007 |url-status=dead2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2008011918171420150510041249/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=36d559f6-eda9-4ed3-ab46-77104f45f743&&Headline=Reaching+for+the+moon |archive-date=19 January 2008 }}</ref> Prior to taking this assignment he was with [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] and served as Director, [[Indian Space Research Organisation Satellite Centre|ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC)]], Bangalore.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isro.gov.in/update/06-apr-2015/dr-m-annadurai-takes-over-director-of-isro-satellite-centre-bangalore |titleurl-status=Drdead M Annadurai Takes Over as Director of ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore |publisher=ISRO |date=2015-04-06 |access-date=2016-04-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/sdsc-shar-chief-kunhikrishnan-appointed-u-r-rao-satellite-centre-s-director-118073101394_1.html|title=SDSC-SHAR chief Kunhikrishnan appointed U R Rao Satellite Centre's director|last=Reporter|first=B. S.|date=2018-07-31|work=Business Standard|access-date=2018-07-31}}</ref> During his 36 years of service in ISROthe 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.<ref name="Innovator among Global Thinkers">{{cite web|url=http://globalthinkers.foreignpolicy.com/#innovators/list |title=A World Disrupted: The Leading Global Thinkers of 2014 |access-date=27 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150124031737/http://globalthinkers.foreignpolicy.com/ |archive-date=24 January 2015 }}</ref> His works are mentioned in textbooks of [[Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education]]<ref name="pages 227&228">{{cite web|url=http://www.textbooksonline.tn.nic.in/Books/Std10/Std10-Science-EM-4.pdf|title=Electricity and Energy|website=Textbooksonline.tn.nic.in|access-date=2016-04-28|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002929/http://www.textbooksonline.tn.nic.in/Books/Std10/Std10-Science-EM-4.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>

He was born on 2 July 1958, in [[Kothavadi]] in the [[Coimbatore]] district, [[Tamil Nadu]] state of India.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLSUgxm4eK0|title=Brief Life Story of Mylswamy Annadurai}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/23/stories/2007072351330200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116170418/http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/23/stories/2007072351330200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-11-16 |title=Coordination vital to the success of moon mission – KERALA |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=2007-07-23 |access-date=2016-04-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id%3D36d559f6-eda9-4ed3-ab46-77104f45f743%26%26Headline%3DReaching+for+the+moon |title=Reaching for the moon- Hindustan Times |access-date=23 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119181714/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=36d559f6-eda9-4ed3-ab46-77104f45f743&&Headline=Reaching+for+the+moon |archive-date=19 January 2008 }}</ref> Annadurai had his schooling in his native village Kodhawady[[Kothavadi|Kodhavady]] and nearby town Pollachi. He has obtained a bachelor's degree in engineering and ram prasath([[Electronics and annaduraiCommunication were friends(electronicsengineering|Electronics and communicationCommunication]]) 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 hadmade some of the original contributions to the INSAT systems maintenance.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.direct.bl.uk/research/63/2E/RN138004799.html |title=British Library Direct: Order Details |website=www.direct.bl.uk |access-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803230008/http://www.direct.bl.uk/research/63/2E/RN138004799.html |archive-date=3 August 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

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.<ref name = "Test">{{cite web|url=http://gadgets.ndtv.com/science/news/isros-mars-orbiter-mission-beams-back-first-photos-597693 |title=Isro's Mars Orbiter Mission Beams Back First Photos &#124; NDTV Gadgets360.com |website=Gadgets.ndtv.com |date=2014-09-25 |access-date=2016-04-28}}</ref>

Chandrayaan-1, was India's first mission to the Moon launched by India's national space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The unmanneduncrewed 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&nbsp;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.

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-operationcooperation bringing the reputed 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 coveted Space Pioneers award for science and engineering at the 28th International conference on Space development, in Florida USA in 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/space-systems-award-for-chandrayaan/article15861.ece |title=Space Systems award for Chandrayaan |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=2009-09-06 |access-date=2016-04-28}}</ref><ref name="Khul Ke e184">{{cite web | title=Chandrayaan-3 Will Lead to Global Collaboration | website=Khul Ke | url=https://www.khulke.com/roundtable?id=64eaf7e6f70f4816312da4c2 | access-date=2023-09-07}}</ref>

From 2015 to 2018 Annadurai was heading ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isac.gov.in/ |title=ISAC Homepage |website=Isac.gov.in |access-date=2016-04-28}}</ref> as director. The centre is responsible for building state of the art 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.<ref>{{Citation|last=mylswamy annadurai|title=Mylswamy Annadurai – a brief history|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLSUgxm4eK0|access-date=2019-02-07}}</ref>

In 2019 Mylswamy Annadurai has beenwas appointed as vice president for Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology. In the same year, he has beenwas also nominated as chairman, of the Board of Governors, National Design and Research Forum (NDRF)<ref name="NDRF Homepage">{{cite web|url=http://ndrf.res.in/index.html |title=NDRF Homepage |publisher= ndrf.res.in |access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref> He uses both the positions effectively for the development of science and technology both at the state and national level, starting from science out reachoutreach at school level to guiding some high -end collaborative research of social relevance by bringing together research labs, academia, industry and policy makerspolicymakers,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nrcb.res.in/ISRO.php |title=Moon man of India, Dr. Mylswamy, and NRCB, Trichy, come together to create a circular economy by using banana waste |publisher= nrcb.res.in |access-date=2021-06-27 |archive-date=27 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627083414/http://nrcb.res.in/ISRO.php |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.itfnet.org/v1/2021/01/india-integrated-machine-developed-to-process-banana-stem-into-fibre-yarn/|title=Integrated machine developed to process banana stem into fibre yarn|publisher= www.itfnet.org|access-date=2021-06-27 }}</ref>

* In the movie [[Mission Mangal]] based on India's Mars mission, the character of [mithun[Akshay Kumar]] is inspired from Annadurai <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z3WGwhs488&t=5s | title=Real Life Characters of movie Mission Mangal &#124;&#124; Mission Mangal &#124;&#124; Mars Orbiter Mission | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>

During his 36 years of service in ISRO Dr Annadurai held various responsibilities. Prior to becomebecoming the Centre DitectorDirector, he served 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 specialization.

Annadurai's career profile is as followfollows,

Annadurai has received more than a hundred awards, that includeincluding,

* The governmentGovernment of [[Karnataka]] awarded him the [[Rajyotsava Prashasti]] for Science (2008).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200810302033.htm|title=Rajyotsava awards for space scientists | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu|date=30 October 2008}}</ref>

* Doctor of Science, DSc (Honoris Causa) conferred by MGR University, Chennai (2008)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/article12889.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113093517/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/article12889.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 January 2015 |title=Doctorate for Chandrayaan director |newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]] |access-date=2016-04-28}}</ref>

* Distinguished Alumni Award, [[PSG College of Technology]], 2009.<ref>[http://www.alumni.psgtech.ac.in/Outstanding%20Alumni.pdf ]{{dead link|date=April 2016}}</ref>

* Team Excellence award for his contribution to the Indian Space Program (2007).

* Fellow, Society for shock wave research, Dept. of Aerospace Eng, [[Indian Institute of Science]] (IISC), Bangalore

* [[H K Firodia awards]], 2009 for Science and Technology<ref>{{cite news|url=httphttps://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-12-06city/pune/28067333_1_yashFirodia-palawards-chandrayaanfor-1Yash-mPal-annaduraiAnnadurai/articleshow/5306103.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025131326/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-12-06/pune/28067333_1_yash-pal-chandrayaan-1-m-annadurai|url-status=deadlive|archive-date=25 October 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=HK Firodia award | date=6 December 2009}}</ref>

* Listed in the TNIE-Uninor Achiever of the year 2009,<ref>[http://epaper.expressbuzz.com//NE/NE/2009/12/29/PagePrint/29_12_2009_001.pdf ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511231934/http://epaper.expressbuzz.com/ |date=11 May 2011 }}</ref>

* "Mars Man", by Front liners- 2018, Kuwait,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iflkuwait.com/notice-board/33148-mars-man-title-conferred-on-the-indian-space-scientist-dr-mylswamy-annadurai/ |title=Award to Mylswamy Annadurai |website=iflkuwait.com |access-date=6 December 2018 |archive-date=6 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206013728/https://www.iflkuwait.com/notice-board/33148-mars-man-title-conferred-on-the-indian-space-scientist-dr-mylswamy-annadurai |url-status=dead }}</ref>

* Manavai Mustafa Memorial Award for Science , 2021

Annadurai's publications and works are being widely referred by satellite operator'soperators, one of his workworks has been referred in a US patent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7185858.html |title=Spacecraft gyro calibration system - US Patent 7185858 Abstract |access-date=14 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309112636/http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7185858.html |archive-date=9 March 2009 }}</ref>

He has written sixeight books in Tamil namely,

The book, " Vinnum Mannum" has womwon Manvai Mustafa Memorial Science Award for the year 2021