Ram Narain Agarwal
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Ram Narain Agarwal is a noted scientist and aerospace engineer of India. He is known as the father of the Agni series of surface-to-surface missiles.[1]
He was born to a family of traders in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Agarwal has worked as Program Director (AGNI) and as Director Advanced Systems Laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).[2]
Education and qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- Master's degree in Engineering, from Aero-Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
- Fellow Membership in the Indian National Academy of Engineering and Aeronautical Society of India
Awards
- Padma Shri in the year 1990[3]
- Padma Bhushan in the year 2000[3]
- Dr. Biren Roy Space Science Award (1990) from Aero Society of India
- Scientist of the Year Award (1993)
- DRDO Technology Leadership Award (1998)
- Chandrasekhar Saraswati National Eminence Award for Science (2000)
- Life Time Achievement Award (2004).
References
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