produced by Santhosh George Kulangara, his and his family members' roles were enacted by south Indian cine artists. Previous assignments During his 36 years of service in ISRO Dr Annadurai held various responsibilities. Prior to become the Centre Ditector, 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 follow, 1982 : Joined ISRO 1985-88 : Team leader to develop S/W satellite Simulator 1988-92 : Spacecraft operations manager, IRS-1A 1992-96 : Spacecraft operations manager, INSAT-2A 1993-96 : Spacecraft operations manager, INSAT-2B 1994-96 : Deputy project director, INSAT-2C 1996-01 : Mission director, INSAT-2C 1997-98 : Mission director, INSAT-2D 1999-12 : Mission director, INSAT-2E 2000-10 : Mission director, INSAT-3B 2001-02 : Mission director, GSAT-1 2003-11 : Mission director, INSAT-3E 2003-05 : Associate project director, EDUSAT 2004-09 : Project director, Chandrayaan-1 2008-13 : Project director, Chandrayaan-2 2011-15 : Programme director, IRS & SSS (Indian Remote Sensing & Small, Science and Student Satellites) 2015-18 : Director, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore 2019 - : Vice president, Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology 2019 - : Chairman, board of governors, National Research and Design Forum During his holidays, Annadurai tours across the country to meet and interact with the students to encourage them to study science. Awards and achievements Annadurai has received more than hundred awards, that include, Awards from government Padma Shri, 2016, one of the highest civilian awards in India. The government of Karnataka awarded him the Rajyotsava Prashasti for Science (2008). Awards from universities and academia Doctor of Science, DSc (Honoris Causa) conferred by Pondicherry University(2009) Doctor of Science, DSc (Honoris Causa) conferred by Anna University, Chennai(2009) Doctor of Science, DSc (Honoris Causa) conferred by University of Madras, Chennai (2009) Doctor of Science, DSc (Honoris Causa) conferred by MGR University, Chennai (2008) Eminent Scientist Award from 76th Indian Science Congress – Madurai Kamaraj University Endowment. Distinguished Alumni Award, PSG College of Technology, 2009. Sir CV Raman Award-2010 from Periyar University, Salem Jewel of GCT(Government College of Technology, Coimbatore) by GCT Alumni Personality of the year