[size="4"][color="blue"][url="http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/23/stories/2010022360280200.htm"]Missile Man-II, looking ahead and farther[/url] [/color][/size]
Special Correspondent
Saraswat began his career in DRDO in Hyderabad in 1972 He has been instrumental in development of missile programmes Under Saraswat's stewardship, DRDO conducts testing of Agni-III
This report re-states Shourya as a hypersonic cruise missile.
Interestingly cruise missiles are perceived to be less escalatory compared to ballistic missiles (thus more useable in theater war), even tough the range of the two may be the same.
Hypersonic cruise missile of 700km is not very different from CM coming at a target, but it comes in fast like a BM.
Special Correspondent
Saraswat began his career in DRDO in Hyderabad in 1972 He has been instrumental in development of missile programmes Under Saraswat's stewardship, DRDO conducts testing of Agni-III
Quote:GUNTUR: Missile Man of India A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's junior colleague Vijay Kumar Saraswat, chosen for the prestigious Dr. Yelavarthy Nayudamma Award 2009, is with love called Missile Man-II, for his dedication to achieve higher goals every year and reaching a farther target with missile technology developed indigenously.
If he has achieved three consecutive successful launches of Agni-III, he has set his eyes on Agni-IV and Agni-V that can strike targets that very few nations can dream of.
Currently he is the Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister, Secretary, Department of Defence Research and Development and Director General of Defence Research and Development Organisation.
Mr. Saraswat has been instrumental in development of various missile programmes like Prithvi-I, Prithvi-II, Dhanush, Devil and the Air Defence project.
Under his stewardship, the DRDO had achieved success in completing the tests of Agni-III missile with a range of 3,500 km. Agni V with a range of over 5,000 km would be launched in 2011 and various aspects related to Shaurya, a nuclear capable hypersonic [color="#9932cc"]cruise[/color] missile, were two big challenges that he was pursuing.
Born in Gwalior on May 25, 1949, Mr. Saraswat, graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Jiwaji University in 1970 and took the Master's degree from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
He obtained his doctorate in combustion engineering from Osmania University in 2000.
The scientist began his career in the DRDO at its Defence R & D Laboratory in Hyderabad in 1972.
Entrusted with the task of developing [color="#9932cc"]Devil[/color], India's first liquid propulsion engine, he soon rose to become the Project Director of DRDL.
He embarked on a futuristic air defence programme, encompassing the development of complex anti-ballistic missile systems, and demonstrated the interception of an incoming hostile ballistic missile in exo-atmospheric regions in November 2006 and March 2009 and endo-atmospheric regions in December 2007, when he was the Chief Controller (Missiles and Strategic Systems) and Programme Director ââ¬ËAD' (Air Defence).
Recipients
Earlier recipients of the Dr. Nayudamma Award include T. Ramasami, A. Sivathanu Pillai, Nori Dattatreyuudu, Sam Pitroda, G. Madhavan Nair, Kota Harinarayana, V.K. Aatre, R. Chidambaram, R.A. Mashelkar, J.S. Bajaj, K. Kasturirangan, Verghese Kurien, S.Z. Qasim, M.G. K. Menon and M.S. Swaminathan among others.
This report re-states Shourya as a hypersonic cruise missile.
Interestingly cruise missiles are perceived to be less escalatory compared to ballistic missiles (thus more useable in theater war), even tough the range of the two may be the same.
Hypersonic cruise missile of 700km is not very different from CM coming at a target, but it comes in fast like a BM.