Ram Narain Agarwal

Ram Narain Agarwal is noted scientist and an aerospace engineer of India and is known as father of the  Agni series of surface-to-surface missiles.

He was born to a family of traders in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Agarwal has worked as Program Director (AGNI) and as Director Advanced Systems Laboratory and of DRDO.

Education and qualifications

 * Bachelors degree
 * Masters 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
 * Padma Bhushan in the year 2000
 * 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).