Ram Narain Agarwal

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

↑ "PM promises strict N-safeguards". Chandigarh: The Tribune. 18 May 2005. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
↑ Chengappa, Raj (8 August 2005). "Charioteer Of Fire". India Today. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
1 2 "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

Aeronautics

Avionics	Tejas Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft

Other HAL programs	HJT-36 HTT-40 Dhruv Rudra Light Combat Helicopter

Unmanned aerial vehicles	Nishant Rustom Lakshya Kapothaka Ulka Fluffy AURA UAV Imperial Eagle Netra

Armaments

Small arms	INSAS Vidhwansak MSMC MCIWS

Artillery systems and ammunition	Pinaka Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher M-46 Catapult Bhim-T6 Dhanush Howitzer

Armoured fighting
vehicles

Tanks	Arjun Arjun Mk-II Tank EX DRDO light tank

Infantry fighting vehicle	Abhay IFV

Other vehicles	Carrier Mortar Tracked Armoured Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicle Light Armoured Vehicle Kartik BLT Daksh

Electronics and
Computer Sciences

Electronic warfare	Samyukta Tarang

Radars	INDRA Rajendra Radar Swordfish Long Range Tracking Radar Multi-mode radar 3D Airborne Warning and Control Super Vision-2000 BFSR-SR 3D-CAR BEL Weapon Locating Radar

Software	NETRA

Missile systems

Ballistic missiles

Agni	Agni-I Agni-II Agni-III Agni-IV Agni-V Agni-VI

Prithvi	I II III Dhanush

SRBM	Shaurya Prahaar

SLBM	K-15 K-4 K-5

Cruise missiles

Air-to-air missiles

Anti-tank missiles

Surface-to-air

Air-to-surface

Anti-ballistic

Torpedoes

Bombs

Laser-guided	Sudarshan

People

Scientists	Maj General Ranjit Lal Jetley Ram Narain Agarwal A. P. J. Abdul Kalam A. Sivathanu Pillai W Selvamurthy V. K. Saraswat V. K. Aatre Raja Ramanna V. S. Mahalingam Keshav Dattatreya Nayak

Engines

Important programs

Padma Bhushan awards

1954–59 1960–69 1970–79 1980–89 1990–99 2000–09 2010–19

Padma Shri awards

1954–59 1960–69 1970–79 1980–89 1990–99 2000–09 2010–19

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