Men with mission

K Radhakrishnan: Chairman, ISRO and Secretary to the Department of Space. Joining ISRO when he was 22, he became its chief in 2009.

Mylswamy Annadurai: Programme Director of Mangalyaan. He was the project director of Chandrayaan-1 and now Chandrayaan- 2, the missions to Moon.

S Ramakrishnan: Director at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre. He was key to the PSLV rocket that carried the Mars orbiter.

V Adimurthy: Mission Concept Designer of Mangalyaan.

P Kunhikrishnan: Project Director of PSLV Programme.

Subbiah Arunan: Project Director of Mangalyaan.