Awarded the Padma Shri (1982), Padma Bhushan (1992) and Padma Vibhushan (2000), there is very little this celebrated scientist hasn't attained in the domain of space, scientific research and academia.
ISRO's former chairman K Kasturirangan has said that the space agency is working on the improvement of its rocket GSLV-Mark III so that it can be used for human space flight missions.
Half a dozen satellites developed by ISRO were used to obtain ground information for the surgical strike carried out by Indian soldiers on terrorist camps in PoK.