अग्नि मिसाइल के जनक आरएन अग्रवाल का निधन: अग्नि मैन नाम से मशहूर थे; इन्होंने देश के लॉन्ग-रेंज बैलिस्टिक मिसाइल प्रोग्राम में अहम भूमिका निभाई

Dr Agarwal was awarded the Padma Shri in 1990 and the Padma Bhushan in 2000 for his significant contributions to missile technology.

Dr. Ram Narayan Agarwal, the country’s renowned aerospace scientist and father of Agni missile, passed away on Thursday (August 15). He breathed his last at his home in Hyderabad at the age of 83. He was ill for some time. He is survived by his wife and two children.

RN Agarwal played an important role in the long-range ballistic missile program in India. He was the first project director of Agni missiles. He was also known as Agni Man. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1990 and the Padma Bhushan in 2000.

The DRDO announced the demise of RN Agarwal at 7:21 pm on Thursday (August 15).

Led Agni Mission projects for 22 years
Dr Agarwal was a scientist with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). He led the Agni mission projects as a project director from 1983 to 2005. He retired as the director of the Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL), Hyderabad in 2005.

Under his leadership, the Technology Demonstrator Missile was successfully tested in May 1989. Subsequently, several versions of the missile were developed and inducted into the defence forces. Today, Agni V, a nuclear-capable, intermediate-range ballistic missile, has the capability to strike targets more than 5000 kilometres away.

RN Agarwal worked with Dr Arunachalam and Dr APJ Abdul Kalam on Agni and other missile programs. He played a key role in establishing re-entry technology, all composite heat shield, onboard propulsion system, guidance and control for missiles during his 22-year long career.

This is a photo of 2005, in which Dr Agarwal is with the then Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.

With the demonstration of Agni-3, India joined the list of select countries
Dr Agarwal was appointed Project Director of Agni in 1995 for weaponisation and deployment of Agni-2. Within 4 years, in 1999, Dr Agarwal and his team developed the Agni-2 missile with road-mobile launch capability and greater strike range than Agni-1.

After this, Dr Agarwal developed an even more powerful Agni-3 missile. The performance of Agni-3 put India in the list of select countries with long-range nuclear-capable missile power, which manufacture all the systems of the missile in their own country.

The Agni missile was the most powerful of the five missiles to be developed under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program initiated by the Government of India in 1983. The other four missiles were Prithvi, Akash, Nag and Trishul.

Born in Jaipur, studied in Madras-Bengaluru
Dr Agarwal was born on July 24, 1941 in a business family in Jaipur, Rajasthan. He did his Aeronautical Engineering from Madras Institute of Technology, Guindy and Masters from Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore. He also got his doctorate from Rajasthan University.

He was a member of several National Academies and lectured on self-reliance and missile technology. He was a Fellow of the Aeronautical Society of India and the National Academy of Engineering.

Honored with many awards
Dr Agarwal won several awards for his contribution to missile development. These include the Lifetime Achievement Award 2004 from the Prime Minister for his contribution in the field of aerospace and Agni.

Apart from this, he also received the DRDO Technology Leadership Award, Chandrashekhar Saraswati National Eminence Award along with former PM PV Narasimha Rao and Bharat Ratna MS Subbalakshmi and Biren Roy Space Sciences Award.

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