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Mangalyaan

• India’s first interplanetry mission – Mangalyaan
• First Mars mission of ISRO – Mangalyaan
• Worlds least expensive mission to Mars – Mangalyaan
• The first nation to reach Mars orbit on its first attempt – India
• Mangayan launched on – 5th November 2013

Subbiah Arunan is an Indian scientist and Padma Shri awardee, known for his role in the Mars Orbiter Mission of Indian Space Research Organisation. He finished his schooling in St. Mary’s Higher Secondary School, Vikramasingapuram in Tirunelveli Dist. He was born in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu and completed his Mechanical engineering from Coimbatore Institute of Technology. In 1984, he started his career in Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre. He is the project director of Mars Orbiter Mission, informally called Mangalyaan in 2013.