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Shri. A. S. Rajagopal

Astronautical Society of India A S I AWARD 2000 Presented to Shri. A. S. Rajagopal In recognition of his contribution to Rocket & Related Technologies   March 2003 Bangalore   (K.Kasturirangan) President
	Mr. A S Rajagopal was born on September 18, 1945. He received his degree in Mechanical Engineering from Madras University in 1968. He joined Armanament Research & Development Establishment, Pune, in 1986 to work in the area of design and development of missile warheads for Prithivi, Akash, Trishul, Nag and other special projects. Mr. Rajagopal carried out design and analysis of various subsystems, systems integration and test methodologies for target effectiveness. He has established special test methods for system analysis and design optimization. He led a team of engineers to develop a mathematical model to evolve aa configuration of performed fragmentation warheads to achieve desired beam width and fragment hit multistage ejection system for submunition warheads with a capability of ejecting simultaneously a large number of submunition. Thus, Mr. Rajagopal has made significant contribution to rocket and related technologies. Mr. Rajgopal has received the DRDO awards in 1989 and 1997 and has a good number of classified technical publications. Mr. Rajagopal is presented the ASI Award for the year 2000 in recognition of his significant contribution to Rocket and Related Technologies.