An haife shi kuma ya girma a Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu kuma ya yi karatun ilimin kimiyyar lissafi da injiniyan sararin samaniya. Ya shafe shekaru arba'in masu zuwa a matsayin masanin kimiyya da mai gudanar da kimiyya, musamman a Hukumar Kula da Bincike da Ci gaban Tsaro (DRDO) da Hukumar Binciken Sararin Samaniya ta Indiya (ISRO) kuma ya kasance yana da hannu sosai a cikin shirin sararin samaniya na farar hula na Indiya da kokarin samar da makami mai linzami na soja. Ta haka ne aka san shi da Missile Man na Indiya saboda aikinsa na bunkasa makami mai linzami da fasahar kera makamai. Ya kuma taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin kungiyar, fasaha, da siyasa a gwajin makaman nukiliya na Indiya-II a shekarar 1998, gwajin nukiliya na farko na Indiya a shekarar 1974.
Bharat Ratna