Kammala jumlar mai zuwa: An haife shi a ranar 23 ga Yuli 1933 a Chennai, Tamil Nadu zuwa Neelkanta Padmanabha kuma an ba shi izinin shiga rundunar sojin saman Indiya a ranar 1 ga Afrilu 1953. A 1961, ya yi aiki a matsayin Flight Lieutenant wanda aka tura shi a
Congo kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta Vayu Sena don hidimarsa. A ranar 25 ga Nuwamba, 1972, ya mutu a cikin hadarin jirgin sama saboda zub da jini na ciki. Injin MIG-21FL dinsa ya kama da wuta jim kadan bayan tashi kuma an tilasta masa faduwa.