Indian Entrepreneur Gets $327.5 Million and Highest Honor from NASA for 'Curiosity'


Bangalore: Entrepreneurs are usually known to be revolutionists or trend changers in the business field but we would have never imagined the business class being involved in space works, to be more precise, working for ‘Curiosity Rover’. This space machine has an Indian touch to it; Renjith Kumar a Virginia based Indian entrepreneur and engineer is the happiest person with the rover’s successful launch because his effort has been immense and this also brought him NASA’s highest honor for quality and performance, George M. Low Award.

Analytical Mechanics Association (AMA) is a Virginia based company owned by Renjith Kumar and President Hans Seywald; this company got the prestigious award for its outstanding contribution to the advancement of mastered excellence in National Space Program in USA. This award was presented at NASA’s eighth annual project management challenge in Long Beach, California.

This mission of launching Curiosity was a great challenge as it involved years of efforts and input.