When the rover landed on the red planet there were whoops of joy and celebration among people who toiled for years to make this mission possible. One of the happiest of all was Renjith Kumar who was packing off to Canada for a holiday. This 49 year old entrepreneur and his company were closely associated with the rovers Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL), which is also famously called ‘seven minutes of terror’.

AMA had a humble start. It began its operation with three mathematicians in 1962 in New York. Today this company works on aerospace engineering and employs around 250 people, this company works with automotive, defense, financial services and health care companies. The company just turned 50 years old and their great quality business has bagged $327.5 million with NASA’s Langley Research Centre. Renjith Kumar and his company have been closely associated with the Mars project and their excellence in quality has brought them this honor and contract.