Background
Akilandan, Solaiappan was born on July 18, 1968 in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. Son of Akilandan Veeraraghava and Neelavathi Akilandan.
Akilandan, Solaiappan was born on July 18, 1968 in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. Son of Akilandan Veeraraghava and Neelavathi Akilandan.
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Madras University, Tirupattur, India, 1988. B Tech in Aeronautical Engineering, Madras Institute of Technology, Chennai, India, 1992. M Tech in Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 1994.
Scientist, engineer Vikram Sarabhai Space Center, Trivandrum, India, 1994—2000, Indian Space Research Organisation Satellite Center, Bangalore, India, since 2000.
Married Jamuna Rajendran, June 1, 2001. Children: Neha Solaiappan, Akhilesh Solaiappan.