native_name_lang religion years_active nationality award credits native_name birth_date article_title education name occupation
hindi hinduism 1972 -- present indian padma shri in 1998 prithvi missile विजय कुमार सारस्वत 1949 v. k. saraswat
 b.e gwalior from madhav institute of technology and science , vijay kumar saraswat director-general of drdo
v. k. saraswat

vijay kumar saraswat is an indian scientist who formerly served as the director general of the defence research and development organisation -lrb- drdo -rrb- and the chief scientific advisor to the indian minister of defence .
he retired on 31 may 2013 .
saraswat is the key scientist in the development of the prithvi missile and its induction in the indian armed forces .
he is a recipient of the padma shri from the government of india .
