SS Innovations International, Inc. announced effective July 30, 2023, the company expanded its board of directors to five members and Dr. Mylswamy Annadurai and Prof. Dr. Somashekhar S.P. were appointed directors to fill the newly created vacancies on the board. Dr. Mylswamy Annadurai, 65, is a distinguished space scientist of international repute, who has been involved in the Indian space program for over forty (40) years, approximately thirty-six (36) of which (1982-2018) were spent in various positions with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), most recently as Director, of the ISRO Satellite Center from April 2015 to July 2018. During that period, he was responsible for overseeing the development, manufacture and launch of 29 satellites.

Prior thereto, he also served as Program Director of Indian Remote Sensing and Small Satellite Program at ISRO from 2011-2015, where among other matters, he was responsible for overseeing ISRO?s Mars Orbiter Mission and as Project Director of India?s firs lunar mission, Chandarayaan-1, from 2004-2010. From August 2018 until March 2022, Dr. Annadurai served as Chairman of the National Design and Research Forum and from October 2018 to March 2023, he served as Vice President of the Tamilnadu State Council for Science and Technology. Since May 2019.

Dr. Annadurai has been serving as Chairman of the Aerospace Committee of the Southern India Chamber of Commerce and Industries in Chennai and since March 2021, as a director of Moon Land Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Since February 2023, he is also serving as a Trustee Member of the India Trustee Board of the America-India Foundation. Dr. Annadurai has received numerous awards from the Indian government, ISRO, international space organizations, academic institutions and professional bodies and societies.

Dr. Annadurai holds B.E. (ECE), M.E. (Applied Electronics) and Ph.D. degrees from Anna University. Dr. Somashekhar S.P., 50, is a highly respected surgical oncologist and one of the first physicians to employ robotic surgery in India. Since January 2022, he has been affiliated with the Aster Group of Hospitals in India, where he serves as Global Director of the Aster International Institute of Oncology and Head of Department and Lead Consultant in Surgical and Gynecological Oncology and Robotic Surgery.

He also serves as Chairman of the Medical Advisory Board for Aster DM Healthcare. For over twenty (20) years prior to joining Aster, he was affiliated with Manipal Hospitals in Bengaluru, most recently as Head of Department of Surgical Oncology and Chairman of the Surgical Oncology Advisory Board. Dr. Somashekhar has served in a number of teaching positions, significant experience in conducting clinical studies, authored numerous medical papers and articles and received multiple awards in the medical field.

He holds an M.B.B.S. degree from Mysuru University, an M.S. in General Surgery from the Sheth K.M. School of Postgraduate & Research in Ahmedabad, and an MCh in Oncosurgery from the Gurajat Cancer & Research Institute in Ahmedabad. He is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh).