AGRA: Inspired from the life of former president and one of the pioneer of first space launch-vehicle program Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, a local lad of Tundla literally made his dream to touch moon .Son of a humble farmer, Dharvendra Yadav, the ISRO scientist and operation manager of Chandrayaan II mission for Indian Deep Space Network , is a part of Indian scientist group who are guiding the space module to reach moon.Currently stationed at Alcântara, Maranhao, Brazil observatory facility of National Institute for Space Research along with his colleague Sachidanand Sood who hails from Odisha, the 33-year-old scientist is responsible for providing the Chandrayaan II health related data, navigation data for its orbit predictions and tele commanding to the spacecraft for guiding the Chandrayaan II mission.Speaking to TOI, over phone from Brazil, Dharvendra Yadav said, “It’s an honour to be part of this historical ambitious mission. Our team is working round the clock from Brazil to make this mission successful. The Brazilian counter parts bow to our ISRO space prowess and give us tremendous respect and support.”Teams of Indian scientist have been stationed in Brazil, South Africa apart from India to keep constant tab and monitor the Chandrayaan II mission.Dharvendra Yadav hails from Teekari village of Tundla, Firozabad district which is nearly 45 km away from Agra. He joined ISRO in 2011 and was stationed at ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network, Bengaluru. On June 30 he was sent to Alcântara and will continue to stay till August mid for the Chandrayaan II mission.“It was Dr A P J Abdul Kalam’s life which inspired me to become ISRO scientist and today I got opportunity to literally be the part of moon mission and manoeuvre the Chandrayaan II module for its journey to moon,” said Yadav, who is also pursuing PhD from IIT Dhanbad.Second eldest among three siblings, Dharvendra Yadav did his schooling from private school of Tundla and further BTech from private college of Agra and MTech from NIT Jalandhar. During his graduation and post-graduation, Dharvendra met Kalam twice in convocation. His sister Deepika (36) is also MTech, while his younger brother Upendra (23) is preparing for civil service from Delhi.“In my endeavour from small village of Tundla to operation manager of Chandrayaan II mission in Alcântara, my parents (Shambhu Dayal Yadav and Kamla Devi) and wife Sanghmitra played major role, who believed in my ability and always motivated,” said Yadav.Shambu Dayal Yadav (59), the scientist’s father who owns nearly 30 bigah land said, “I’m managed to study till high school due to early responsibilities bestowed upon me for the family. But I ensured that all my three children go for higher study and excel whatever career they choose for themselves. I’m extremely happy for Dharvendra, he always was good in studies.”Upendra Yadav, younger brother of Dharvendra said, “My brother school was nearly 15 km away from village. He would often travel to school in tanga (horse cart) or would be dropped by father on bicycle. He had struggled hard to become ISRO scientist.”Dharvendra married Sanghmitra Yadav, a software engineer working with Bengaluru based IT firm. The couple lives in Bengaluru with their daughter Saanvi.