[3] He was the former Satish Dhawan Professor and Dean of Research at the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST).
[4] Prior to joining IIST, Adimurthy held the post of associate director at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, a major facility center of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
[6] Upon his retirement from VSSC in 2010, he was appointed as the Satish Dhawan Professor at the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology where he held the post of Dean, Research & Development.
He is also a Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and was a visiting scientist at the University of Stuttgart, Germany during 1979-80 and 1999–2000.
[5] In 2012, Adimurthy received the Padma Shri from Government of India for his contributions to space dynamics.