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Roddam Narasimha

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Indian scientist (1933-2020)

IndiaLived 1933 to 2020 · aged 87
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Roddam Narasimha FRS was an Indian aerospace scientist and fluid dynamicist. He was a professor of Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science (1962-1999), director of the National Aerospace Laboratories (1984-1993) and the chairman of the Engineering Mechanics Unit at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced...

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2013Padma Vibhushan in science & engineering
2011H K Firodia awards
1987Padma Bhushan in science & engineering
1974Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
Fellow of the Royal Society

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Roddam Narasimha FRS was an Indian aerospace scientist and fluid dynamicist. He was a professor of Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science (1962-1999), director of the National Aerospace Laboratories (1984-1993) and the chairman of the Engineering Mechanics Unit at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research. He was the DST Year-of-Science Chair Professor at JNCASR and concurrently held the Pratt & Whitney Chair in Science and Engineering at the University of Hyderabad. Narasimha was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian award, in 2013 for his contributions to advance India's aerospace technology.

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Lived 1933 to 2020 · aged 87
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