Udupi Ramachandra Rao
✓ Source-basedfallingIndian space scientist (1932-2017)
Udupi Ramachandra Rao was an Indian space scientist and former chairman of ISRO. He was also the Chairman of the Governing Council of the Physical Research Laboratory at Ahmedabad and Nehru Planetarium at Bengaluru and chancellor of the Indian Institute for Space Science and Technology (IIST) at Thiruvananthapuram.
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Christopher C. KraftAlso won Theodore von Kármán Award
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G. N. RamachandranAlso won TWAS fellow
Charles CorreaAlso won Padma Vibhushan in science & engineering
Ashoke SenAlso won Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
Raja RamannaAlso won Om Prakash Bhasin AwardAbout this person
Udupi Ramachandra Rao was an Indian space scientist and former chairman of ISRO. He was also the Chairman of the Governing Council of the Physical Research Laboratory at Ahmedabad and Nehru Planetarium at Bengaluru and chancellor of the Indian Institute for Space Science and Technology (IIST) at Thiruvananthapuram. He is known as "The Satellite Man of India". He pioneered India's first satellite launch Aryabhata in 1975.
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