Venkatraman Radhakrishnan
Indian space scientist (1929-2011) · India · On the map · Scientists · Died at 81
Venkataraman Radhakrishnan was an Indian space scientist and Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences member. He retired from his career as professor emeritus of the Raman Research Institute in Bangalore, India, of which he had previously been director from 1972 to 1994 and which is named after his father.
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He served on various committees in various capacities including as the vice-president of the International Astronomical Union during 1988-1994. He was also a Foreign Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the US National Academy of Sciences. He was an Associate of the Royal Astronomical Society and a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore.
