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Today is the 94th birthday of Prof. Satish Dhawan, who was the former Chairman of ISRO Prof. Satish Dhawan (25 September 1920 – 3 January 2002) was an Indian aerospace engineer, widely regarded as father of experimental fluid dynamics research in India. Born in Srinagar, Dhawan was educated in India and further on in the United States. Dhawan was one of the most eminent researchers in the field of turbulence and boundary layers, leading the successful and ingenious development of Indian space programme. He succeeded Vikram Sarabhai, the founder of the Indian space programme, as Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in 1972. His bio data can be seen at isrohq.vssc.gov.in/isr0dem0v2/index.php/prof-satish-dhawan A comprehensive article on Prof. Dhawan written by Dr. Manoranjan Rao in The Hindu is at thehindu/opinion/op-ed/satish-dhawan-the-gentle-colossus/article24715.ece
Posted on: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 02:53:44 +0000

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