Prof. Satish Dhawan

Prof. Satish Dhawan (25 September 1920–3 January 2002) was an Indian rocket scientist who was born in Srinagar, India and educated in India and the United States. He is considered by the Indian scientific community to be the father of experimental fluid dynamics research in India and one of the most eminent researchers in the field of turbulence and boundary layers.

M G K Menon

Prof. M G K Menon, is presently Advisor in the Department of Space/ Indian  Space Research Organization (ISRO).  He is President of Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta (1990- ).  Prof. Menon took his Ph.D. from the University of Bristol, UK in 1953, He has a large number of honorary doctorates from universities in India and abroad

Dr.Vikram Sarabhai

Father of the Indian space program has put India on the international map in the field of space research. Dr.Vikram Sarabhai was born on 12 August 1919 in the city of Ahmedabad, Gujarat State in western India.

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