Key facts
- Born
- 26 August 1962, New Delhi
- State of birth
- New Delhi
- Sector
- Science & space
- Profession
- Indian fluid dynamicist and professor (born 1962)
- Gender
- Female
This page is about a living person. It holds only public, sourced information, reviewed by our editors before publishing. Money figures are as reported by the named source. See something wrong? Report it below.
Biography
Rama Govindarajan is an Indian scientist specialized in the field of fluid dynamics. She previously worked at the Engineering Mechanics Unit of the
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research from 1998 to 2012 and as a professor at the TIFR Hyderabad Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences from 2012 to 2016. As of 2025, she is working as a senior professor at International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Bengaluru. Govindarajan is a recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for the year 2007.
Summary based on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed by the RochakDuniya editorial team.
Timeline
- 1962Born in New Delhi
- 2007Awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
- 2012Awarded the Mary Sears Fellowship
- 2013Awarded the Fellow of the American Physical Society
- 2017Awarded the IISc Aerospace Engineering Platinum Jubilee Prize
- 2019Awarded the Eminent Engineer Award
- 2022Awarded the Prof. (Mrs.) Archana Sharma Memorial Lecture Award
- 2022Awarded the IIT Delhi Distinguished Alumni Award
- 2022Awarded the Kirk Distinguished Visiting Fellowship
- 2025Awarded the ANRF J. C. Bose Grant
- 2025Awarded the APS Outstanding Referee Award
- 2026Awarded the INSA Distinguished Lecture Award
Sources & licences
- English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- हिंदी विकिपीडिया (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5