Udupi Ramachandra Rao

Key facts

Born

10 March 1932, Adamaru

Died

24 July 2017, Bengaluru

State of birth

Adamaru, Karnataka

Sector

Science & space

Profession

Indian space scientist (1932–2017)

Gender

Male

Biography

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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Timeline

1. 1932Born in Adamaru
2. 1975Awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
3. 1984Becomes Chairperson of the Indian Space Research Organization
4. 1993Awarded the Om Prakash Bhasin Award
5. 2005Awarded the Theodore von Kármán Award
6. 2017Awarded the Padma Vibhushan in science & engineering
7. 2017Dies in Bengaluru