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This exemplary mathematician and aerospace engineer is regarded as the father of uid dynamics research in India. He is most well
known for leading India’s space programme to soaring success. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in the year 1981.
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Satish Dhawan in 1972, succeeded Vikram Sarabhai as the chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).(ILLUSTRATION: Unnikrishnan)

Born to a civil servant of undivided India in Srinagar on September 25, 1920, Prof Satish
Dhawan had varied academic quali cations. Dhawan received Bachelor’s degrees in Physics

and Mathematics, and Mechanical Engineering from the University of the Punjab in Lahore. He
also had a Master’s degree in English literature also from University of the Punjab.

Thereafter he went to the USA for further studies. He did a Master of Science in Aerospace
Engineering from the University of Minnesota and Aeronautical Engineering from the
California Institute of Technology. He later also earned a double PhD in Mathematics and

Aerospace Engineering.
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A pioneer

In 1951, Dhawan joined the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru as a faculty member
and was appointed its director in 1962. Lauding his work at the IISc, historian Ramachandra
Guha said, “It was during Dhawan’s long tenure that the IISc truly consolidated its reputation
and made secure its standing as the nest centre of scienti c research in all of Asia.”

Life at ISRO

In 1972, he succeeded Vikram Sarabhai as the chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO). He was also the secretary to the government of India in the department of space. It was

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