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Prof Satish Dhawan receiving the Padma Vibhushan from president Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1981)

His 99th birth anniversary comes just two days after ISRO announced their most ambitious

project till date — Gaganyaan, India’s first manned mission to space, slated for 2021. Prof
Satish Dhawan also happens to be the longest-serving (and youngest) director of the Indian
Institute of Science (IISc). In fact, he simultaneously served as the director of both ISRO and

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