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Roddam Narasimha: An Authority on Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics

The Padma Vibhushan awardee space and aeronautical expert passed away on Monday at the age of 87.
PTI
15 Dec 2020
Roddam Narasimha: An Authority on Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics

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Bengaluru: When India's two successive Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV) missions failed in the late 1980s, the then ISRO Chairman Prof. Satish Dhawan constituted internal and external committees to review the programme.

The external panel was chaired by space and aeronautical expert Prof. Roddam Narasimha, whose key insights into the aerodynamics aspects paved the way for subsequent successful flights of the rocket.

"Today, when we talk of success of PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) and GSLV Mk III (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle), we owe it to important inputs that the Prof.

Narasimha committee gave", former Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K Kasturirangan told PTI on Tuesday. 

Narasimha, a Padma Vibhushan awardee and a former Director of the National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) and the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), died at a private hospital here on Monday at the age of 87.    

Scientists and leaders recalled the pioneering contributions of the distinguished engineer-scientist, an authority on fluid mechanics and aerodynamics who had also served as a member of the Space Commission.   

Former ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair said Narasimha had supported India's space programme all through.

"He was very frank in his expression, very bold; he was

down-to-earth in his approach to everything. Whenever we had problems (space-related), he used to rush to us (ISRO) to help" Nair told PTI. 

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said the scientific community has lost a stalwart.

Kasturirangan said as the NIAS Director, Prof. Narasimha created a very good academic, interdisciplinar atmosphere at the institute.

"He was so learned. He was so scholarly that he had an extraordinary breadth and a very deep understanding of many of the subjects like yogic science, Indian philosophy and history of mathematics", he said.

Narasimha, who was born on July 20, 1933, served as Professor of aerospace engineering at the Indian Institute of

Science (IISc) here from 1962 to 1999.

He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the country's second highest civilian honour, in 2013.

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