Satellite Man of India
Satellite Man of India The tech giant Google is celebrating the 89th birthday of renowned Indian professor and scientist "Udupi Ramachandra Rao" on march 10, 2021 through its "Google Doodle". Udupi Ramachandra Rao was space scientist and chairman of the Indian space Research Organization. He is well known for Indian Space Program. 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. On March 19, 2013, he was also the first Indian Space scientist to be inducted into the "Satellite Hall of Fame" at Washington. After taking charge as chairman, space Commission and Secretary, Department of space in 1985, Rao accelerated the development of rocket technology resulting in the successful launch of ASLV rocket in 1992. He was also responsible for t...