Let us shift our attention away from the lander to Chandrayaan-3, the satellite that carried it there, and to the story of India’s satellite dream, which began in 1972 in six rough industrial sheds outside Bengaluru | Latest News India
Let us shift our attention away from the lander to Chandrayaan-3, the satellite that carried it there, and to the story of India’s satellite dream, which began in 1972 in six rough industrial sheds outside Bengaluru | Latest News India
Google Doodle Remembers ‘India’s Satellite Man’ Udupi Ramachandra Rao On His Birth Anniversary
Professor Udupi Ramachandra Rao was a space scientist who supervised the launch of India’s first satellite Aryabhata in 1975. Google Outlook Web Bureau 2021-03-10T09:35:13+05:30 Google Doodle Remembers ‘India’s Satellite Man’ Udupi Ramachandra Rao On His Birth Anniversary outlookindia.com 2021-03-10T09:46:52+05:30
Google decided to honour renowned Indian scientist Udupi Ramachandra Rao on his 89
th birth anniversary through a Google Doodle on Wednesday. Professor Rao is remembered by many as “India’s Satellite Man”.
Rao, who died in 2017, was a space scientist and chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). He was the one who supervised the launch of India’s first satellite “Aryabhata” in 1975.
Updated Mar 10, 2021 | 13:15 IST
For his landmark achievements in space technology, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 1976 and Padma Vibhushan in 2017. Who is Prof. Udupi Ramachandra Rao? | Photo Credit: BCCL
Google on Wednesday honored one of India s greatest scientists, who is also remembered as Satellite Man , with a doodle.
Google celebrated the 89th birth anniversary of professor and scientist Udupi Ramachandra Rao, who was an Indian space scientist and former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
Rao was born in a remote village of Karnataka in 1932. He received his primary education at Adamaru and went on to complete his B.SC. in Govert Arts and Science College, Anantpur. For his higher studies, he went to Banaras Hindu University and completed his M.Sc. Rao did his Ph.D. at the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad under the guidance of Dr. Vikram Sarabhai.
Google Doodle features a sketch of Professor Udupi Ramachandra Rao with a background of shooting stars.
New Delhi:
Google is celebrating the 89th birthday of renowned Indian professor and scientist Udupi Ramachandra Rao today, remembered by many as India s Satellite Man. Professor Rao, who died in 2017, was an Indian space scientist and chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Born in a remote village of Karnataka on this day in 1932, Prof Rao began his career as a cosmic-ray physicist and protege of Dr Vikram Sarabhai, a scientist widely regarded as the father of India s space program. After completing his doctorate, Prof Rao brought his talents to the US, where he worked as a professor and conducted experiments on NASA s Pioneer and Explorer space probes, the description on Google Doodle s website reads.