Professor Satish Dhawan

🟣Prof. Satish Dhawan was an Indian rocket scientist, who born on September 25, 1920 in Srinagar.
🟣He is considered by the Indian scientific community to be the father of experimental fluid dynamics research in India and one of the most eminent researchers in the field of turbulence and boundary layers.
🟣He succeeded Vikram Sarabhai, the founder of the 'Indian Space Programme', as the Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in the year 1972.
🟣He was also the Chairman of the 'Space Commission' and Secretary to the Government of India in the 'Department of Space' from 1972 to 1984.
🟣In the decade following his appointment, he guided the Indian space program through a period of extraordinary growth and spectacular achievement. Even when he was the head of the Indian space programme, he made considerable efforts for 'Boundary Layer Research'.
🟣His most important contribution has been presented in Hermann Schlichting's seminal book 'Boundary Layer Theory'. 
🟣He was a popular professor at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) located in Bangalore. He is credited with setting up the first supersonic wind tunnel in India at IISc.
🟣His efforts led to operational systems like INSAT (a telecommunication satellite), IRS (Indian Remote Sensing Satellite) and PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle), which placed India in the league of spacefaring nations.
🟣After his death in 2002, the 'Indian Satellite Launch Centre' in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, located about 100 km north of Chennai in South India, was renamed 'Prof. It was renamed as 'Satish Dhawan Space Centre'.
🟣He was also honored with 'Padma Vibhushan' in 1981 and 'Indira Gandhi Award for National Unity' in 1999.
🟣Prof. Satish Dhawan died on January 3, 2002.