Venkatraman Radhakrishnan

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Venkataraman Radhakrishnan
Born	(1929-05-18)18 May 1929 Madras, Madras Presidency, British India (now Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India)
Died	3 March 2011(2011-03-03) (aged 81) Bangalore (now Bengaluru), Karnataka, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Mysore University
Spouse	Francoise-Dominique Barnard [d]
Parents	C.V. Raman (father) Lokasundari Ammal [d] (mother)
Relatives	Chandrasekhar Raman [d] (brother)
Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy, astrophysics

Venkataraman Radhakrishnan (18 May 1929 – 3 March 2011) was an Indian space scientist and Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences member.^[1] He retired from his career as professor emeritus of the Raman Research Institute in Bangalore, India, of which he had previously been director from 1972 to 1994 and which is named after his father. He served on various committees in various capacities including as the vice president of the International Astronomical Union during 1988–1994. He was also a Foreign Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. He was an Associate of the Royal Astronomical Society and a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore.