R. Aravamudan

In this Indian name, the name Ramabhadran is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Aravamudan.

R. Aravamudan
Born(1936-10-07)7 October 1936
Madras, British Raj
Died4 August 2021(2021-08-04) (aged 84)
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Occupation(s)Space scientist and engineer

Ramabhadran Aravamudan (7 October 1936 – 4 August 2021)[1] was an Indian space scientist and engineer who was associated with the Indian space programme from its initial days in 1962.[2] Through his career he served as the director of the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, and the ISRO Satellite centre. He was a recipient of the 2009 Aryabhata Award from the Astronautical Society of India.

  1. ^ R. Aravamudan, one of ISRO's early pioneers, no more
  2. ^ "Space.india: 40 years of Indian Space Programme" (PDF). ISRO. October–December 2003.