Roddam Narasimha

Roddam Narasimha
Born(1933-07-20)20 July 1933
Died14 December 2020(2020-12-14) (aged 87)
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Alma materMysore University
Indian Institute of Science
California Institute of Technology
Scientific career
FieldsFluid dynamics
Thesis Some Flow Problems in Rarefied Gas Dynamics[1][2]  (1961)
Doctoral advisorHans W. Liepmann[3]
Doctoral studentsK. R. Sreenivasan[4]
Rama Govindarajan[5]

Roddam Narasimha FRS (20 July 1933 – 14 December 2020) was an Indian aerospace scientist and fluid dynamicist. He was a professor of Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science (1962–1999), director of the National Aerospace Laboratories (1984–1993) and the chairman of the Engineering Mechanics Unit at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR, 2000–2014).[6] He was the DST Year-of-Science Chair Professor at JNCASR and concurrently held the Pratt & Whitney Chair in Science and Engineering at the University of Hyderabad. Narasimha was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian award, in 2013 for his contributions to advance India's aerospace technology.[7]

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  3. ^ "Roddam Narasimha – The Mathematics Genealogy Project". Genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu. 4 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Katepalli R. Sreenivasan". Mathematics Genealogy Project. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  5. ^ Desikan, Shubashree; Kulkarni, Tanu (16 December 2020). "An intellect with a passion for learning, discussing and teaching". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 16 December 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Prof Roddam Narasimha, former Director of CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (from 1984 to 1993) is no more. – CSIR – NAL". www.nal.res.in. Archived from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Padma Awards". pib. 29 January 2013. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.