Satish Dhawan

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Satish Dhawan
Born	(1920-09-25)25 September 1920 Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India (Present-day Jammu and Kashmir, India)
Died	3 January 2002(2002-01-03) (aged 81) Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Alma mater	University of Punjab (BA, MA,) Punjab Engineering College (BE) University of Minnesota (MS) California Institute of Technology (PhD)
Known for	Indian space programme
Awards	Padma Bhushan(1971) Padma Vibhushan(1981)
Scientific career
Fields	Mechanical and aerospace Engineering
Institutions	Indian Space Research Organisation Indian Institute of Science California Institute of Technology National Aerospace Laboratories
Thesis	Direct Measurements of Skin Friction  (1951)
Doctoral advisor	Hans W. Liepmann
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Satish Dhawan (25 September 1920 – 3 January 2002) was an Indian mathematician and aerospace engineer, widely regarded as the father of experimental fluid dynamics research in India. Born in Srinagar, Dhawan was educated in India and further on in United States. Dhawan was one of the most eminent researchers in the field of turbulence and boundary layers, leading the successful and indigenous development of the Indian space programme. He succeeded M. G. K. Menon, as the third chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in 1972. The second launch pad of ISRO, Satish Dhawan space centre is named after him. He is greatly regarded as the man behind A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.^{[citation needed]}