Google Doodle Remembers ‘India’s Satellite Man’ Udupi Ramachandra Rao On His Birth Anniversary
Professor Udupi Ramachandra Rao was a space scientist who supervised the launch of India’s first satellite Aryabhata in 1975. Google Outlook Web Bureau 2021-03-10T09:35:13+05:30 Google Doodle Remembers ‘India’s Satellite Man’ Udupi Ramachandra Rao On His Birth Anniversary outlookindia.com 2021-03-10T09:46:52+05:30
Google decided to honour renowned Indian scientist Udupi Ramachandra Rao on his 89
th birth anniversary through a Google Doodle on Wednesday. Professor Rao is remembered by many as “India’s Satellite Man”.
Rao, who died in 2017, was a space scientist and chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). He was the one who supervised the launch of India’s first satellite “Aryabhata” in 1975.
Google Doodle features a sketch of Professor Udupi Ramachandra Rao with a background of shooting stars.
New Delhi:
Google is celebrating the 89th birthday of renowned Indian professor and scientist Udupi Ramachandra Rao today, remembered by many as India s Satellite Man. Professor Rao, who died in 2017, was an Indian space scientist and chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Born in a remote village of Karnataka on this day in 1932, Prof Rao began his career as a cosmic-ray physicist and protege of Dr Vikram Sarabhai, a scientist widely regarded as the father of India s space program. After completing his doctorate, Prof Rao brought his talents to the US, where he worked as a professor and conducted experiments on NASA s Pioneer and Explorer space probes, the description on Google Doodle s website reads.
Updated Mar 10, 2021 | 09:16 IST
Google has honoured India s Satellite Man Professor Udupi Ramachandra Rao on his 89th birth anniversary with a doodle. He became the first Indian inducted into the Satellite Hall of Fame in 2013. Udupi Ramachandra Rao
Google is celebrating the 89th birth anniversary of Indian professor and scientist Udupi Ramachandra Rao with a doodle. Rao who is remembered as India s Satellite Man was an Indian space scientist and chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
Professor Rao was born in a remote village of Karnataka on March 10 in 1932. He began his career as a cosmic-ray physicist and protégé of Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, a scientist widely regarded as the father of India’s space program. Rao worked as a professor in the US and conducted experiments on NASA’s Pioneer and Explorer space probes after completing his doctorate.
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Who was Prof. Udupi Ramachandra Rao?
Born at Adamaru in the state of Karnataka in 1932, U.R Rao completed his B.Sc in Government Arts and Science College in Anantpur and did his Ph.D at the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad.
He worked as a faculty member at MIT and was also the assistant professor at the University of Texas at Dallas where he carried out experiments on a number of spacecraft.
Rao returned to India in 1966 and took over the role of professor at the Physical Research Lab in Ahemdabad where he initiated an extensive high energy astronomy program.