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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.
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For his landmark achievements in space technology, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 1976 and Padma Vibhushan in 2017. Who is Prof. Udupi Ramachandra Rao? | Photo Credit: BCCL
Google on Wednesday honored one of India s greatest scientists, who is also remembered as Satellite Man , with a doodle.
Google celebrated the 89th birth anniversary of professor and scientist Udupi Ramachandra Rao, who was an Indian space scientist and former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
Rao was born in a remote village of Karnataka in 1932. He received his primary education at Adamaru and went on to complete his B.SC. in Govert Arts and Science College, Anantpur. For his higher studies, he went to Banaras Hindu University and completed his M.Sc. Rao did his Ph.D. at the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad under the guidance of Dr. Vikram Sarabhai.