Udipi Ramachandra Rao
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Udipi Ramachandra Rao

U R Rao
Personal information
Birth date10 March 1932(age 78)
Birth placeAdamaru, Udupi, India
ResidenceIndia
NationalityIndian
FieldsSpace science and Satellite Technology
InstitutionsIndian Space Research Organisation
Physical Research Laboratory
Known forIndian Space Program
Notable awardsPadma Bhushan (1976)

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Udupi Ramachandra Rao, popularly known as U. R. Rao ( ) is a space scientist and former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation. Presently he is the Chairman of the Governing Council of the Physical Research Laboratory at Ahmedabad, which is considered as the cradle of India's Space Program. Prof Rao was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 1976.

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Government offices
Preceded by
Satish Dhawan		ISRO Chairman
1984 - 1994		Succeeded by
K Kasturirangan

Year Positions held
1988, Chairman, PRL Council, ISRO-DOS
2005 - Chairman, Karnataka Science & Technology Academy
2007 - Additional Director, Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore
2007 - President, Centre for Space Physics, Kolkata
2006 � 2011 Chancellor, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow
2006 � 2010 Member, Central Board of Directors, Reserve Bank of India.
2007 Chairman, Governing Council of Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
1997 - Co-Chairman, Governing Council of National Center for Antarctic & Ocean Research, Goa
1981 � 2001 Member, Space Commission, Government of India
2001 � 2002 Chairman, Prasar Bharati Board
1997 � 2001 Member, Prasar Bharati Board
1998 � 2001 Member, National Security Advisory Board
1997 � 2000 Chairman, United Nations - Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN-COPUOS)
1994 � 1999 Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Distinguished Professor of the Department of Space
1984 � 1994 Chairman, Space Commission/Secretary, Department of Space, Government of India &
Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
1975 � 1984 Director, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore
1972 � 1975 Project Director, Indian Scientific Satellite Project, Bangalore
1969 � 1972 Professor, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
1966 � 1969 Associate Professor, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad.
1963 � 1966 Asst. Professor at S.W. Centre for Advanced Research, Dallas, Texas
1961 � 1963 Post Doctoral Fellow MIT, USA.


Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Satellites
Earth observationBhaskara Satellite series * IRS * Cartosat 1 * Cartosat 2 * Cartosat 2A * Cartosat 3 * Oceansat-2
CommunicationIndian National Satellite System * GSAT-1 * GSAT-2 * GSAT-3 * GSAT-4 * KALPANA-1
Space observatoryAryabhata * Astrosat
Global positioningIndian Regional Navigational Satellite System
Extraterrestrial explorationAditya * Chandrayaan-1 * Chandrayaan-2 * Mars mission
Launch vehicle
fleet
Expendable launch systemSLV * ASLV * PSLV * GSLV * GSLV-Mk III
Reusable launch systemAVATAR RLV
Human spaceflight
programme
Technology demonstrationSRE-1 * SRE-2
Crew vehicleOrbital Vehicle * Indian Space Shuttle Program
Launch vehicleGSLV-IIH
Astronomy and
planetary sciences
ObservatoriesIndian Astronomical Observatory * Ooty Radio Telescope
InstitutionsNational Atmospheric Research Laboratory
Associated
organizations
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research * Raman Research Institute * Indian Institute of Astrophysics * Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics * Department of Space * Antrix Corporation * Aerospace Command * Defence Research and Development Organisation * IIST
People
AstronautsRakesh Sharma * Ravish Malhotra
ScientistsHomi Jehangir Bhabha * Vikram Sarabhai * Satish Dhawan * Raja Ramanna * Abdul Kalam * Udipi Ramachandra Rao * K. Kasturirangan * G. Madhavan Nair * Mylswamy Annadurai * B. N. Suresh * K. Radhakrishnan
Other
Bhuvan

Recipients of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Engineering Science

H.N. Sethna (1960) * Man Mohan Suri (1962) * P. Brahm (1963) * Bal Raj Nijhawan (1964) * A.S. Rao (1965) * Jai Krishna (1966) * T.R.Anantharaman (1967) * K.R. Chakravorty (1968) * A. Bhattacharyya (1971) * Govind Swarup & Rajinder Pal Wadhwa (1972) * Man Mohan Sharma (1973) * Roddam Narasimha (1974) * Udipi Ramachandra Rao (1975) * R Kumar & V Rajaraman (1976) * S N Sheshadri& D V Singh (1978) * P Rama Rao (1979) * V S Arunachalam (1980) * S C Datta Roy (1981) * R.A. Mashelkar (1982) * K. Kasturirangan & S S Sukhatme (1983) * D D Bhawalkar & Paul Ratnasamy(1984) * P R Rao (1985) * M L Munjal (1986) * Shrikant Lele (1987) * B D Kulkarni (1988) * S. Banerjee (1989) * S.K. Pal (1990) * J B Joshi (1991) * Vivek S Borkar (1992) * D Banerjee & S.K. Bhatia (1993) * G Sundarrajan (1994) * K Chattopadhyay (1995) * D V Khakhar (1987) * Ashok Jhunjhunwala & Anurah Sharma (1998) * Atul Chokshi & Soumitro Banerjee (2003) * S Choudhari & Vivek V Ranade (2004) * Kalyanmoy Deb (2005) * Ashish Lele & Sanjay Mittal (2006) * R Govindrajan & B.S.Murthy (2007) * Ranjan Kumar Mallik (2008) * M Giridhar & Jayant R Haritsa(2009)
All the branchesBiological Science * Chemical Science * Engineering Science * Mathematical Science * Medical Science * Physical Science * Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean & Planetary Sciences



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