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4 days ago · In Short. Satish Dhawan showed how technology can be built in India, by Indians. He had supreme confidence in the ability of Indian engineers. He was considered the father of experimental fluid dynamics research in India. In the annals of Indian space history, a crucial lesson in leadership unfolded in 1979, when the first attempt to launch the ...
Jun 26, 2022 · Dr Abdul Kalam , India’s former President, was second in command to Professor Satish Dhawan on a secret mission to launch an Indian satellite in to outer space. By all accounts, Professor Dhawan was a fine man who trusted his colleagues and subordinates and brought out the best in them.
3 days ago · Satish Dhawan A Visionary Who Made Apj Abdul Kalam As Great Kalam सतीश धवन न होते तो कलाम कभी कलाम नहीं बन पाते! तब संभाला जब नाकामी से टूट गए थे
In 1972, Dhawan became chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and secretary to the Government of India at the Department of Space. APJ Abdul Kalam explained that in 1979 when he was the director of a Satellite Launch Vehicle, the mission failed to launch the satellite in the orbit. Instead, it was put into Bay of Bengal.
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam BR (/ ˈəbdʊlkəˈlɑːm / ⓘ; 15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015) was an Indian aerospace scientist and statesman who served as the 11th president of India from 2002 to 2007. Born and raised in a Muslim family in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, he studied physics and aerospace engineering.
On the birth centenary of this legendary technocrat, Ram Guha’s essay on the great man begins by recalling an anecdote that the erstwhile President of India, APJ Abdul Kalam, had narrated to him: “…in July 1979. Kalam was in charge of the project at ISRO and when some members expressed reservations about its readiness, he overruled them ...
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A story he was particularly fond of related to the launch of a satellite by the Indian Space Research Organization in July 1979. Kalam was in charge of the project at ISRO; and when some members expressed reservations about its readiness he overruled them and ordered it to go ahead.
