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K. Kasturirangan Biography: Early Life, ISRO Chairman, Space Missions, Education Policy and Legacy
K. Kasturirangan biography: born 24 October 1940 in Kerala, the space scientist led ISRO for nine years and chaired the committee that…
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Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Biography: Age, Early Life, Ribosome Research, Nobel Prize and Books
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan biography: born in 1952 in Tamil Nadu, the Baroda-educated scientist won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for revealing the…
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Anil Kakodkar Biography: Age, Early Life, Nuclear Programme, Pokhran Tests and Awards
Anil Kakodkar biography: born 11 November 1943 in Madhya Pradesh, the nuclear engineer led India's Atomic Energy Commission and played a key…
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S. Somanath Biography: Age, Early Life, ISRO Career, Chandrayaan-3 and Awards
S. Somanath biography: born in July 1963 in Kerala, the rocket engineer was ISRO chairman when Chandrayaan-3 landed near the Moon's south…
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K. Sivan Biography: Age, Early Life, ISRO Career, Chandrayaan-2 and Awards
K. Sivan biography: born 14 April 1957 in a Tamil Nadu village, the farmer's son became ISRO chairman and led the Chandrayaan-2…
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Vikram Sarabhai Biography: Early Life, ISRO, Space Programme, Family and Legacy
Vikram Sarabhai biography: born 12 August 1919 in Ahmedabad, the physicist founded India's space programme and built institutions such as PRL and…
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Srinivasa Ramanujan Biography: Early Life, Mathematics, Cambridge, Death and Legacy
Srinivasa Ramanujan biography: born 22 December 1887 in Erode, the self-taught genius from Kumbakonam became one of the greatest mathematicians in history.
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C. V. Raman Biography: Early Life, Raman Effect, Nobel Prize, Institutes and Legacy
C. V. Raman biography: born 7 November 1888 in Tiruchirappalli, the physicist discovered the Raman effect and became the first Asian to…
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Homi Bhabha Biography: Early Life, Physics, India’s Nuclear Programme and Legacy
Homi Bhabha biography: the father of India's nuclear programme and founder of TIFR.
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Kalpana Chawla Biography: Early Life, NASA Career, Columbia and Legacy
Kalpana Chawla biography: the first woman of Indian origin in space.