Nilamber Pant
Nilamber Pant | |
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| Born | 25 July 1931 ISRO Lifetime Achievement Award |
Nilamber Pant (born 25 July 1931) is an Indian space scientist, a former member of the Space Commission of India and a pioneer of satellite based communication and broadcasting in India.Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).[2] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1984.[3]
Biography
Pant was born in
Pant served as the Director of the Experimental Satellite Communications Earth Station, Ahmedabad and as the Chairman of the Communication Area,
Indian Space Research Organization, a post he held till his superannuation on 31 July 1991.[1]
Pant received the Shri Hari Om Ashram Prerit Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Research Award in 1976
See also
- Satish Dhawan Space Centre
- ISRO Satellite Centre
- Indian Space Research Organization
- Rohini (satellite)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Shri N. Pant". Space Applications Centre, ISRO. 2015. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ a b "President at home". The Hindu. 6 May 2005. Retrieved 18 July 2015.[dead link]
- ^ Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original(PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ "Padma Awards from Uttarakhand". Apna Uttarakhand. 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ^ "SLV-3: Pyre in the sky". India Today. 30 June 1981. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ^ "SLV". ISRO. 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ^ "Aryabhata Awards". Astronautical Society of India. 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ^ "40th Anniversary of Aryabhata Launch". 2015. ISRO. Retrieved 19 July 2015.