T. S. Prahlad

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T. S. Prahlad
Born21 May 1940
India
OccupationAerospace scientist
Known forAerodynamics, Aerospace Design
Awards
H K Firodia Award
IISc Distinguished Alumni Award
IE
Eminent Engineer Award

Tumkur Seetharamaiah Prahlad (born 21 May 1940) is an Indian aerospace scientist and the former director of the

H. K. Firodia Award from H. K. Firodia Memorial Foundation.[5]

Biography

Saras taking off

After graduating in mechanical engineering from the

GSLV. Later he moved to the Aeronautical Development Agency of the Ministry of Defence where he served as the project director of Light Combat Aircraft development programme.[2]

In 1996, Prahlada joined the National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) as its director[6] when the civil aircraft programme of the organization was facing difficulties.[3][7] With encouragement from Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, then director general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), he revived the NAL Saras programme and obtained the approval of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs in 1999.[3] Under his leadership, which lasted till 2002, NAL is known to have developed its infrastructure and transformed into a cohesive unit.[8]

Prahlad, whose researches have been documented by several articles,

Bengaluru.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Prof. T. S. PRAHLAD". Asian Fluid Mechanics Committee. 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d "Advisory Board". Enti Innovations. 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "SARAS Takes to the Skies". Science Reporter. October 2004. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ a b "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Awards by Year". H. K. Firodia Memorial Foundation. 2015. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  6. ^ "K N Raju greets his successor" (PDF). National Aerospace Laboratories. 1996. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  7. ^ "First indigenous passenger aircraft Saras rolled out". Economic Times. 4 February 2003. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  8. ^ "About Us". National Aerospace Laboratories. 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  9. doi:10.2514/6.1987-213
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  10. ISBN 9783662225684
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  11. Universität der Bundeswehr München
    . 2001. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  12. ISBN 9780521416184
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  13. ISBN 9788170239734
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  14. ^ "Focus on aircraft development: Prahlad". Indian Express. 24 September 2013. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  15. ^ "Search Of Fellows". Indian National Academy of Engineering. 2015. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  16. ^ "Complete List of Distinguished Alumnus Awardees". IISc Alumni. 2015. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

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