Vishnu Madav Ghatage
Vishnu Madav Ghatage | |
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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | |
Occupation | Aeronautical engineer |
Years active | 1936 - 1991 |
Known for | Aeronautical engineering |
Awards | Padma Shri National Design Award Sir Walter Pucky Prize |
Vishnu Madav Ghatage (1908–1991) was an Indian aeronautical engineer, known for his pioneering conceptual and engineering contributions to Indian aeronautics.[1][2] He led the team which designed and developed HAL HT-2, the first Indian designed and built aircraft.[1][3] He was honoured by the Government of India in 1965, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his services to the nation.[4]
Biography
Vishnu Madav Ghatage was born on 24 October 1908
In 1936, Ghatage returned to India and worked as a professor at the
Post retirement, he was involved with his private venture, Designers Private Limited, a Bangalore-based engineering design firm.
Legacy and honours
After joining HAL, Ghatage was entrusted with the responsibility of developing a glider and he developed a troop-carrying glider.
Ghatage, credited with modernising the Indian aircraft industry,[9] was the founder Head of the Department of Aeronautical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science[7] and was known to have inspired many young Indian aerospace engineers like Roddam Narasimha during his teaching days there.[11] His contributions were also reported in the establishment of the National Aerospace Laboratories, the second largest aerospace laboratory facility in India.[14]
Awards and honours
Ghatage was an elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (1945),[5] the Indian National Science Academy (1950),[8] the Aeronautical Society of India, the Royal Aeronautical Society of London and the National Institute of Sciences, India.[6] He was a member of the Institution of Engineers (India), the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, USA and the Maharashtra Academy of Sciences.[6][8]
Ghatage was a recipient of the National Design Award from the
See also
References
- ^ ISSN 0011-3891.
- ^ वक्टे, अनघा (20 May 2022). "कुतूहल : पहिले भारतीय विमानरचना शास्त्रज्ञ". Loksatta (in Marathi). Retrieved 10 June 2022.
- ^ ISBN 9788190191500.
- ^ "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Indian Academy of Sciences". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
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- ^ a b c Neeraj. General Knowledge 10. Jeevandeep Prakashan.
- ^ "vm ghatage: VM Ghatage: Indian aircraft industry's 'Bhishma Pitamaha' was an avid painter, golfer - The Economic Times". 15 October 2022. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ a b "The Hindu". The Hindu. 10 May 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ "KGA". KGA. 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
- ^ "Bharat Rakshak". Bharat Rakshak. 2015. Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
- ^ "NAL". NAL. 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
Further reading
- Raj Mahindra (1992). "Aircraft Industry Pioneer: an obituary of Vishnu Madhav Ghatge". Current Science. 62 (9): 637–638. ISSN 0011-3891.
- Pushpindar Singh (2003). History of Aviation in India: Spanning the Century of Flight. Society for Aerospace Studies. p. 330. ISBN 9788190191500.
External links
- "HT 2 Trainer Aircraft Plane V O C Park Coimbatore". YouTube video. Swaminathan Natarajan. 24 September 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2015.