THE ROLE OF NAMBI NARAYANAN IN CRYOGENIC ENGINE OF ROCKETS
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INTRODUCTION: PSLV, GSLV, and GSLV Mark 3, all three of India's operational spacefaring rockets have one technical feature in common - all of them (in one stage or another) is powered by the 'Vikas' Engine. The liquid-fuelled Vikas Engine is a mainstay of all Indian rockets and continues to do so, to date. 'Padma Bhushan'(India's third highest civilian award) recipient Nambi Narayanan (now aged 80) is the scientist who led his team to develop the Vikas Engine and help India leapfrog into the era of PSLV rockets. He also envisioned and worked towards developing a significantly more advanced Cryogenic Engine indigenously, to help India launch heavier satellites to higher orbits. BACKGROUND OF DR. NAMBI NARAYANAN: Hailing from a modest family in Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, Narayanan was a brilliant student and had a particular interest in Mathematics. After completing his Engineering at the Thyagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, he went on to work as a trainee ...
