A gentle stream of buddies, former colleagues from the Indian House Analysis Organisation (Isro), and political leaders throughout social gathering strains got here to the Raman Analysis Institute (RRI) in Bengaluru to pay homage to Dr Ok Kasturirangan Sunday.
Kasturirangan, 84, who served because the Isro chairman from 1994 to 2003, handed away Friday, and his cremation was held at Hebbal Sunday afternoon with full state honours.
After Nobel laureate C V Raman and radio astronomer Professor V Radhakrishnan, it was the third occasion when the mortal stays of a famous scientist have been saved at RRI.
Karnataka Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Union Training Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Deputy Chief Minister D Ok Shivakumar, state Residence Minister G Parameshwara, former Karnataka CM B S Yediyurappa, and former Union legislation minister Veerappa Moily have been amongst those that paid their final respects to Kasturirangan.
Talking on the event, Shivakumar stated, “Dr Kasturirangan’s contributions can’t be matched and there’ll by no means be one other scientist like him. Quickly, the Karnataka authorities will maintain discussions and plan methods that can preserve his identify and scientific contributions immortal.”
Former Isro chiefs A S Kiran Kumar, Ok Sivan, and S Somanath have been among the many dozen area scientists, together with different academicians, scientists and researchers who had gathered at RRI on the day.
The visionary scientist had been ailing for the final two years as a consequence of age-related problems. After his situation deteriorated final month, he had been beneath palliative care at house.
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Kasturirangan served at Isro for over three and a half a long time — a turbulent time for the Indian area company amid a number of worldwide restrictions, together with entry to cryogenic know-how. Underneath Kasturirangan’s management, Isro additionally launched into a path of self-reliance and started planning for the large missions like Chandrayaan.
Kasturirangan later turned a member of Rajya Sabha, after which a member of the erstwhile Planning Fee. He additionally served the federal government in a number of different advisory capacities — he both headed or was a part of committees that suggested the dispensation on a variety of points, together with larger schooling, know-how, in addition to setting.
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