Eminent aerospace scientist and Padma Vibhushan awardee Roddam Narasimha died at a private hospital here on Monday, doctors said. He was 87.
President Pranab Mukherjee presents Padma Vibhushan to Roddam Narasimha. (PTI file photo)
He was admitted to the hospital on December 8 after he suffered a brain haemorrhage.
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The scientist, who served at the prestigious Indian Institute of Science (IISc), breathed his last at 8.30 pm, neurologist Dr Sunil V Furtado said.
“When he was brought to our hospital, he was in a very critical stage. There was bleeding inside his brain,” Dr Furtado, neurosurgeon and senior consultant at the Ramaiah Memorial Hospital in the city, told PTI.
According to him, Narasimha had a heart-related ailment and suffered a brain stroke in 2018 as well.
He is survived by his wife and a daughter.
Born on July 20, 1933, Prof Narasimha made a mark in the field of aerospace and as a fluid dynamicist. He taught Aerospace Engineering at the IISc from 1962 to 1999. He also served as the director of the National Aerospace Laboratories from 1984 to 1993.
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He was the chairperson of the Engineering Mechanics unit at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) in Bengaluru from 2000 to 2014.
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He was the chairperson of the Engineering Mechanics unit at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) in Bengaluru from 2000 to 2014.
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Considering his contribution, the central government bestowed on him Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award of India, in 2013.
According to his family friends, Narasimha was in the league of the Missile Man of India and former president Dr A P J Abdul Kalam.
Dr Kalam and Prof Narasimha had together authored a book --”Developments In Fluid Mechanics and Space Technology”.
He was also a good friend of eminent scientist and Bharat Ratna awardee Dr C N R Rao. He was the student of Indian rocket scientist Prof Satish Dhawan.
His family members said the last rites will be performed on Tuesday.
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