Madhavan Nair awarded Chugani Memorial Award

Eminent space scientist G Madhavan Nair, chairman of ISRO, has been honoured with the MM Chugani Memorial Award of the Indian Physics Association for the year 2006.

Eminent space scientist G Madhavan Nair, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has been honoured with the MM Chugani Memorial Award of the Indian Physics Association for the year 2006.

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Nair, secretary with department of space, will be presented the award on March 18 by Ashok Misra, director of the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, the association said in a statement here Friday.

The award is given for excellence in applied physics and carries a citation, gold medal and cash prize of Rs 100, 000.

This award has earlier been given to K Kasturirangan of ISRO, SK Sikka, principal scientific adviser to the government of India, Ajoy K Ghatak, IIT, New Delhi, and VC Sahni, director of Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology & Director, Physics Group of BARC.