Prime Minister Presents Astronautical Society
of India Awards

The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, during his visit to SDSC SHAR to unveil the bust of
Prof Satish Dhawan, also presented the annual awards of the Astronautical Society of India.
Dr K Kasturirangan, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and Director, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore and former Chairman of ISRO received the coveted 2003 Aryabhata Award for his outstanding life-time contribution to the promotion of astronautics
in India.

ASI awards in Rocket and Related Technologies were given to Mr R N Bhattacherjee, Director, TMS, Defence Research and Development Laboratory, Hyderabad and Mr M K G Nair, Deputy Director, Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, Valiamala, Thiruvananthapuram. The ASI award for Spacecraft & Related Technologies was given to Mr N K Malik, Deputy Director (Control and Mission), ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore while Prof Shyam Lal, Chairman, Space and Atmospheric Sciences Division, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad received the award for Space Science and Applications. Mr K Thyagarajan, Programme Director, Small Satellite Systems, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore and Mr R K Rajangam, Project Director, INSAT-4B, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore received the awards for Space Systems Management.

Prime Minister presenting the award to Dr K Kasturirangan (right), Member of Parliament (Rajya sabha) and Director, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore