Udupi Ramachandra Rao Age, Death, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More » StarsUnfolded

other names UR Rao surname Rao Bhava, Ramudu earned a name satellite man of india profession Indian space scientist Famous for • President of the Indian Space Research Organization from 1984 to 1994

• India’s first satellite launch in 1975 Aryabhata pioneered

• The film ‘Rocketry: The Nambi Effect’ which was released on 1 July 2022, in which Mohan Raman played the role of Udupi Ramachandra Rao.

physical statistics and more eye color black hair color semi bald career positions held • President of the Governing Council of the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad and the Nehru Planetarium in Bangalore

• Chancellor of the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) in Thiruvananthapuram

• General President of the Indian Science Congress Association, West Bengal (1995)

• Vice President of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), Paris (1984–1992)

• Co-Chair, National Center for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Goa (2012)

• First President of Prasar Bharati, New Delhi (2002)

• President of Karnataka Academy of Science and Technology

• President of Bangalore Association of Science Education-JNP

• Vice Chancellor of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow

• Member, Central Board of Directors, Reserve Bank of India

• Additional Director, Reserve Bank of India Note Mudran Private Limited, Bangalore

• Chairman of the Governing Council of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune

Awards, Honors, Achievements • Padma Bhushan (1976)

• Padma Vibhushan (2017)

• He was given the Life Time Achievement Award instituted by ISRO and the Astronautical Society of India (ASI) by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.
• On 19 March 2013, he became the first Indian to receive the Satellite Hall of Fame in Washington at a ceremony organized by the Society of Satellite Professionals International.

• He won many national awards including Electronics Man of the Year Award (1994), Aryabhatta Award (1995), Jawaharlal Nehru Award (1995), Press Bureau of India Award (2003) by ELCINA. Some of the international awards won by him are Group Achievement Award (1973) by NASA, USA, Frank J Malina Award (1994), ISPRS’s Eduard Dolezal Award (2000), Theodor von Karman Award which is the highest award of the International Academy of Sciences. Astronautics (2005), and much more.

• In 2004, he was ranked by the American magazine, Space News, among the top 10 international figures for making a difference in the civil, commerce and military space in the world since 1989.

personal life Date of birth 10 March 1932 (Thursday) birth place Adamaru, Udupi District, Karnataka (then South Canara District, Madras Presidency, British India) date of death 24 July 2017 place of death Indiranagar, Bangalore, Karnataka Age (at the time of death) 85 years cause of death Chronic illness and age-related issues Zodiac sign Pisces nationality Indian hometown Adamaru, Udupi District, Karnataka (then South Canara District, Madras Presidency, British India) school • Christian High School, Udupi
• Veerashaiva College, Karnataka university • University of Madras (1952)
• Banaras Hindu University (1954)
• Gujarat University (1960) educational qualification) • Bachelor of Science
• master of Science
• Doctor of Philosophy Religion Hindu religion Caste Brahmin relationships and more Marital Status (at the time of death) married family wife/husband/wife Yashoda Rao (Scientist)
Children Son– Madani
daughter– Garland Guardian father– Laxminarayan Acharya (worked in the hotel)
Mother– Krishnaveni Amma siblings brother– 3
• Krishnamurthy Acharya (Police Officer)
• Vitthal Acharya
• Shripati Acharya