IIT-Madras honours 12 alumni who were part of Chandrayaan-3 project
The HinduTwelve alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology - Madras, who were part of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, interacted with government school and college students at an event here on Sunday. S. Unnikrishnan Nair, director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, and P. Veeramuthuvel, project director, Chandrayaan-3, spoke on the plan for Gaganyaan test at Sriharikota. Other alumni who were honoured included P. Arun Kumar, deputy director, earth storable engines and stages; John Tharakan, liquid propulsion systems centre ; Abdul Hameed, U.R. Rao Satellite Centre ; Rajeev Senan C., division head, monopropellant systems and component division, LPSC; Shamrao, scientist, URSC; H.M. Raghavendra Prasad, scientist/engineer, head, mechanism assembly section, spacecraft mechanisms group, URSC; S. Mathavaraj, scientist, URSC; R. Karthik, scientist, LPSC; B.S.