The Aryabhata Award or Aryabhatta Award is an annual award, presented to individuals with notable lifetime contributions in the field of

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and aerospace technology in

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. It was instituted by the Astronautical Society of India (ASI) ''(estd.1990)'', an International Astronautical Federation's member ''(since 1958)''. The award usually is presented by

Minister of State Minister of State is a title borne by politicians in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a Minister of State is a Junior Minister of government, who is assigned to assist a specific Cabinet Minister. In ...

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. The award consists of a citation and Rs.One lakh in cash.

History

The award is named after the fifth century Indian astronomer and

mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, mathematical structure, structure, space, Mathematica ...

Aryabhata Aryabhata ( ISO: ) or Aryabhata I (476–550 CE) was an Indian mathematician and astronomer of the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. He flourished in the Gupta Era and produced works such as the '' Aryabhatiya'' (whi ...

, and in commemoration of the first Indian satellite

(launched 19 April 1975).

Award winners

* P. D. Bhavsar (1999) * R.P. Shenoy (2000) * Roddam Narasimha (2004) * P.S. Goel (2005) *

Pramod Kale Pramod Kale (born 4 March 1941) is an Indian engineer who has worked for the Indian Space Research Organisation in various leadership roles. Early life and education He was born on 4 March 1941 in Pune, India. Kale completed his matriculatio ...

(2006) *

A. E. Muthunayagam Dr. A. E. Muthunayagam (born on 11 January 1939) is a leading space scientist in the Indian Space Research Organisation and the chief architect of rocket propulsion in India. He was responsible for the creation of Liquid Propulsion Systems Ce ...

(2010) *

V. K. Saraswat Vijay Kumar Saraswat is an Indian scientist who formerly served as the Director General of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Indian Minister of Defence. He retired on 31 May 2003 a ...

(2011) * Ranganath R. Navalgund (2012) * Avinash Chander (2016)

References

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History

Award winners

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