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In that capacity, he also served as the Scientific Advisor to the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(India)" title="Ministry of Defence (India)">Defence Minister</a> (<i>Raksha Mantri</i>). He is a recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Vibhushan" title="Padma Vibhushan">Padma Vibhushan</a> award.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=V._K._Aatre&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Aatre was born in 1939 in <a href="/wiki/Bangalore" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a>. He completed his <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Engineering" title="Bachelor of Engineering">BE</a> in <a href="/wiki/Electrical_engineering" title="Electrical engineering">electrical engineering</a> from <a href="/wiki/University_Visvesvaraya_College_of_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering">University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering</a> (UVCE), Bangalore, then part of <a href="/wiki/University_of_Mysore" title="University of Mysore">University of Mysore</a> in 1961 and a master's degree from the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Science" title="Indian Institute of Science">Indian Institute of Science</a> (IISc), Bangalore, in 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-Dr._3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dr.-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was awarded a <a href="/wiki/PhD" class="mw-redirect" title="PhD">PhD</a> in electrical engineering from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Waterloo" title="University of Waterloo">University of Waterloo</a>, Canada, in 1967. Thereafter, he worked as a professor of electrical engineering at the <a href="/wiki/Technical_University_of_Nova_Scotia" title="Technical University of Nova Scotia">Technical University of Nova Scotia</a>, <a href="/wiki/City_of_Halifax" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Halifax">Halifax</a>, Canada, until 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-Dr._3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dr.-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a visiting professor at IISc till 1977. He is a former member of the <a href="/wiki/Defence_Research_%26_Development_Service" title="Defence Research & Development Service">Defence Research & Development Service</a> (DRDS).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1980, Aatre joined DRDO at the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Physical_%26_Oceanographic_Laboratory" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Physical & Oceanographic Laboratory">Naval Physical & Oceanographic Laboratory</a> (NPOL), <a href="/wiki/Cochin" class="mw-redirect" title="Cochin">Cochin</a>, and became its director in 1984. He was later appointed as chief controller (R&D) of DRDO. In February 2000, he replaced <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Kalam" class="mw-redirect" title="Abdul Kalam">Abdul Kalam</a> as the director general of DRDO and SA to RM, serving as scientific advisor to the then Defence Minister, <a href="/wiki/George_Fernandes" title="George Fernandes">George Fernandes</a>. He retired in October 2004 and was replaced by Dr. M. Natrajan.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_President,_Shri_Pranab_Mukherjee_presenting_the_Padma_Vibhushan_Award_to_Dr._Vasudev_Kalkunte_Aatre,_at_a_Civil_Investiture_Ceremony,_at_Rashtrapati_Bhavan,_in_New_Delhi_on_April_12,_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/The_President%2C_Shri_Pranab_Mukherjee_presenting_the_Padma_Vibhushan_Award_to_Dr._Vasudev_Kalkunte_Aatre%2C_at_a_Civil_Investiture_Ceremony%2C_at_Rashtrapati_Bhavan%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_April_12%2C_2016.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/The_President%2C_Shri_Pranab_Mukherjee_presenting_the_Padma_Vibhushan_Award_to_Dr._Vasudev_Kalkunte_Aatre%2C_at_a_Civil_Investiture_Ceremony%2C_at_Rashtrapati_Bhavan%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_April_12%2C_2016.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/The_President%2C_Shri_Pranab_Mukherjee_presenting_the_Padma_Vibhushan_Award_to_Dr._Vasudev_Kalkunte_Aatre%2C_at_a_Civil_Investiture_Ceremony%2C_at_Rashtrapati_Bhavan%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_April_12%2C_2016.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="1647" /></a><figcaption>The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Vibhushan Award to Dr. Vasudev Kalkunte Aatre, at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 12, 2016</figcaption></figure> <p>Aatre was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a> award in 2000 by the then <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President</a> <a href="/wiki/K._R._Narayanan" title="K. R. Narayanan">K. R. Narayanan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dr._3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dr.-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was bestowed with <a href="/wiki/Padma_Vibhushan" title="Padma Vibhushan">Padma Vibhushan</a> award, India's second highest civilian award in 2016. He is now chairman of <a href="/w/index.php?title=NIT_Goa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NIT Goa (page does not exist)">NIT Goa</a> and IIEST SHIBPUR, Howrah.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Science_and_Technology_Academy" title="Karnataka Science and Technology Academy">Karnataka Science and Technology</a> awarded him with the academy's Lifetime Achievement Award for 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=V._K._Aatre&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fire-control_system" title="Fire-control system">Fire-control</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swordfish_Long_Range_Tracking_Radar" title="Swordfish Long Range Tracking Radar">Swordfish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Radar" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajendra Radar">Rajendra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/QRSAM" title="QRSAM">BMFR</a></li> <li>Atulya ADFCR</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Airborne</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HAL_Tejas#Radar" title="HAL Tejas">LCA MMR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Research_and_Development_Organisation#Radars" title="Defence Research and Development Organisation">SV-2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DRDO_AEW%26CS" title="DRDO AEW&CS">Netra AEW&CS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uttam_AESA_Radar" title="Uttam AESA Radar">Uttam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Software" title="Software">Software</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/DRDO_NETRA" title="DRDO NETRA">NETRA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_military_missiles" title="List of Indian military missiles">Missile systems</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ballistic_missile" title="Ballistic missile">Ballistic missiles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Agni_(missile)" title="Agni (missile)">Agni</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agni-I" title="Agni-I">Agni-I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agni-II" title="Agni-II">Agni-II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agni-III" title="Agni-III">Agni-III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agni-IV" title="Agni-IV">Agni-IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agni-V" title="Agni-V">Agni-V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agni-VI" title="Agni-VI">Agni-VI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agni-P" title="Agni-P">Agni-P</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Prithvi_missile" class="mw-redirect" title="Prithvi missile">Prithvi</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prithvi_missile#Prithvi_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Prithvi missile">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prithvi_missile#Prithvi_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Prithvi missile">II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prithvi_missile#Prithvi_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Prithvi missile">III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Integrated_Guided_Missile_Development_Program#Dhanush_.28prithvi_III_missile.29" class="mw-redirect" title="Integrated Guided Missile Development Program">Dhanush</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Short-range_ballistic_missile" title="Short-range ballistic missile">SRBM</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nirbhay_missile" class="mw-redirect" title="Nirbhay missile">Nirbhay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BrahMos" title="BrahMos">BrahMos</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BrahMos-II" title="BrahMos-II">II</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HSTDV" class="mw-redirect" title="HSTDV">HSTDV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Air-to-air_missile" title="Air-to-air missile">Air-to-air missiles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Astra_missile" class="mw-redirect" title="Astra missile">Astra BVRAAM</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Anti-tank_guided_missile" title="Anti-tank guided missile">Anti-tank missiles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/DRDO_Anti_Tank_Missile" title="DRDO Anti Tank Missile">DRDO Anti Tank Missile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MPATGM" title="MPATGM">MPATGM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nag_(missile)" title="Nag (missile)">Nag</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Surface-to-air_missile" title="Surface-to-air missile">Surface-to-air</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akash_missile" class="mw-redirect" title="Akash missile">Akash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akash-NG" title="Akash-NG">Akash-NG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trishul_(missile)" title="Trishul (missile)">Trishul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barak_8" title="Barak 8">Barak 8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/QRSAM" title="QRSAM">QRSAM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VL-SRSAM" title="VL-SRSAM">VL-SRSAM</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Air-to-surface_missile" title="Air-to-surface missile">Air-to-surface</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BrahMos#Variants" title="BrahMos">BrahMos-A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nag_(missile)#Variants" title="Nag (missile)">Helina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudram-1_(missile)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rudram-1 (missile)">Rudram-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SMART_(missile)" title="SMART (missile)">SMART</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Anti-ballistic_missile" title="Anti-ballistic missile">Anti-ballistic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Ballistic_Missile_Defence_Programme#Prithvi_Air_Defence_(PAD)" title="Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme">Prithvi Air Defence</a> (PAD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Ballistic_Missile_Defence_Programme#Advanced_Air_Defence_(AAD)" title="Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme">Advanced Air Defence</a> (AAD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Ballistic_Missile_Defence_Programme#Prithvi_Defence_Vehicle_Mark_2" title="Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme">PDV Mk.2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Torpedo" title="Torpedo">Torpedoes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Advanced_Light_Torpedo_Shyena" class="mw-redirect" title="Advanced Light Torpedo Shyena">TAL</a></li> <li>ALWT</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varunastra_(Torpedo)" class="mw-redirect" title="Varunastra (Torpedo)">Varunastra HWT</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bomb" title="Bomb">Bombs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Precision-guided_munition" title="Precision-guided munition">Precision guided</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sudarshan_laser-guided_bomb" title="Sudarshan laser-guided bomb">Sudarshan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DRDO_Smart_Anti-Airfield_Weapon" title="DRDO Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon">Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Speed_Low_Drag_Bomb" title="High Speed Low Drag Bomb">PG-HSLD</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General purpose</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/High_Speed_Low_Drag_Bomb" title="High Speed Low Drag Bomb">HSLD-100/250/450/500</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Scientists" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Scientists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Maj General <a href="/wiki/Ranjit_Lal_Jetley" title="Ranjit Lal Jetley">Ranjit Lal Jetley</a></li> <li><a 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Chakravarti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waman_Dattatreya_Patwardhan" title="Waman Dattatreya Patwardhan">Waman Dattatreya Patwardhan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Engines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gas_Turbine_Research_Establishment#Products" title="Gas Turbine Research Establishment">GTX 37-14U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GTRE_GTX-35VS_Kaveri" title="GTRE GTX-35VS Kaveri">GTX-35VS Kaveri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gas_Turbine_Research_Establishment#Kaveri_Marine_Gas_Turbine_(KMGT)" title="Gas Turbine Research Establishment">Kaveri Marine Gas Turbine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Research_and_Development_Organisation#GATET_engine" title="Defence Research and Development Organisation">GATET engine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Important programmes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Project_Indigo" title="Project Indigo">Project Indigo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Valiant" title="Project Valiant">Project Valiant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Devil" title="Project Devil">Project Devil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Integrated_Guided_Missile_Development_Programme" title="Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme">IGMDP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Ballistic_Missile_Defence_Programme" title="Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme">Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DRDO_Young_Scientist_Laboratories" title="DRDO Young Scientist Laboratories">DYSLs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Integrated_Guided_Missile_Development_Programme" title="Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme">Indian Missile Programme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Armed_Forces" title="Indian Armed Forces">Indian Armed Forces</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Recipients_of_Padma_Vibhushan" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Padma_Vibhushan_Awards" title="Template:Padma Vibhushan Awards"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Padma_Vibhushan_Awards" title="Template talk:Padma Vibhushan Awards"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Padma_Vibhushan_Awards" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Padma Vibhushan Awards"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Recipients_of_Padma_Vibhushan" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Vibhushan_award_recipients" title="List of Padma Vibhushan award recipients">Recipients</a> of <a href="/wiki/Padma_Vibhushan" title="Padma Vibhushan">Padma Vibhushan</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Arts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ebrahim_Alkazi" title="Ebrahim Alkazi">Ebrahim Alkazi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kishori_Amonkar" title="Kishori Amonkar">Kishori Amonkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prabha_Atre" title="Prabha Atre">Prabha Atre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan" title="Amitabh Bachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teejan_Bai" title="Teejan Bai">Teejan Bai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Balamuralikrishna" title="M. 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K. Laxman">R. K. Laxman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birju_Maharaj" title="Birju Maharaj">Birju Maharaj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kishan_Maharaj" title="Kishan Maharaj">Kishan Maharaj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lata_Mangeshkar" title="Lata Mangeshkar">Lata Mangeshkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonal_Mansingh" title="Sonal Mansingh">Sonal Mansingh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mallikarjun_Mansur" title="Mallikarjun Mansur">Mallikarjun Mansur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zubin_Mehta" title="Zubin Mehta">Zubin Mehta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mario_Miranda" title="Mario Miranda">Mario Miranda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chhannulal_Mishra" title="Chhannulal Mishra">Chhannulal Mishra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelucharan_Mohapatra" title="Kelucharan Mohapatra">Kelucharan Mohapatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghunath_Mohapatra" title="Raghunath Mohapatra">Raghunath Mohapatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasraj" title="Jasraj">Jasraj Motiram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benode_Behari_Mukherjee" title="Benode Behari Mukherjee">Benode Behari Mukherjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hrishikesh_Mukherjee" title="Hrishikesh Mukherjee">Hrishikesh Mukherjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajinikanth" title="Rajinikanth">Rajinikanth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Narayan" title="Ram Narayan">Ram Narayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._K._Pattammal" title="D. 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Shantaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shivkumar_Sharma" title="Shivkumar Sharma">Shivkumar Sharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umayalpuram_K._Sivaraman" title="Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman">Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Subbulakshmi" title="M. S. Subbulakshmi">M. S. Subbulakshmi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._G._Subramanyan" title="K. G. Subramanyan">K. G. Subramanyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kapila_Vatsyayan" title="Kapila Vatsyayan">Kapila Vatsyayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homai_Vyarawalla" title="Homai Vyarawalla">Homai Vyarawalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._J._Yesudas" title="K. J. Yesudas">K. J. Yesudas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Civil service</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bimala_Prasad_Chaliha" title="Bimala Prasad Chaliha">Bimala Prasad Chaliha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naresh_Chandra" title="Naresh Chandra">Naresh Chandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._N._Chaturvedi" title="T. N. Chaturvedi">T. N. Chaturvedi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayanto_Nath_Chaudhuri" title="Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri">Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suranjan_Das" title="Suranjan Das">Suranjan Das</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajeshwar_Dayal" title="Rajeshwar Dayal">Rajeshwar Dayal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basanti_Devi" title="Basanti Devi">Basanti Devi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._N._Dhar" title="P. N. Dhar">P. N. 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Varadaraja Rao">V. K. R. V. 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Sivaraman">Balaram Sivaraman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Prasad_Srivastava" title="Chandrika Prasad Srivastava">Chandrika Prasad Srivastava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Swaminathan" title="T. Swaminathan">T. Swaminathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arun_Shridhar_Vaidya" title="Arun Shridhar Vaidya">Arun Shridhar Vaidya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dharma_Vira" title="Dharma Vira">Dharma Vira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narinder_Nath_Vohra" title="Narinder Nath Vohra">Narinder Nath Vohra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Literature and <br />education</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/V._S._R._Arunachalam" title="V. S. R. Arunachalam">V. S. R. 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N. V. Kurup">O. N. V. Kurup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prasanta_Chandra_Mahalanobis" title="Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis">Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitakant_Mahapatra" title="Sitakant Mahapatra">Sitakant Mahapatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mathai" class="mw-redirect" title="John Mathai">John Mathai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kotha_Satchidananda_Murthy" class="mw-redirect" title="Kotha Satchidananda Murthy">Kotha Satchidananda Murthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giani_Gurmukh_Singh_Musafir" class="mw-redirect" title="Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir">Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basanti_Dulal_Nagchaudhuri" title="Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri">Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bal_Ram_Nanda" title="Bal Ram Nanda">Bal Ram Nanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._K._Narayan" title="R. K. Narayan">R. K. Narayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Parameswaran" title="P. Parameswaran">P. 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Shanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vithal_Nagesh_Shirodkar" title="Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar">Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Narain_Tandon" title="Prakash Narain Tandon">Prakash Narain Tandon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brihaspati_Dev_Triguna" title="Brihaspati Dev Triguna">Brihaspati Dev Triguna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Valiathan" title="M. S. Valiathan">M. S. Valiathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Mahalanabis" title="Dilip Mahalanabis">Dilip Mahalanabis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sunderlal_Bahuguna" title="Sunderlal Bahuguna">Sunderlal Bahuguna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._K._S._Iyengar" title="B. K. S. Iyengar">B. K. S. Iyengar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rambhadracharya" title="Rambhadracharya">Rambhadracharya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar_(spiritual_leader)" title="Ravi Shankar (spiritual leader)">Ravi Shankar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishwesha_Teertha" class="mw-redirect" title="Vishwesha Teertha">Vishwesha Teertha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaggi_Vasudev" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaggi Vasudev">Jaggi Vasudev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._V._Doshi" title="B. V. Doshi">B. V. Doshi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Public affairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/L._K._Advani" title="L. K. Advani">L. K. Advani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montek_Singh_Ahluwalia" title="Montek Singh Ahluwalia">Montek Singh Ahluwalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aruna_Asaf_Ali" title="Aruna Asaf Ali">Aruna Asaf Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fazal_Ali" class="mw-redirect" title="Fazal Ali">Fazal Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adarsh_Sein_Anand" title="Adarsh Sein Anand">Adarsh Sein Anand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhav_Shrihari_Aney" title="Madhav Shrihari Aney">Madhav Shrihari Aney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkash_Singh_Badal" title="Parkash Singh Badal">Parkash Singh Badal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikander_Bakht" title="Sikander Bakht">Sikander Bakht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milon_K._Banerji" title="Milon K. Banerji">Milon K. Banerji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Hameedullah_Beg" title="Mirza Hameedullah Beg">Mirza Hameedullah Beg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._N._Bhagwati" title="P. N. Bhagwati">P. N. 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Mahalingam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prithipal_Singh_Maini" title="Prithipal Singh Maini">Prithipal Singh Maini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyeb_Mehta" title="Tyeb Mehta">Tyeb Mehta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajan_and_Sajan_Mishra" title="Rajan and Sajan Mishra">Rajan and Sajan Mishra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajan_and_Sajan_Mishra" title="Rajan and Sajan Mishra">Rajan and Sajan Mishra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Mittal" title="Sunil Mittal">Sunil Mittal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramankutty_Nair" title="Ramankutty Nair">Ramankutty Nair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopaldas_Neeraj" title="Gopaldas Neeraj">Gopaldas Neeraj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indra_Nooyi" title="Indra Nooyi">Indra Nooyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kavalam_Narayana_Panicker" title="Kavalam Narayana Panicker">Kavalam Narayana Panicker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhikhu_Parekh" title="Bhikhu Parekh">Bhikhu Parekh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syed_Mohammad_Sharfuddin_Quadri" title="Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri">Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._S._Ramachandran" title="V. S. Ramachandran">V. S. Ramachandran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapan_Raychaudhuri" title="Tapan Raychaudhuri">Tapan Raychaudhuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._H._Raza" title="S. H. Raza">S. H. Raza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Sachs" title="Jeffrey Sachs">Jeffrey Sachs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Prasad_Saikia" title="Chandra Prasad Saikia">Chandra Prasad Saikia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._Z._Sailo" title="L. Z. Sailo">L. Z. Sailo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiv_Kumar_Sarin" title="Shiv Kumar Sarin">Shiv Kumar Sarin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shriram_Sharma" title="Shriram Sharma">Shriram Sharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manju_Sharma_(biologist)" title="Manju Sharma (biologist)">Manju Sharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._N._Srinivasan" title="T. N. Srinivasan">T. N. Srinivasan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osamu_Suzuki_(businessman)" title="Osamu Suzuki (businessman)">Osamu Suzuki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._T._Thomas_(judge)" title="K. T. Thomas (judge)">K. T. Thomas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2008</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mian_Bashir_Ahmed" title="Mian Bashir Ahmed">Mian Bashir Ahmed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaushik_Basu" title="Kaushik Basu">Kaushik Basu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shayama_Chona" title="Shayama Chona">Shayama Chona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagjit_Singh_Chopra" title="Jagjit Singh Chopra">Jagjit Singh Chopra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rahim_Fahimuddin_Dagar" title="Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar">Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrashekhar_Dasgupta" title="Chandrashekhar Dasgupta">Chandrashekhar Dasgupta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asis_Datta" title="Asis Datta">Asis Datta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meghnad_Desai,_Baron_Desai" title="Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai">Meghnad Desai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padma_Desai" title="Padma Desai">Padma Desai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukh_Dev" title="Sukh Dev">Sukh Dev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nirmal_Kumar_Ganguly" title="Nirmal Kumar Ganguly">Nirmal Kumar Ganguly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._N._Goswamy" title="B. N. Goswamy">B. N. Goswamy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasant_Gowarikar" class="mw-redirect" title="Vasant Gowarikar">Vasant Gowarikar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baba_Kalyani" title="Baba Kalyani">Baba Kalyani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._V._Kamath" title="K. V. Kamath">K. V. Kamath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inderjit_Kaur_Barthakur" title="Inderjit Kaur Barthakur">Inderjit Kaur Barthakur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravindra_Kelekar" title="Ravindra Kelekar">Ravindra Kelekar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asad_Ali_Khan" title="Asad Ali Khan">Asad Ali Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominique_Lapierre" title="Dominique Lapierre">Dominique Lapierre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._R._Mehta" title="D. R. Mehta">D. R. Mehta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiv_Nadar" title="Shiv Nadar">Shiv Nadar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Kumar_Neotia" title="Suresh Kumar Neotia">Suresh Kumar Neotia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._K._Oommen" title="T. K. Oommen">T. K. Oommen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Padmanabhaiah" title="K. Padmanabhaiah">K. Padmanabhaiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vikram_Pandit" title="Vikram Pandit">Vikram Pandit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Ramachandran" title="V. Ramachandran">V. Ramachandran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sushil_Kumar_Saxena" title="Sushil Kumar Saxena">Sushil Kumar Saxena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amarnath_Sehgal" title="Amarnath Sehgal">Amarnath Sehgal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasdev_Singh" title="Jasdev Singh">Jasdev Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shrilal_Shukla" title="Shrilal Shukla">Shrilal Shukla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Susheela" title="P. Susheela">P. Susheela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._R._Srinivasa_Varadhan" title="S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan">S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuli_Vorontsov" title="Yuli Vorontsov">Yuli Vorontsov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunita_Williams" title="Sunita Williams">Sunita Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ji_Xianlin" title="Ji Xianlin">Ji Xianlin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Isher_Judge_Ahluwalia" title="Isher Judge Ahluwalia">Isher Judge Ahluwalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inderjit_Kaur_Barthakur" title="Inderjit Kaur Barthakur">Inderjit Kaur Barthakur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamshad_Begum" title="Shamshad Begum">Shamshad Begum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abhinav_Bindra" title="Abhinav Bindra">Abhinav Bindra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhananjayans" title="Dhananjayans">Shanta Dhananjayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhananjayans" title="Dhananjayans">V. P. 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Misra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._M._Naik" title="A. M. Naik">A. M. Naik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satish_Nambiar" title="Satish Nambiar">Satish Nambiar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunwar_Narayan" title="Kunwar Narayan">Kunwar Narayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagnath_Naikwadi" title="Nagnath Naikwadi">Nagnath Naikwadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirit_Parikh" title="Kirit Parikh">Kirit Parikh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Pitroda" title="Sam Pitroda">Sam Pitroda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._K._Prahalad" title="C. K. Prahalad">C. K. Prahalad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurdip_Singh_Randhawa" title="Gurdip Singh Randhawa">Gurdip Singh Randhawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brijendra_Kumar_Rao" title="Brijendra Kumar Rao">Brijendra Kumar Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhakta_B._Rath" title="Bhakta B. Rath">Bhakta B. Rath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._S._Seshadri" title="C. S. Seshadri">C. S. Seshadri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Ganapati_Sthapati" title="V. Ganapati Sthapati">V. Ganapati Sthapati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devendra_Triguna" title="Devendra Triguna">Devendra Triguna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarojini_Varadappan" title="Sarojini Varadappan">Sarojini Varadappan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div># Posthumous conferral <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1954%E2%80%931959)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1954–1959)">1954–1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1960%E2%80%931969)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1960–1969)">1960–1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1970%E2%80%931979)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1970–1979)">1970–1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1980%E2%80%931989)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1980–1989)">1980–1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1990%E2%80%931999)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1990–1999)">1990–1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2000%E2%80%932009)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2000–2009)">2000–2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2010%E2%80%932019)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2010–2019)">2010–2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2020%E2%80%932029)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2020–2029)">2020–2029</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><br /> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1012311289">.mw-parser-output .asbox{position:relative;overflow:hidden}.mw-parser-output .asbox table{background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .asbox p{margin:0}.mw-parser-output .asbox p+p{margin-top:0.25em}.mw-parser-output .asbox-body{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .asbox-note{font-size:smaller}.mw-parser-output .asbox .navbar{position:absolute;top:-0.75em;right:1em;display:none}</style><div role="note" class="metadata plainlinks asbox stub"><table role="presentation"><tbody><tr class="noresize"><td><span style="vertical-align:middle; background:transparent; color:inherit;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_India.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Flag of India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/30px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/60px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span><span style="margin-left:-30px; margin-right:0px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Scientist.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Scientist icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Scientist.svg/30px-Scientist.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Scientist.svg/45px-Scientist.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Scientist.svg/60px-Scientist.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span></span></td><td><p class="asbox-body">This article about an Indian scientist is a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Stub" title="Wikipedia:Stub">stub</a>. 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