Astronautical Society of India announces annual Awards Dr. Pramod P. Kale Gets Aryabhata Award

Astronautical Society of India (ASI), Bangalore, has announced its annual awards for the year 2006. Dr. Pramod Kale, Director, Integrated Circuit and Information Technology Pvt. Ltd., Pune, has been selected for the prestigious Aryabhata Award.

Astronautical Society of India (ASI), set up in 1990, is fostering the development of astronautics in the country through dissemination of technical and other information related to astronautics. It has instituted several awards to recognize talented Indian individuals who have made significant contributions to astronautics.

The detailed list of awardees for the year 2006 is as follows:

Aryabhata Award 2006

• Dr. Pramod Kale, Director, Integrated Circuit and Information Technology Pvt. Ltd., Pune

ASI Awards 2006

Rocket & Related Technologies

• Shri T. Sundararajan, IIT, Chennai

Spacecraft & Related Technologies

• Shri S.S. Rana, Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad

Space Systems Management

• Shri K. Suryanarayana Sarma, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore

Space Science & Applications

• Dr. V.S. Hegde, ISRO Headquarters, Bangalore

ISRO-ASI Awards 2006 (Sponsored by ISRO)

Rocket & Related Technologies

• Shri John P Zachariah, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram

Spacecraft & Related Technologies

• Shri C L Nagendra, Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems, Bangalore
• Dr. V K Lakshmeesha, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore

Women Scientist Award 2006

• Smt M Vanitha, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore
• Smt. Jollydhar, Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad

Young Scientist Award

• Shri Ayesha Sidhick, Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, Valiamala
• Shri Prateek Bansal, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore
• Shri Pankaj Priyadharshi, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram
• Shri Anoop Kumar Shukla, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram

Team Achievement Award for 2006

• Dr. A K Sharma, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore
  

ASI Gold Medal 2006

• Shri A Sekar, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore
• Shri Sam K Zachariah, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram
• Shri N Jeyan, Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, Valiamala
• Smt. K K Santhakumari, ISRO Inertial Systems Unit, Thiruvananthapuram
• Shri K Veera Raghavulu, Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota

Aryabhata Award carries a citation and Rs. 1 lakh in cash while each of the ASI awards and Women Scientist Award carry a citation and Rs. 25,000/- in cash. Team Achievement Award carries a citation and Rs. 1 lakh in cash. ISRO-ASI Awards are sponsored by ISRO.

The awards will be presented at a function to be organized shortly.

Source: Press Inormation Bureau
Date: April 02, 2008