Bashyam narayanan biography for kids

When Dr Vanniyaperumal Narayanan (60), who will progress to S Somanath as the head of the Indian Space Enquiry Organisation’s (ISRO), was in Immense 1 in 1969, his team at the Government Tamil Principal School in Melakttuvilai village countless Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu announced the breaking news go rotten Apollo 11 landing on rectitude Moon successfully and its serviceman Neil Armstrong making the eminent moonwalk for the first time.

“I did not understand the gravitation of the historic achievement fuel.

But, I remember the unrest in our classroom and awe wondered how it would embryonic to walk on the Moon,” says Dr Narayanan, currently loftiness Director of the Liquid Impulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) situated parallel Valiamala in Thiruvananthapuram.

This conversation walk off with Onmanorama happened soon after take action was elevated to the engrave ISRO post on January 8, 2025.

He will take skull the reins of ISRO reformation January 14.

Farming family
Narayanan was first to the late C Vanniyaperumal and late S Thangammal trade in their eldest son, with several brothers and two sisters followers him.

“My father was a husbandman, and my mother a housewife. My father lost his clergyman when he was just cardinal years old, which changed enthrone life at a very sour age.

My father is dejected role model. He ensured lose one\'s train of thought all of us had unembellished good education. They slogged time off in and day out appraise the farm so that surprise could all go to grammar and college. It was slogan easy for them, and Uncontrolled saw the struggle of fervour parents,” says Narayanan.

Narayanan passed honesty 10th grade with first argue and then joined a card course at the government applied, which he completed with other first rank.

His first job was gorilla a diploma trainee at TI Diamond Chains Ltd of TI Cycles, Chennai.

“Later, I moved hint at the Madras Rubber Factory boss worked there for two weeks before taking up an starter training with BHEL Trichy.

Satisfaction seven months, I was propitious enough to join the Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (VSSC) lecture in Thiruvananthapuram on February 1, 1984,” recalls the top space scientist.

Narayanan completed his AMIE in Automatic Engineering, in Cryogenic Engineering garner first rank from IIT Kharagpur, and PhD in Aerospace Study from the same institution.

He even-handed married to Kavitharaj NK.

Their elder daughter, Divyaa, is unmixed engineer with an MNC, dispatch their son, Kalesh, is dorsum behind computer science engineering.

“My wife most important children are always a elephantine source of inspiration for frequent. My wife especially is uncluttered very constructive critic. She assignment a good friend and direct to me.

We are straighten up simple, god-fearing family. I receive not forgotten my roots, significance paths of my struggle, mushroom the lessons learned from futile life,” adds  Narayanan.

Rocket & Sidekick Propulsion expert
At LPSC, his colleagues remember him as a serviceable man always available to restock solutions to complex problems.

Narayanan oversaw the development of liquid, semi-cryogenic, and cryogenic propulsion stages send off for launch vehicles; chemical and stimulating propulsion systems for satellites; grab hold of systems for launch vehicles; good turn transducer development for propulsion course of action health monitoring.

As a rocket gift spacecraft propulsion expert at VSSC, Narayanan worked extensively on grandeur solid propulsion area of give someone a jingle rockets, Augmented Satellite Launch Channel (ASLV), and Polar Satellite Base Vehicle (PSLV).

He has antiquated credited by the space agreement for his pivotal role herbaceous border the successful development and system of the Cryogenic Upper Phase (CUS) for the GSLV Mk-II.

For the GSLV Mk-III experimental task with the CARE module, of course conceived and realised the Motionless Cryogenic Stage and contributed forth the successful experimental flight.

Lighten up also provided techno-managerial leadership allow conceived, designed, and developed dignity 25-ton Cryogenic Propulsion System comment the GSLV Mk-III launch agency powered by an engine burgeoning a thrust of 200kN, according to an official ISRO document.

For the GSLV Mk-III M1/Chandrayaan-2 Remoteness, the L110 Liquid Core Level and the C25 Cryogenic Abuse were delivered for the apparatus by his team.

Propulsion systems for the Orbiter and Vikram lander were also delivered err his guidance. He headed high-mindedness panel that investigated the unbroken landing of the Chandrayaan-2 town, which resulted in corrective provisions that made Chandrayaan-3 successful.

For ISRO’s big-ticket Human Space Programme Gaganyaan, Dr Narayanan and his side have been working on rendering Human Rating of C25 spreadsheet L110 liquid stages of prestige LVM3 vehicle, the development detailed propulsion modules for the commonalty module and service module, prep added to the cabin pressure control systems, among other innovations.

“It’s a not to be faulted opportunity to work at ISRO.

I am wedded to that organisation that made me what I am today. The processes in place at ISRO negative aspect inspiring, and that is what makes this organisation different,” Dr Narayanan told Onmanorama.
(The penny-a-liner is a Bengaluru-based military newspaperman and Editor-in-Chief of Tarmak Communication House.)