Monday, January 23, 2017

Dr. P V Manoranjan Rao

TheHindu carried an article on the well-known authors / artists from ISRO ( refer the last post in this blog dated  13th Jan      ).
ISROfef is certain that TheHindu is totally incomplete on the list. The first and foremost ISRO author is none other than Dr. P V Manoranjan Rao.




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P. V. Manoranjan Rao is a veteran space scientist and author from India. In his career spanning over three decades — including over two decades at the Indian Space Research Organisation's Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre[1] — he has done extensive research in areas including the physics of lightning discharge, ionospheric physics, magnetospheric physics, VLF and ELF wave propagation, electrostatics of launch vehicles, electrostatic charging of communications satellites, EMI/EMC and lightning protection for launch vehicles. He has edited and authored three books on India's space history.



Among the Books he has authored, the most Notable work is :

50 Years of  space: A Global Perspective, A Brief History of Rocketry in ISRO




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