ISRO chairman to visit Shivamogga to take part in Science Day programme

Indian Space Research Organisation Chairperson V. Narayanan will visit Shivamogga on February 28 to take part in the National Science Day programme, and release a biography of former ISRO scientist B.N. Suresh.

The programme, organised by the Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Education, will be held at Kuvempu Rangamandira at 4 p.m.

Addressing a press conference in Shivamogga on February 25, foundation chairman Talavane Prakash said that Mr. Narayanan would make a presentation and interact with students from engineering colleges, the post-graduation centre of Kuvempu University, and PU students.

B.N. Suresh, a renowned space scientist and recipient of the Padmabhushan, will be present on the occasion. The Kannada version of his biography – Onto Rocket Ship – translated by Turuvanooru Manjunath, will be released on the occasion.

The author of the book in English, Sunil Suresh, Kuvempu University Vice-Chancellor Professor Sharath Ananthamurthy, and writer Dr H.S. Nagabhushan will take part in the programmme, he stated.

Foundation office-bearers, including secretary B.L. Neelakanta Murthy, Dean H.N.S. Rao, and school principal Shrikant M. Hegde were present at the press conference.