B. N. Suresh
| B. N. Suresh | |
|---|---|
| Born |
12 November 1943 Karnataka, India |
| Residence | India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Fields | Mechanical Engineering and Rocket technology |
| Institutions |
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology |
| Alma mater |
MTech (IIT Madras), PhD (University of Salford, UK) |
| Known for | Satellite Launch Vehicle Design |
| Notable awards |
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Byrana Nagappa Suresh (Kannada: ಬೈರಣ ನಾಗಪ್ಪ ಸುರೇಶ; born 12 November 1943) is an Indian aerospace scientist. He served as the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram during the period 2003–2007. He is known for his contribution to the development of Indian launch vehicles and Space Capsule Recovery Experiments (SRE). Dr. Suresh also served as the founding Director of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram. He retired from IIST in November 2010. Presently he is President, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), the premier engineering academy in the Country located at New Delhi from Jan 2015. He is also serving as Honorary distinguished Professor at ISRO HQ. He was Vikram Sarabhai Distinguished Professor at ISRO HQ for 5 years since Nov 2010 and also as distinguished Professor at IIT, Mumbai and MIT, Manipal for 3 years. He is Member, Board of Governors for IIT, Madras. He is also chairman for the Governing Council for MVJ College of Engineering at Bangalore and chairman, Research Board for Aeronautical Development Establishment, DRDO, Bangalore. He is one of the associate editors of the book – From Fishing Hamlet To Red Planet – that traces the history of Indian Space Research Organisation.
Suresh had a very humble early life with his father determined to make him an engineer. His father B. Nagappa was an agriculturist in Hosakere, Andagar a small village near Koppa town situated near the holy town of Sringeri in Karnataka, India. He attended his entire schooling in Andagar & Koppa and studied in Kannada medium. After his bachelor's degree in Science in 1963 and Engineering in 1967 from Mysore University,he took his master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 1969. He did his doctorate in control systems from Salford University, United Kingdom in 1978.
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