A Privileged Association with Satish Dhawan

On this occasion of the Birth Centenary of Satish Dhawan, I am happy to recall my association with him for nearly four decades. It started as a Master’s and PhD student in the Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru under his guidance. The association continued when I moved over as an engineer to the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (ISRO), Thiruvananthapuram and Dhawan took charge, around the same time, as Chairman of ISRO. I had the privilege of being a member of National Aerospace Laboratories’ (NAL’s) Research Council when he was its Chairman. Later, I was the benefactor of his immense goodwill and generous advice when I became Director of NAL. I consider this association with Dhawan a great privilege of my life.