Eminent aerospace scientist and awardee Padma Vibhushan Roddam Narasimha died here on Monday at a private hospital, doctors said. He was eighty-seven. He was admitted to the hospital after suffering a brain haemorrhage on December 8.
Neurologist Dr Sunil V Furtado said the scientist, who worked at the prestigious Indian Institute of Science (IISc), breathed his last at 8.30 pm. “When he was brought to our hospital, he was in a very critical stage. There was bleeding inside his brain,” Dr Furtado the neurosurgeon and senior advisor at the city’s Ramaiah Memorial Hospital told PTI.
Narasimha had a heartrelated ailment, according to him, and also suffered a brain stroke in 2018. His wife and a daughter survive him.
Prof Narasimha, born on July 20, 1933, made a mark in the aerospace field and as a fluid dynamicist. From 1962 to 1999, he taught Aerospace Engineering at the IISc. He also served from 1984 to 1993 as the head of the National Aerospace Laboratories.
In view of his contribution, Padma Vibhushan, India’s second-highest civilian award, was awarded by the central government in 2013. Narasimha was in the Missile Man of India League, and former President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, according to his friends in the family.
The book “Developments In Fluid Mechanics and Space Technology” was published jointly by Dr Kalam and Prof Narasimha. He was also a good friend of Dr C N R Rao, the distinguished scientist and Bharat Ratna awardee. He was an Indian undergraduate.
