K. Radhakrishnan

Koppillil Radhakrishnan is an Indian space scientist who headed the Indian Space Research Organisation between November 2009 and December 2014 as Chairman of Space Commission, Secretary of the Department of Space and Chairman of ISRO. Dr. Koppillil Radhakrishnan, is a Technocrat par excellence; a dynamic and result-oriented Manager with very fine personal and inter-personal qualities; an astute In.....

Madhav Shrihari Aney

Dr. Madhav Shrihari Aney; popularly referred to as Loknayak Bapuji Aney or Bapuji Aney, was an ardent educationist, freedom fighter, statesman, a modern Sanskrit poet and a politician. He was also conferred with the title of "Loknayak Bapuji", which means "The People's Leader and Respected Father". Dr. Madhav Shrihari Aney (29 August 1880 – 26 January 1968);[1] popularly referred to as Loknayak.....

Arthur Casagrande

Arthur Casagrande was an American civil engineer born in Austria-Hungary who made important contributions to the fields of engineering geology and geotechnical engineering during its infancy. Arthur Casagrande was born on August 28, 1902 in Austria. He came to the United States in 1926 and settled for good. He worked at the Bureau of Public Roads and as a Research Assistant under Terzaghi at MIT......

Bicky Chakraborty

Barun Bicky Chakraborty is an Indian-born Swedish businessman. He is the president and founder of Elite Hotels of Sweden & The Bishop's Arms. He is counted as one of the richest men in Scandinavia.Chakraborty came to Sweden from Kolkata, India in 1966 to study Sociology at the University of Stockholm. Chakraborty had noticed that student dormitories were empty over the summer and began pushing the.....

Eduardo Torroja

Eduardo Torroja y Miret, was a Spanish structural engineer and a pioneer in the design of concrete shell structures. Eduardo Torroja, in full Eduardo Torroja y Miret, a Spanish architect and engineer notable as a pioneer in the design of concrete-shell structures.Torroja was born in Madrid where he studied civil engineering. In 1923 Torroja began work for the Hidrocivil company, headed by the en.....

N. V. Ramana

Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana is an Indian judge who is serving as the 48th and current Chief Justice of India. Previously, he was a Judge of Supreme Court of India, Chief Justice of Delhi High Court and the acting Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court. Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana is an Indian judge who is serving as the 48th and current Chief Justice of India.[1][2][3] Previously, he was a J.....

Maxime Faget

Maxime Allen "Max" Faget was a Belizean-born American mechanical engineer. Faget was the designer of the Mercury spacecraft, and contributed to the later Gemini and Apollo spacecraft as well as the Space Shuttle. Max Faget, in full Maxime Allan Faget,an American aerospace engineer who made major contributions to the design of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo spacecraft and to the space shuttle. Fa.....

Mother Teresa

Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, honoured in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She was born in Skopje, then part of the Kosovo Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, honoured in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta,[7] was an Albanian-Indian[4] Roman Catholic nun and missionary.[8] She was born in.....

Hans Krebs

Sir Hans Adolf Krebs was a German-born British biologist, physician and biochemist. He was a pioneer scientist in the study of cellular respiration, a biochemical process in living cells that extracts energy from food and oxygen and makes it available to drive the processes of life. Krebs was educated at the Gymnasium Andreanum at Hildesheim and between the years 1918 and 1923 he studied medicine.....

Leslie Hilton Brown

Leslie Hilton Brown OBE was a British agriculturalist and naturalist. Brown was born in Coonoor, India to a Scottish family in 1917, the son of Hilton Brown, novelist, biographer and BBC radio producer. He was educated at Oundle School and St Andrews University where he studied zoology. Brown was born in Coonoor, India to a Scottish family, the son of Hilton Brown, novelist, biographer and BBC ra.....

Anjali Devi

Anjali Devi was an Indian actress, model and producer in Telugu and Tamil films. She was well known for her role as the Devi Sita in Lava Kusa as well as for the titular roles in movies like Suvarna Sundari and Anarkali. Anjali Devi was born in Peddapuram, East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh, India,[1] as Anjamma. She changed her name to Anjani Kumari when acting in dramas. Later, director C.....

Henry Gannett

Henry Gannett was an American geographer who is described as the "Father of the Quadrangle" which is the basis for topographical maps in the United States. Henry Gannett was an American geographer often called "the Father of American map-making." One of the founding members of the National Geographic Society, he served as its first secretary, and later as its president. Credited to have systematiz.....

Osborne Reynolds

Osborne Reynolds FRS was an Irish-born innovator in the understanding of fluid dynamics. Separately, his studies of heat transfer between solids and fluids brought improvements in boiler and condenser design. He spent his entire career at what is now the University of Manchester. Osborne Reynolds, a British engineer, physicist, and educator best known for his work in hydraulics and hydrodynamics......

Tanguturi Prakasam

Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu was an Indian politician and freedom fighter, chief minister of the Madras Presidency, and subsequently became the first chief minister of the new Andhra state, created by the partition of Madras State along linguistic lines. He was also known as Andhra Kesari. Tanguturi Prakasam was born on August 23, 1872 in Vinodarayuni Palem village of the Madras Presidency, which i.....

Rewa Prasad Dwivedi

Rewa Prasad Dwivedi was a Sanskrit scholar, poet, writer, teacher, and critic. His original works include poetry as epics and lyrics, plays, and prose. He wrote new literature under the pseudonym "sanatana", meaning 'the eternal'. He is also known as 'Acharya' Dwivedi. Rewa Prasad Dwivedi is a Sanskrit scholar and poet. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit in 1991 He was born in Nadner.....

Avinash Kumar Agarwal

Avinash Kumar Agarwal is an Indian mechanical engineer, tribologist and a professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Avinash Kumar Agarwal is an Indian mechanical engineer, tribologist and a professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He is known for his studies on internal combusti.....

Shailesh Nayak

Director of the National Institute of Advanced Studies Shailesh Nayak is an Indian scientist and is currently Director of the National Institute of Advanced Studies and Distinguished Scientist in the Ministry of Earth Sciences. Shailesh Nayak is an Indian scientist and is currently Director of the National Institute of Advanced Studies and Distinguished Scientist in the Ministry of Earth Science.....

William Murdoch

William Murdoch was a Scottish engineer and inventor. Murdoch was employed by the firm of Boulton & Watt and worked for them in Cornwall, as a steam engine erector for ten years, spending most of the rest of his life in Birmingham, England. William Murdock, a Scottish inventor, the first to make extensive use of coal gas for illumination and a pioneer in the development of steam power. William Mu.....

N.r. Narayana Murthy

Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy is an Indian billionaire businessman. He is the founder of Infosys, and has been the chairman, chief executive officer, president, and chief mentor of the company before retiring and taking the title chairman emeritus. Murthy was born and raised in Shidlaghatta, Karnataka. Mr. Murthy founded Infosys in 1981. Infosys is, today, a highly innovative software services .....

Ray Wijewardene

Dr. Philip Revatha "Ray" Wijewardene, better known as Ray Wijewardene, was a Sri Lankan engineer, aviator, inventor, and Olympic athlete. He was an expert on tropical agriculture and natural resource management, subjects that he created a logical system to study. Wijewardene was born in Colombo, Ceylon. He studied at CMS Ladies’ College, Colombo and St Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia, both priv.....

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