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T. S. Prahlad

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T. S. Prahlad
Born21 May 1940
India
OccupationAerospace scientist
Known forAerodynamics, Aerospace Design
AwardsPadma Shri
H K Firodia Award
IIScDistinguished Alumni Award
IEEminent Engineer Award

Tumkur Seetharamaiah Prahlad(born 21 May 1940) is an Indian aerospace scientist and the former director of theNational Aerospace Laboratories(NAL),Bengaluru,known as a specialist inAerodynamicsandAerospace Design.[1]His contributions are reported in Indian civil aircraft development programmes of Hansa andNAL Sarasand light combat aircraft development programme.[2][3]The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of thePadma Shriin 2004,[4]The same year, he received theH. K. Firodia Awardfrom H. K. Firodia Memorial Foundation.[5]

Biography

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After graduating in mechanical engineering from theIndian Institute of Science,Bengaluru (IISc), Prahlada continued his studies there to complete his master's degree in mechanical engineering and secured a doctoral degree (PhD) in aeronautical engineering.[2]He started his career by joiningIndian Space Research Organization(ISRO) and worked atVikram Sarabhai Space Centre,Thiruvananthapuram(VSSC), as the head of various divisions such as Aerodynamics Division, Aerospace Dynamics and Design Group, and the Flight Dynamics Group. During his tenure at VSSC, he was involved with development of such space programmes asSLV-3,ASLV,PSLVandGSLV.Later he moved to theAeronautical Development Agencyof theMinistry of Defencewhere he served as the project director of Light Combat Aircraft development programme.[2]

In 1996, Prahlada joined theNational Aerospace Laboratories(NAL) as its director[6]when the civil aircraft programme of the organization was facing difficulties.[3][7]With encouragement fromRaghunath Anant Mashelkar,then director general of theCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR), he revived theNAL Sarasprogramme and obtained the approval of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs in 1999.[3]Under his leadership, which lasted till 2002, NAL is known to have developed its infrastructure and transformed into a cohesive unit.[8]

Prahlad, whose researches have been documented by several articles,[9][10]has participated in many scientific projects[11][12]and workshops[13]and has delivered orations, including theSatish DhawanMemorial Lectureof 2013.[14]He is the chairman of the Asian Fluid Mechanics Committee, an organization promoting advanced research inFluid Mechanics.[1]He is a Fellow of theAeronautical Society of India(AeSI)[1]and theIndian National Academy of Engineering(INAE).[15]The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of thePadma Shriin 2004[4]andH. K. Firodia Awardof the H. K. Firodia Memorial Foundation also reached him the same year.[5]Five years later, he received two more awards; theIndian Institute of ScienceAlumni Association honoured him with the2009 Distinguished Alumni Award[16]and he received theEminent Engineer Awardof theInstitution of Engineers.[2]He continues to be associated with the National Aerospace Laboratories is its advisor[citation needed]and lives in the south Indian city ofBengaluru.[1]

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References

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  1. ^abcd"Prof. T. S. PRAHLAD".Asian Fluid Mechanics Committee. 2015.Retrieved15 November2015.
  2. ^abcd"Advisory Board".Enti Innovations. 2015.Retrieved15 November2015.
  3. ^abc"SARAS Takes to the Skies".Science Reporter. October 2004. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.Retrieved15 November2015.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ab"Padma Awards"(PDF).Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015.Retrieved21 July2015.
  5. ^ab"Awards by Year".H. K. Firodia Memorial Foundation. 2015. Archived fromthe originalon 17 November 2015.Retrieved15 November2015.
  6. ^"K N Raju greets his successor"(PDF).National Aerospace Laboratories. 1996.Retrieved15 November2015.
  7. ^"First indigenous passenger aircraft Saras rolled out".Economic Times. 4 February 2003.Retrieved15 November2015.
  8. ^"About Us".National Aerospace Laboratories. 2015.Retrieved15 November2015.
  9. ^K. P. Singh; T. S. Prahlad; S. M. Deshpande (1987)."Numerical simulation of inviscid supersonic flow over a launch vehicle with strap-on boosters".Indian Space Research Organization.25.Bibcode:1987aiaa.meetV....S.doi:10.2514/6.1987-213.
  10. ^P. Bradshaw, ed. (2013).Turbulence.Springer Science & Business Media. p. 338.ISBN9783662225684.
  11. ^"Investigations of casing treatments with the aim of improving the stable operating range of a single-stage axial compressor subsonic".Universität der Bundeswehr München.2001.Retrieved15 November2015.
  12. ^O. Pironneau (1992).Numerical Simulation of Unsteady Flows and Transition to Turbulence.Cambridge University Press.pp. 146 of 516.ISBN9780521416184.
  13. ^International Workshop on Surface Engineering and Coatings: June 25-30, 1998.Allied Publishers. 1999. p. 468.ISBN9788170239734.
  14. ^"Focus on aircraft development: Prahlad".Indian Express. 24 September 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 17 November 2015.Retrieved15 November2015.
  15. ^"Search Of Fellows".Indian National Academy of Engineering.2015. Archived fromthe originalon 3 April 2015.Retrieved15 November2015.
  16. ^"Complete List of Distinguished Alumnus Awardees".IISc Alumni. 2015. Archived fromthe originalon 28 May 2016.Retrieved15 November2015.
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