B. N. Suresh
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Byrana Nagappa Suresh (born 12 November 1943) is an Indian aerospace scientist. He serves as chancellor of the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) in Thiruvananthapuram and is a professor at ISRO Headquarters.
Early life and education
Suresh's father was an agriculturist in Hosakere, Andagar, a small village near Koppa, situated near Sringeri in Karnataka, India.{{Cite web |date=2013-02-01 |title=Dr BN Suresh: From a coffee planter's son to a great scientist - CIOL |url=https://www.ciol.com/dr-bn-suresh-from-coffee-planters-son-scientist/ |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=CIOL |language=en-US}} He attended his entire schooling in Andagar and Koppa and studied in Kannada medium. After Suresh earned 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.{{Cite web |title=Dr. BN Suresh |url=https://www.vssc.gov.in/Suresh.html |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=www.vssc.gov.in}} He completed his doctorate in control systems from Salford University, in 1978.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}
Career
He was president of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in Delhi from 2015 to 2018 and director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thiruvananthapuram from 2003 to 2007,{{Cite web |title=Research Webinar 2021 {{!}} National Level Webinar |url=https://www.iae.education/speaker/dr-bn-suresh/5 |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=www.iae.education}} where he contributed to the development of Indian launch vehicles and the Space Capsule Recovery Experiments (SRE), as well as research and development management.{{cite news |title = Accuracy of return unbelievable: B.N. Suresh |url = http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/23/stories/2007012306171200.htm |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070210080315/http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/23/stories/2007012306171200.htm |url-status = dead |archive-date = 10 February 2007 |date = 23 January 2007 |work = The Hindu |access-date = 17 June 2009 }}
Suresh was also the founding director of the IIST,{{cite web|url=https://www.iist.ac.in/aboutus/former-director|title=B. N. Suresh|publisher=IIST|access-date=25 December 2009}} a position he held until his retirement in November 2010. Following his retirement, he served as the Vikram Sarabhai Distinguished Professor at ISRO Headquarters for five years. Additionally, he was a professor at IIT Mumbai and MIT Manipal for three years. He was a member of the Board of Governors at IIT Madras for seven years, until July 2018, and later became vice chair for the Design Division of the Aeronautical Society of India. He contributed as an associate editor of the book From Fishing Hamlet To Red Planet and co-authored Ever Upwards: ISRO in Images, both of which document the history of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
Suresh is president of the Jnanadeepa Senior Secondary School and the Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Education in Shivamogga, Karnataka.{{Cite book|title=From Fishing Hamlet to Red Planet: India's Space Journey|last=Organization|first=Indian Space Research|date=2015-12-28|publisher=Harper Collins India|isbn=9789351776895|language=en|id= {{ASIN|9351776891|country=in}}}}
Suresh has received several honors, including the Padma Bhushan in 2013 and the Padma Shri in 2002.{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Institute for Academic Excellence |url=https://www.iae.education/speaker/dr-bn-suresh/5 |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=www.iae.education}} He also received the Aryabhata Award from the Astronautical Society of India in 2009.{{Cite web |last=SpaSci1157Tec |date=2018-01-15 |title=Chancellor |url=https://www.iist.ac.in/aboutus/chancellor |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=www.iist.ac.in |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Byrana Nagappa Suresh |url=https://www.asianscientist.com/scientist/byrana-nagappa-suresh/ |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=Asian Scientist Magazine |language=en-US}}
Selected bibliography
= Articles =
- {{Cite journal |last1=Shine |first1=S.R. |last2=Sunil Kumar |first2=S. |last3=Suresh |first3=B.N. |date=2012 |title=A new generalised model for liquid film cooling in rocket combustion chambers |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0017931012003195 |journal=International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer |language=en |volume=55 |issue=19–20 |pages=5065–5075 |doi=10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.05.006|bibcode=2012IJHMT..55.5065S }}
- {{Cite journal |last1=Gupta |first1=S. |last2=Suresh |first2=B. N. |last3=Sivan |first3=K. |date=2007 |title=Evolution of Indian launch vehicle technologies |journal= Current Science|volume=93 |issue=12 |pages=1697–1714 |language=en |jstor=24102066}}
- {{Cite journal |last1=Shine |first1=S. R. |last2=Kumar |first2=S. Sunil |last3=Suresh |first3=B. N. |date=2012 |title=Internal Wall-Jet Film Cooling with Straight Cylindrical Holes |url=https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/1.T3847 |journal=Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer |language=en |volume=26 |issue=3 |pages=439–449 |doi=10.2514/1.T3847 |issn=0887-8722}}
- {{Cite book |last1=Suresh |first1=B.N. |last2=Sivan |first2=K. |date=2015 |title=Integrated Design for Space Transportation System |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-81-322-2532-4 |language=en |location=New Delhi |publisher=Springer India |doi=10.1007/978-81-322-2532-4 |isbn=978-81-322-2531-7}}
- {{Cite journal |last=Suresh |first=B.N. |date=2009 |title=Roadmap of Indian space transportation |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0094576508003226 |journal=Acta Astronautica |language=en |volume=64 |issue=4 |pages=395–402 |doi=10.1016/j.actaastro.2008.09.009|bibcode=2009AcAau..64..395S }}
- {{Cite journal |last1=Shine |first1=S. R. |last2=Sunil Kumar |first2=S. |last3=Suresh |first3=B. N. |date=2012 |title=Influence of coolant injector configuration on film cooling effectiveness for gaseous and liquid film coolants |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00231-011-0936-z |journal=Heat and Mass Transfer |language=en |volume=48 |issue=5 |pages=849–861 |doi=10.1007/s00231-011-0936-z |bibcode=2012HMT....48..849S |s2cid=119561918 |issn=0947-7411}}
= Books =
- {{Cite book |last=Suresh |first=B.N. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1194490782 |title=Integrated Design for Space Transportation System |date=2015 |publisher=Springer India |isbn=978-81-322-2532-4 |location=New Delhi |oclc=1194490782}}
- {{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1247939545 |title=Space and beyond : professional voyage of K. Kasturirangan |date=2021 |isbn=978-981-336-510-0 |location=Singapore |oclc=1247939545|last1=Suresh |first1=B. N. }}
- {{Cite book |last1=Rao |first1=P. V. Manoranjan |url=https://www.amazon.in/Ever-Upwards-Images-Manoranjan-Rao-ebook/dp/B07VGKFM37/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1660585085&refinements=p_27%253ABN+Suresh&s=books&sr=1-1 |title=Ever Upwards: ISRO in Images |last2=Suresh |first2=B. N. |last3=Balagangadharan |first3=V. P. |date=2019-07-17 |publisher=Universities Press |language=English}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.isro.org/pressrelease/Feb21_2006.htm ISRO News]
- [http://www.cmmacs.ernet.in/cmmacs/News_clips/iitm_news_357.pdf cmmacs]
- [http://inae.in/expert-search/index.php/b-n-suresh INAE profile]
- {{Cite web |title=B. N. Suresh - Semantic Scholar |url=https://www.semanticscholar.org/author/B.-N.-Suresh/95951149 |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=www.semanticscholar.org |language=en}}
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