Bangalore, Oct 22: Former Indian Space Research Organisation chairman and MP Dr K Kasturirangan is being honoured with the prestigious Allan D Emil memorial award for 2004 by the International Astronautical Federation. The award announced at the recently held 54th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) at Bremen, Germany is in recognition of Kasturirangan's outstanding contributions to space science, technology and applications and furthering international cooperation in space, an ISRO statement said today.
Kasturirangan will be presented with the award at the 55th IAC next year to be held at Vancouver in Canada.
Kasturirangan was elected at Bremen as the vice president of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) and he will steer the scientific activities of the international academy for the coming years, it said.
Bureau Report