Back نامبى نارايانان ARZ নাম্বি নাৰায়ণন Assamese नंबी नारायणन Bihari নাম্বি নারায়ণন Bengali/Bangla نامبی نارایانان Persian Nambi Narayanan French नंबी नारायणन Hindi ಎಸ್. ನಂಬಿ ನಾರಾಯಣನ್ Kannada നമ്പി നാരായണൻ Malayalam नंबी नारायणन Marathi
Nambi Narayanan | |
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 Narayanan in 2017 | |
| Born | 12 December 1941 |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Aerospace engineer |
| Spouse | Meena Narayanan |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Subbiah Arunan (son-in-law) |
| Awards | Padma Bhushan (2019)[3] |
Nambi Narayanan (born 12 December 1941)[4] is an Indian aerospace scientist who worked for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). As a senior official at the ISRO, he was briefly in charge of the cryogenics division.[5] He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian award, in March 2019.[6]
In 1994, he was arrested on charges of espionage, which were found to be baseless by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in April 1996.[7] As a result, the Supreme Court of India dismissed all charges against him and prohibited the Government of Kerala from continuing its investigation.[8] In 2018, a Supreme Court bench headed by then Chief Justice Dipak Misra, awarded Narayanan compensation of ₹50 lakh (equivalent to ₹67 lakh or US$77,000 in 2023). Additionally, the Government of Kerala then awarded him further compensation of roughly ₹1.3 crore (equivalent to ₹1.7 crore or US$200,000 in 2023) in 2019.[9][10] The film Rocketry: The Nambi Effect, based on his life, starring and directed by R. Madhavan, was released in July 2022.
- ^ "Nambi Narayanan : R Madhavan's 'Rocketry: The Nambi Effect' will explore the untold story of scientist Nambi Narayanan. Here's what you need to know". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
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GoIwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Narayanan, Nambi; Ram, Arun (2018). Ready To Fire: How India and I Survived the ISRO Spy Case. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9789386826275. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ^ "Nambi Narayanan sees U.S. hand in ISRO spy case". The Hindu. 6 August 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ President Kovind presents Padma Bhushan to Shri S. Nambi Narayanan. Government of India. 16 March 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ^ Aravind, Indulekha (17 June 2018). "Isro spy case: The scientist who came in from the cold". The Economic Times. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
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Nileena-Caravanwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Isro scientist Nambi Narayanan implicated in fake spy case to get Rs 1.3 crore from Kerala govt". India Today. Press Trust of India. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ "Former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan to get ₹1.3 crore". The Hindu. 26 December 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 December 2019.