If India has climbed the ladders of success and touched the sky, then its full credit goes to the famous space scientist Satish Dhawan. Satish Dhawan, who took the country's space program to new heights, was born on 25th September in 1920. He was a great scientist as well as a great human being and a skilled teacher. Aerospace engineer Professor Satish Dhawan was born in Srinagar on 25 September 1920.

Satish Dhawan is also known as 'Father of Experimental Fluid Dynamics'. As the president of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in 1972, Dhawan took India's space programs to new heights. The satellite launch centre in Sriharikota is named after him on the Satish Dhawan Space Center. He also took the post of ISRO chairman in 1972 after Vikram Sarabhai.

He graduated in Mathematics and Physics from Punjab University, Lahore. Subsequently, he did a post-graduation in English literature. After this Satish Dhawan went to America where he did his MS in aerospace engineering from the University of Minnesota. He is also credited for putting India's first supersonic wind tunnel at IISC Bangalore. He also successfully handled the remote sensing and satellite communication programs of INSAT, IRS and PSLV. Satish Dhawan has achieved milestones in his life.

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