Yelavarthy Nayudamma (September 10, 1922 - June 23, 1985) was a chemical engineer

Chemical engineer

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 and a scientist

Scientist

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 killed on Air India Flight 182

Air India Flight 182

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 (Emperor Kanishka crash).

Introduction

Nayudamma was born in an agricultural family at Yelavarru village near Tenali

Tenali

Tenali , is a town and a mandal in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh, South India. It has a population of 149,839 . It is located 16 miles east of Guntur City. Three canals of the Krishna River flow through Tenali making it a part of the rice bowl of Andhra Pradesh. One of the canals is...

 (Guntur district

Guntur district

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 of Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

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 state in India

India

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He had his primary education in the village and studied Intermediate in AC College here. Later, he did B.SC (Chemical Technology) at the famous Banaras Hindu University

Banaras Hindu University

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 and a course in leather technology at Madras Institute of Leather Technology. He contributed to the initial development of the Central Leather Research Institute

Central Leather Research Institute

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 at Chennai

Chennai

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, India

India

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. He was responsible for building the international image of the institute and for establishing close ties with the Indian leather industry.

Honours and Positions held

He was awarded many national and international awards and honours, including the Padma Shri

Padma Shri

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Nayudamma was conferred with the prestigious Raja-Lakshmi Award in the year 1983 from Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation

Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation

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, Chennai.

He served as the Director General of CSIR

CSIR India

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, New Delhi

New Delhi

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 and also as the 4th Vice-Chancellor of the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University

Jawaharlal Nehru University

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 in New Delhi

New Delhi

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 from 12 June 1981 to 27 October 1982. He also served on many prestigious national and international committees.

Dr. Y. Nayudamma Memorial Award

Recipients of this prestigious award include T. Ramasami, A. Sivathanu Pillai

A. Sivathanu Pillai

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, Nori Dattatreyuudu, Sam Pitroda

Sam Pitroda

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, G. Madhavan Nair

G. Madhavan Nair

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, Kota Harinarayana

Kota Harinarayana

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, V.K. Aatre, R. Chidambaram, R.A. Mashelkar, J.S. Bajaj, K. Kasturirangan, Verghese Kurien

Verghese Kurien

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, S.Z. Qasim, M.G. K. Menon and M.S. Swaminathan among others.

The award for 2009 went to eminent defence scientist, Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat who was instrumental in the successful launch of the Agni-III missiles for 3 consecutive times.