Bharat Ratna
Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam
11th President of India, 2002 to 2007
An internationally acclaimed Indian aerospace scientist.
About · Distinguished visitors
Who has stood on this campus.
Scientists, academicians and public figures the institute has received — 20 guests and 47 photographs from its own record, from a President of India to the teams that build the country's satellites.
Bharat Ratna
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Bharat Ratna
Dr. C N R Rao
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore
Served as Linus Pauling Research Professor, across the Centre's CSIR Centre of Excellence in Chemistry, New Chemistry Unit and International Centre for Materials Science. Chaired the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister for two terms — 1985 to 1989, and 2005 to 2014.
Padma Vibhushan
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Padma Vibhushan
Dr. G. Madhavan Nair
Former Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation, Bangalore
Former Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum.
Padma Vibhushan
Dr. R. Chidambaram
Former Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India
Padma Vibhushan
Dr. Vasudev K. Atre
Former Head, Defence Research and Development Organisation
Former Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister (Raksha Mantri).
Padma Bhushan
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Padma Bhushan
Dr. V K Saraswat
Former Director General, Defence Research and Development Organisation
Chief Scientific Adviser to the Indian Minister of Defence, and Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University. A key scientist in the development of the Prithvi missile and its induction into the Indian armed forces.
Padma Bhushan
Dr. M. Mahadevappa
Chairman, Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board, Indian Council of Agricultural Research
An internationally renowned rice breeder.
Padma Bhushan
Dr. G. Padmanabhan
Former Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
An Indian biochemist and biotechnologist. President, Indian National Science Academy, Bangalore.
Padma Bhushan
Dr. B.N. Suresh
Chancellor, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
An Indian aerospace scientist, awarded the Padma Bhushan by the President of India in 2013 for meritorious contributions in science and technology.
Padma Bhushan
Dr. Anil Prakash Joshi
Founder Chairman, Himalayan Environmental Studies and Conservation Organization, Dehradun
Padma Shri
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Padma Shri
A.S. Kiran Kumar
Former Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation, Bangalore
Former Director, Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad. Credited with the development of key scientific instruments aboard the Chandrayaan-1 and Mangalyaan spacecraft.
Padma Shri
Dr. Deepankar Chatterjee
Molecular biologist, Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Padma Shri
Dr. Girish Bharadwaj
Social worker
Often referred to as Sethu Bandhu, and as the Bridgeman of India, for building around 127 bridges in remote villages across the country.
Padma Shri
Ms. Nileema Mishra
Social worker, Maharashtra
Received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership in 2011, and the Padma Shri in 2013 for social work. Visited for the International Women's Day celebration.
Other distinguished guests
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Sri Siddaramaiah
Former Chief Minister of Karnataka
Dr. S. Sadagopan
Director, IIIT Bangalore
Visited with his team.
Visited 30 August 2023
ISRO team
U R Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru
Sri Ramanagouda V Nadagouda, Deputy Director, Integration and Checkout Area, and Dr. Raghavendra B Kulkarni, Chairperson, WSW-2023, were the chief guests.
Dr. K. Chidananda Gowda
Former Vice-Chancellor, Kuvempu University
Awarded the Kannada Sahitya Akademi award in 1986 for his book Putaanigala Vignyana Padyagalu, the M. Visveswaraya Technical Award in 1995 for his contributions to engineering, and the Rajyotsava award in 2019.
M. D. Pallavi
Kannada Sugama Sangeetha and playback singer, and television actor
Trained in Hindustani classical music, with a degree in Hindustani music from the University of Benares, and trained in Sugama Sangeetha under Mysore Ananthaswamy. Visited for the Shivarathri programme.
Dr. Gayathri Patil
Gynaecologist and obstetrician, SSIMS, Davanagere
Visited for the Cancer Awareness and Screening Programme organised by BIET with the SS Care Trust.
Visited 7 June 2024