Rocketing Through the Skies : An Eventful Life at ISRO

Name : Rocketing Through the Skies : An Eventful Life at ISRO

Author : G. Madhavan Nair

Book Format : Hardcover

Genre : Health, Family & Personal Development

ISBN : 9789357024723

Language : English

Pages : 301-400 Pages

Publish Year : 2023

Publisher : Rupa Publications India

Sub Genre : Other Self-Help Books

Starting from the early days of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) under the guidance

of Dr Vikram Sarabhai and Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam to leading the organization himself, G. Madhavan

Nair has had an eventful tenure at ISRO. Nair’s memoir is not just a chronicle of his own life, but

a tribute to the spirit of innovation and exploration that drives the Indian space programme.

This remarkable tale of determination, hard work and unwavering passion begins in a village in Kerala from the halcyon days of pre-independent India. The sleepless nights in Thumba, the devastation of failures and the subsequent learning, the exhilaration of successes—all of these are captured in these pages with insight and candour.

Nair also describes, in terms accessible to the layman, his scientific and managerial contributions

to the launch vehicles from SLV-3, building the workhorse launcher PSLV, traversing the path to an

indigenous cryogenic engine, bringing an orbiting spacecraft back to Earth and even planting the

Indian tricolour on the Moon in Chandrayaan-1.

Challenging episodes are also described from an insider’s perspective. Nair describes the ISRO spy

case, along with addressing Nambinarayanan’s involvement in it. He also offers a comprehensive and

lucid discussion of the Devas Scam, where the battle is still ongoing.

Rocketing Through the Skies : An Eventful Life at ISRO is

Country of Origin : India