Awards
Prof. Rao is the recipient of many national and international awards, such as :
A. National Awards
1976 Padma Bhushan (a very high civilian award of Government of India)
1973 Group Achievement Award by NASA, USA 1975 Medal of Honour by Academy of Sciences, USSR 1975 Karnataka Rajyotsava Award 1975 Hari Om Vikram Sarabhai Award 1975 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 1980 National Design Award 1980 Vasvik Research Award 1983 Karnataka Rajyotsava Award 1987 PC Mahalnobis Medal 1993 Meghnad Saha Medal 1994 P.C. Chandra Puraskar Award 1994 Electronics Man of the Year Award 1995 Om Bhasin Award 1995 Zaheer Hussain Memorial Award 1995 Aryabhata Award 1995 Jawaharhal Nehru Award 1996 SK Mitra Birth Centenary Gold Medal 1997 Yudhvir Foundation Award 1997 Rabindranath Tagore Award of Viswa Bharati University 1999 Gujar Mal Modi Science Foundation Award 2001 Nadoja Award from Kannada University, Hampi 2001 Life Time Contribution Award in Engineering of INAE 2002 Sir M. Visvesvaraya Memorial Award 2003 Press Bureau of India Award 2004 Star of India Award from Vishwabharathy Foundation, Hyderabad 2004 Special Award 2004, Karnataka Media Academy 2007 Life Time Achievement Award of Indian Space Research Organisation 2007 Distinguished Scientist Gold Medal of the Karnataka Science & Technology Academy. 2007 Vishwamanava Award 2008 Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award for 2007-2008 from ISCA 2008 A.V. Rama Rao Technology Award
B. International Awards
1991 Yuri Gagarin Medal of USSR 1992 Allan D Emil Award on International Cooperation 1994 Frank J Malina Award (International Astronautical Federation) 1996 Vikram Sarabhai Medal of COSPAR 1997 Outstanding Book Award of the International Academy of Astronautics for the Book Space Technology for Sustainable Development 2000 Eduard Dolezal Award of ISPRS 2004 The prestigious Space Magazine, Space News has named Prof. U.R. Rao as one of the Top 10 International Space Personalities who have made a substantial difference in civil, commerce and military space in the world since 1989 2005 Theodore Von Karman Award which is the highest Award of the International Academy of Astronautics.
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