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	'''Ashok Parthasarathi''' (~~1940—2019~~) was an ~~[[India]]n~~ [[physicist]] and [[electronics engineer]] who served as a Science and Technology Advisor to [[Prime Minister of India\|Prime Minister]] [[Indira Gandhi]].<ref name="wire" /> He played a crucial role in India's science and technology policies and helped the country become self-reliant in the field.<ref name=better>{{cite web\|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/196142/ashok-parthasarathi-self-reliance-science-technology-satellite-psu-tribute-india/\|work=~~{{w\|~~The Better India}}\|author=Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk\|title=Ashok Parthasarathi: The Man Who Helped Make India Self-Reliant in Science &Tech}}</ref> <!-- the site can't be reached using this link, try using the functioning link https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thebetterindia.com/196142/ashok-parthasarathi-self-reliance-science-technology-satellite-psu-tribute-india/amp/ instead, which is however blocked by ~~Wikipedia~~ -->		'''Ashok Parthasarathi''' (1940–2019) was an Indian [[physicist]] and [[electronics engineer]] who served as a Science and Technology Advisor to [[Prime Minister of India\|Prime Minister]] [[Indira Gandhi]].<ref name="wire" /> He played a crucial role in India's science and technology policies and helped the country become self-reliant in the field.<ref name=better>{{cite web\|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/196142/ashok-parthasarathi-self-reliance-science-technology-satellite-psu-tribute-india/\|work=[[The Better India]]\|author=Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk\|title=Ashok Parthasarathi: The Man Who Helped Make India Self-Reliant in Science &Tech}}</ref> <!-- the site can't be reached using this link, try using the functioning link https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thebetterindia.com/196142/ashok-parthasarathi-self-reliance-science-technology-satellite-psu-tribute-india/amp/ instead, which is however blocked by Bharatpedia -->

	He was the son of the diplomat [[Gopalaswami Parthasarathy (diplomat)\|Gopalaswami Parthasarathy]], and the grandson of the civil servant and statesman [[N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar]].<ref name="better" />		He was the son of the diplomat [[Gopalaswami Parthasarathy (diplomat)\|Gopalaswami Parthasarathy]], and the grandson of the civil servant and statesman [[N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar]].<ref name="better" />
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	Parthasarathi did research in [[radio astronomy]] at the [[University of Cambridge]], [[UK]] with [[Martin Ryle]].<ref name="mainstream" /> He subsequently taught [[physics]] at the [[Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani]]. Afterwards, he studied [[science policy]] at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], [[USA]].<ref name="mainstream" /><ref name="better" />		Parthasarathi did research in [[radio astronomy]] at the [[University of Cambridge]], [[UK]] with [[Martin Ryle]].<ref name="mainstream" /> He subsequently taught [[physics]] at the [[Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani]]. Afterwards, he studied [[science policy]] at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], [[USA]].<ref name="mainstream" /><ref name="better" />

	From 1967 to 1970, Parthasarathi served as Special Assistant to [[Vikram Sarabhai]], the Chairman of the [[Atomic Energy Commission]].<ref name="better" /> From 1970 to 1976, and again from 1980 to 1984, he was Special Assistant for Science and Technology to Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]]. He worked closely with Indira Gandhi's Principal Secretary [[P. N. Haksar]] to create the foundation for modern Indian science and technology.<ref name="better" /> He held important positions in the [[Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (India)\|Department of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the Department of Electronics, and the [[Ministry of New and Renewable Energy]].<ref name="print" /><ref name="wire" />		From 1967 to 1970, Parthasarathi served as Special Assistant to [[Vikram Sarabhai]], the Chairman of the [[Atomic Energy Commission of India\|Atomic Energy Commission]].<ref name="better" /> From 1970 to 1976, and again from 1980 to 1984, he was Special Assistant for Science and Technology to Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]]. He worked closely with Indira Gandhi's Principal Secretary [[P. N. Haksar]] to create the foundation for modern Indian science and technology.<ref name="better" /> He held important positions in the [[Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (India)\|Department of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the Department of Electronics, and the [[Ministry of New and Renewable Energy]].<ref name="print" /><ref name="wire" />

	Parthasarathi helped establish [[public sector enterprise]]s in the 1970s that would manufacture critical products such as [[microchip]]s and [[optic fibre]]s, at a time when India could not afford to import latest technologies.<ref name="better" />		Parthasarathi helped establish [[public sector enterprise]]s in the 1970s that would manufacture critical products such as [[microchip]]s and [[optic fibre]]s, at a time when India could not afford to import latest technologies.<ref name="better" />
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	==Books==		==Books==
	* {{cite book\|last=Parthasarathi\|first=Ashok\|title=Technology at the Core: Science & Technology with Indira Gandhi\|publisher=Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd., licensees of Pearson Education in South Asia\|year=2007\|url=https://~~www~~.google.~~co.in~~/books~~/edition/Technology_at_the_Core/BrRN4qlR1AsC~~?hl=en}}<ref name="mainstream" />		* {{cite book\|last=Parthasarathi\|first=Ashok\|title=Technology at the Core: Science & Technology with Indira Gandhi\|publisher=Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd., licensees of Pearson Education in South Asia\|year=2007\|isbn=9788131701706 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BrRN4qlR1AsC}}<ref name="mainstream" />

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{{short description|Indian science and technology policy expert}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Ashok Parthasarathi
| image = File:Ashok Parthasarathi.jpg
| birth_date = 1940<ref name=print>{{cite web|url=https://theprint.in/theprint-profile/ashok-parthasarathi-the-man-who-made-india-tech-reliant-but-whose-death-went-unnoticed/281194/?amp&ved=2ahUKEwj3767g7fmAAxUByDgGHXIUAf8QFnoECBIQAQ&usg=AOvVaw212YmWrggo7lkO5kMz4eNT|work={{w|The Print}}|title=Ashok Parthasarathi, the man who made India tech-reliant, but whose death went unnoticed|author=Mohana Basu|date=August 23, 2019}}</ref>
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| death_date = 12 August 2019 (age 79)<ref name=wire>{{cite web|url=https://vigyanprasar.gov.in/isw/Tributes-paid-to-Ashok-Parthasararathi.html|work=India Science Wire|title=Tributes paid to Ashok Parthasarathi|author=Sunderarajan Padmanabhan|date=August 21, 2019}}</ref><ref name=mainstream>{{cite web|url=https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article8948.html|work=Mainstream Wire|title=Prof Ashok Parthasarathi Is No More|date=31 August 2019}}</ref>
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'''Ashok Parthasarathi''' (1940—2019) was an [[India]]n [[physicist]] and [[electronics engineer]] who served as a Science and Technology Advisor to [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Indira Gandhi]].<ref name="wire" /> He played a crucial role in India's science and technology policies and helped the country become self-reliant in the field.<ref name=better>{{cite web|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/196142/ashok-parthasarathi-self-reliance-science-technology-satellite-psu-tribute-india/|work={{w|The Better India}}|author=Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk|title=Ashok Parthasarathi: The Man Who Helped Make India Self-Reliant in Science &Tech}}</ref> 

He was the son of the diplomat [[Gopalaswami Parthasarathy (diplomat)|Gopalaswami Parthasarathy]], and the grandson of the civil servant and statesman [[N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar]].<ref name="better" />

==Life and career==

Parthasarathi did research in [[radio astronomy]] at the [[University of Cambridge]], [[UK]] with [[Martin Ryle]].<ref name="mainstream" /> He subsequently taught [[physics]] at the [[Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani]]. Afterwards, he studied [[science policy]] at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], [[USA]].<ref name="mainstream" /><ref name="better" />

From 1967 to 1970, Parthasarathi served as Special Assistant to [[Vikram Sarabhai]], the Chairman of the [[Atomic Energy Commission]].<ref name="better" /> From 1970 to 1976, and again from 1980 to 1984, he was Special Assistant for Science and Technology to Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]]. He worked closely with Indira Gandhi's Principal Secretary [[P. N. Haksar]] to create the foundation for modern Indian science and technology.<ref name="better" /> He held important positions in the [[Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (India)|Department of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the Department of Electronics, and the [[Ministry of New and Renewable Energy]].<ref name="print" /><ref name="wire" />

Parthasarathi helped establish [[public sector enterprise]]s in the 1970s that would manufacture critical products such as [[microchip]]s and [[optic fibre]]s, at a time when India could not afford to import latest technologies.<ref name="better" />

He also was involved in defence matters, such as being consulted by the government during the [[1971 Indo-Pakistani War]], and playing a key role in the [[Smiling Buddha|1974 nuclear test in Pokhran]].<ref name="print" /><ref name="better" />

Following his retirement from the government in 2000, he wrote extensively on science policy;<ref name="better" /> he also served as a professor at the [[Centre for Studies in Science Policy]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] from 2000 to 2005,<ref name="print" /> upon invitation.<ref name="mainstream" />

==Death==
A. Parthasarathi died after a period of illness at his residence in [[New Delhi]] on August 12, 2019, and was survived by his wife Vibha Parthasarathi, and sons Vibodh and Unmesh.<ref name="mainstream" />

==Books==
* {{cite book|last=Parthasarathi|first=Ashok|title=Technology at the Core: Science & Technology with Indira Gandhi|publisher=Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd., licensees of Pearson Education in South Asia|year=2007|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Technology_at_the_Core/BrRN4qlR1AsC?hl=en}}<ref name="mainstream" />

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