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{{for|the social activist|Sundaram Ramakrishnan (social activist)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Sundaram Ramakrishnan
| occupation = Space scientist
| awards = [[Padma Shri]]
}}
'''Sundaram Ramakrishnan''' was an Indian space scientist<ref name="International Association of Astronautics">{{cite web | url=http://iaaweb.org/content/view/534/738/ | title=International Association of Astronautics | publisher=International Association of Astronautics | date=2015 | access-date=13 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="International Astronautical Congress">{{cite web | url=http://www.iafastro.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/IAC-2012-Call-for-Papers.pdf | title=International Astronautical Congress | publisher=International Astronautical Congress | date=2015 | access-date=13 February 2015}}</ref> and a former director of [[Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre]], who is known to have contributed to the development of [[Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle]] (PSLV).<ref name="Sundaram Ramakrishnan — Director Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8C0TvUXvOo | title=Sundaram Ramakrishnan — Director Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre | publisher=Astro Talk UK | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=5 December 2013 | access-date=13 February 2015}}</ref> He has served the [[Indian Space Research Organization]]<ref name="International Association of Astronautics" /><ref name="International Astronautical Congress" /> for over 40 years.

Ramakrishnan, who is credited with several scientific papers on space science,<ref name="GSLV Mk-III (LVM3) Development Challenges and Present Status">{{cite journal | url=http://iafastro.directory/iac/archive/tree/IAC-10/D2/1/IAC-10.D2.1.6.brief.pdf | title=GSLV Mk-III (LVM3) Development Challenges and Present Status |author1=Somanath Sreedhara Panicker |author2=N. Narayanamoorthy |author3=S. Ramakrishnan | journal=International Astronautical Congress | year=2010}}</ref> was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 2003 with the [[Padma Shri]], the fourth-highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Padma Awards | date=2015 | access-date=6 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 |page=96}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite journal | url=http://iafastro.directory/iac/archive/tree/IAC-10/D2/1/IAC-10.D2.1.6.brief.pdf | title=GSLV Mk-III (LVM3) Development Challenges and Present Status |author1=Somanath Sreedhara Panicker |author2=N. Narayanamoorthy |author3=S. Ramakrishnan | journal=International Astronautical Congress | year=2010}}

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