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{{short description|Indian chemist}}
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{{more citations needed|date=December 2009}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Waman Dattatreya Patwardhan
| image= WDPatwardhan 1961jpg.jpg
| caption=
| birth_date = 30 January 1917
| birth_place= [[Jabalpur]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[British India]], Present-day [[India]]
| death_date={{Death date and age|df=yes|2007|07|27|1917|01|30}}
| death_place= [[Pune]], India
| residence= [[Pune]], [[India]]
|citizenship= [[India]]
| nationality= [[India]]n
| field = [[Explosives engineering|Explosives Engineering]] and [[Nuclear Chemistry]]
| work_institution = [[Indian Ordnance Factories]] [[Defence Research and Development Organisation]] [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] [[High Energy Materials Research Laboratory]] [[Armament Research and Development Establishment]]
| alma_mater = [[Sir Parshurambhau College]] [[University of Mumbai]] [[H.P.T.College]]
|doctoral_advisor = Dr. Ambler
|academic_advisors = [[Prof. Limaye]] V. C. Bhide
| influenced =T. A. Kulkarni
| known_for = [[Rocket Propellants]] [[India and weapons of mass destruction|Indian Nuclear Program]] [[Indian Space Program]] [[Smiling Buddha]] Development of Indian missile and rocket Program research work in [[Military Explosives]], their chemistry and applications
|religion =
| prizes = [[Padma Shri|Padma Shri Award]] (1974)
|footnotes = An esteemed scientist personally respects by dr. [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]
}}
'''Waman Dattatreya Patwardhan''' (30 January 1917 – 27 July 2007) was an [[IOFS]] officer, [[nuclear chemist]], [[Military science|defence scientist]] and an expert in the science of [[Explosives engineering]]. He was the founder director of the [[High Energy Materials Research Laboratory|Explosives Research and Development Laboratory]] (now known as the [[High Energy Materials Research Laboratory]] (HEMRL)) of India. He is considered one of the distinguished scientists in India due to his contributions to Indian space program, Indian nuclear program and missile program in their early stages. He developed the [[solid propellant]] for India's first space rocket launched at [[Thumba]]. He was responsible for developing the detonation system of India's first nuclear device which was successfully tested in 1974,<ref>[http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/India/IndiaSmiling.html India's Nuclear Weapons Program]</ref> an operation codenamed [[Smiling Buddha]].

Other areas of work: Wrote a book on [[Hydroponics]]<ref>National Library, Ministry of Culture, Government of India (Call no.E 631.585 P 278)[http://nationallibrary.gov.in/showdetails.php?id=5694]</ref> and developed a cost-effective method for producing parabolic mirrors for astronomical telescopes.

He was awarded [[Padma Shri]] in 1974 by the [[Government of India]] for his contributions.<ref>[http://india.gov.in/myindia/advsearch_awards.php Padma Awardees] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131221505/http://india.gov.in/myindia/advsearch_awards.php |date=31 January 2009 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.wdpatwardhanmemorial.org/A_tribute_to_a_great_scientist.html Waman Dattatreya Patwardhan]

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