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'''Byrana Nagappa Suresh''' (born 12 November 1943) is an Indian aerospace scientist. He is presently the Chancellor, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, IIST at Thiruvananthapuram and Honorary Distinguished Professor at ISRO HQ. He was President Indian National Academy of Engineering, INAE at Delhi, for four years during 2015 to 2018. He served as the Director of [[Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre]] (VSSC), [[Thiruvananthapuram]] during the period 2003–2007. He is known for his contribution to the development of Indian launch vehicles, [[Space Capsule Recovery Experiment]]s (SRE) and also for R& D management.<ref>{{cite news
'''Byrana Nagappa Suresh''' (born 12 November 1943) is an Indian aerospace scientist. He serves as chancellor of the [[Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram|Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology]] (IIST) in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] and is a professor at [[ISRO]] Headquarters.  
  |title = Accuracy of return unbelievable: B.N. Suresh
  |url = http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/23/stories/2007012306171200.htm
  |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070210080315/http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/23/stories/2007012306171200.htm
  |url-status = dead
  |archive-date = 10 February 2007
  |date = 23 January 2007
  |work = [[The Hindu]]
  |access-date = 17 June 2009
  }}</ref> Suresh also served as the founding director of [[Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram|Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology]] (IIST), [[Thiruvananthapuram]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iist.ac.in/aboutus/former-director|title=B. N. Suresh|publisher=IIST|access-date=25 December 2009}}</ref> He retired from IIST in November 2010. He was Vikram Sarabhai Distinguished Professor at ISRO HQ for 5 years since November 2010 and also a professor at IIT, Mumbai and MIT, Manipal for 3 years. He was a member of the board of governors (BOG) for IIT, Madras for 7 years until July 2018. He is the vice chair for the Design Division of Aeronautical Society of India. He is one of the associate editors of the book ''[[From Fishing Hamlet To Red Planet]]'' and a co-author of ''[[Ever Upwards: ISRO in Images]],'' both tracing the history of [[Indian Space Research Organisation]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=From Fishing Hamlet to Red Planet: India's Space Journey|last=Organization|first=Indian Space Research|date=2015-12-28|publisher=Harper Collins India|isbn=9789351776895|language=en|id= {{ASIN|9351776891|country=in}}}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
== Early life and education ==
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Suresh's father was an agriculturist in Hosakere, Andagar, a small village near [[Koppa, India|Koppa]], situated near [[Sringeri]] in [[Karnataka]], India.<ref name="From a coffee planter's son to a great scientist - CIOL">{{Cite web |date=2013-02-01 |title=Dr BN Suresh: From a coffee planter's son to a great scientist - CIOL |url=https://www.ciol.com/dr-bn-suresh-from-coffee-planters-son-scientist/ |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=CIOL |language=en-US}}</ref> He attended his entire schooling in Andagar and Koppa and studied in Kannada medium. After Suresh earned his bachelor's degree in science in 1963 and engineering in 1967 from [[Mysore University]], he took his master's degree in mechanical engineering from [[Indian Institute of Technology Madras]] in 1969.<ref name="Dr. BN Suresh">{{Cite web |title=Dr. BN Suresh |url=https://www.vssc.gov.in/Suresh.html |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=www.vssc.gov.in}}</ref> He completed his doctorate in control systems from [[University of Salford|Salford University]], in 1978.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}
Suresh's father was an agriculturist in Hosakere, Andagar, a small village near Koppa town situated near Sringeri in Karnataka, India. He attended his entire schooling in Andagar and Koppa and studied in Kannada medium. After his bachelor's degree in science in 1963 and engineering in 1967 from [[Mysore University]], he took his master's degree in mechanical engineering from [[Indian Institute of Technology Madras]] in 1969. He did his doctorate in control systems from Salford University, United Kingdom, in 1978.


He has written a book titled "Integrated Design for Space Transportation System" in association with his colleague Dr. K Sivan in November 2015 on the complexities of rocket science, published by international publisher M/s Springers.
== Career ==
He was president of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in Delhi from 2015 to 2018 and director of the [[Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre]] (VSSC) in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] from 2003 to 2007,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Research Webinar 2021 {{!}} National Level Webinar |url=https://www.iae.education/speaker/dr-bn-suresh/5 |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=www.iae.education}}</ref> where he contributed to the development of Indian launch vehicles and the [[Space Capsule Recovery Experiment]]s (SRE), as well as research and development management.<ref>{{cite news |title = Accuracy of return unbelievable: B.N. Suresh  |url = http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/23/stories/2007012306171200.htm  |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070210080315/http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/23/stories/2007012306171200.htm  |url-status = dead  |archive-date = 10 February 2007  |date = 23 January 2007  |work = [[The Hindu]]  |access-date = 17 June 2009  }}</ref>
 
Suresh was also the founding director of the IIST,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iist.ac.in/aboutus/former-director|title=B. N. Suresh|publisher=IIST|access-date=25 December 2009}}</ref> a position he held until his retirement in November 2010. Following his retirement, he served as the Vikram Sarabhai Distinguished Professor at ISRO Headquarters for five years. Additionally, he was a professor at IIT Mumbai and MIT Manipal for three years. He was a member of the Board of Governors at IIT Madras for seven years, until July 2018, and later became vice chair for the Design Division of the Aeronautical Society of India. He contributed as an associate editor of the book ''[[From Fishing Hamlet To Red Planet]]'' and co-authored ''[[Ever Upwards: ISRO in Images]],'' both of which document the history of the [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] (ISRO).
 
Suresh is president of the Jnanadeepa Senior Secondary School and the Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Education in Shivamogga, Karnataka.<ref>{{Cite book|title=From Fishing Hamlet to Red Planet: India's Space Journey|last=Organization|first=Indian Space Research|date=2015-12-28|publisher=Harper Collins India|isbn=9789351776895|language=en|id= {{ASIN|9351776891|country=in}}}}</ref>
 
Suresh has received several honors, including the Padma Bhushan in 2013 and the Padma Shri in 2002.<ref name="Welcome to Institute for Academic Excellence">{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Institute for Academic Excellence |url=https://www.iae.education/speaker/dr-bn-suresh/5 |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=www.iae.education}}</ref> He also received the Aryabhata Award from the Astronautical Society of India in 2009.<ref name="Welcome to Institute for Academic Excellence" /><ref name="Chancellor">{{Cite web |last=SpaSci1157Tec |date=2018-01-15 |title=Chancellor |url=https://www.iist.ac.in/aboutus/chancellor |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=www.iist.ac.in |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Byrana Nagappa Suresh |url=https://www.asianscientist.com/scientist/byrana-nagappa-suresh/ |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=Asian Scientist Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
== Selected bibliography ==
=== Articles ===
* {{Cite journal |last1=Shine |first1=S.R. |last2=Sunil Kumar |first2=S. |last3=Suresh |first3=B.N. |date=2012 |title=A new generalised model for liquid film cooling in rocket combustion chambers |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0017931012003195 |journal=International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer |language=en |volume=55 |issue=19–20 |pages=5065–5075 |doi=10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.05.006|bibcode=2012IJHMT..55.5065S |url-access=subscription }}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Gupta |first1=S. |last2=Suresh |first2=B. N. |last3=Sivan |first3=K. |date=2007 |title=Evolution of Indian launch vehicle technologies |journal= Current Science|volume=93 |issue=12 |pages=1697–1714 |language=en |jstor=24102066}}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Shine |first1=S. R. |last2=Kumar |first2=S. Sunil |last3=Suresh |first3=B. N. |date=2012 |title=Internal Wall-Jet Film Cooling with Straight Cylindrical Holes |url=https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/1.T3847 |journal=Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer |language=en |volume=26 |issue=3 |pages=439–449 |doi=10.2514/1.T3847 |issn=0887-8722|url-access=subscription }}
* {{Cite book |last1=Suresh |first1=B.N. |last2=Sivan |first2=K. |date=2015 |title=Integrated Design for Space Transportation System |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-81-322-2532-4 |language=en |location=New Delhi |publisher=Springer India |doi=10.1007/978-81-322-2532-4 |isbn=978-81-322-2531-7}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Suresh |first=B.N. |date=2009 |title=Roadmap of Indian space transportation |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0094576508003226 |journal=Acta Astronautica |language=en |volume=64 |issue=4 |pages=395–402 |doi=10.1016/j.actaastro.2008.09.009|bibcode=2009AcAau..64..395S |url-access=subscription }}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Shine |first1=S. R. |last2=Sunil Kumar |first2=S. |last3=Suresh |first3=B. N. |date=2012 |title=Influence of coolant injector configuration on film cooling effectiveness for gaseous and liquid film coolants |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00231-011-0936-z |journal=Heat and Mass Transfer |language=en |volume=48 |issue=5 |pages=849–861 |doi=10.1007/s00231-011-0936-z |bibcode=2012HMT....48..849S |s2cid=119561918 |issn=0947-7411|url-access=subscription }}
 
=== Books ===
* {{Cite book |last=Suresh |first=B.N. |title=Integrated Design for Space Transportation System |date=2015 |publisher=Springer India |isbn=978-81-322-2532-4 |location=New Delhi |oclc=1194490782}}
* {{Cite book |title=Space and beyond : professional voyage of K. Kasturirangan |date=2021 |isbn=978-981-336-510-0 |location=Singapore |oclc=1247939545|last1=Suresh |first1=B. N. }}
* {{Cite book |last1=Rao |first1=P. V. Manoranjan |url=https://www.amazon.in/Ever-Upwards-Images-Manoranjan-Rao-ebook/dp/B07VGKFM37/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1660585085&refinements=p_27%253ABN+Suresh&s=books&sr=1-1 |title=Ever Upwards: ISRO in Images |last2=Suresh |first2=B. N. |last3=Balagangadharan |first3=V. P. |date=2019-07-17 |publisher=Universities Press |language=English}}


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==External links==
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*[http://www.isro.org/pressrelease/Feb21_2006.htm ISRO News]
*[http://www.isro.org/pressrelease/Feb21_2006.htm ISRO News]
*[http://www.cmmacs.ernet.in/cmmacs/News_clips/iitm_news_357.pdf cmmacs]
*[http://www.cmmacs.ernet.in/cmmacs/News_clips/iitm_news_357.pdf cmmacs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061006005229/http://www.cmmacs.ernet.in/cmmacs/News_clips/iitm_news_357.pdf |date=6 October 2006 }}
*[http://inae.in/expert-search/index.php/b-n-suresh INAE profile]
*[http://inae.in/expert-search/index.php/b-n-suresh INAE profile]
* {{Cite web |title=B. N. Suresh - Semantic Scholar |url=https://www.semanticscholar.org/author/B.-N.-Suresh/95951149 |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=www.semanticscholar.org |language=en}}


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This article is about the engineer. For carnatic flautist, see B. N. Suresh (musician).


Byrana Nagappa Suresh (born 12 November 1943) is an Indian aerospace scientist. He serves as chancellor of the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) in Thiruvananthapuram and is a professor at ISRO Headquarters.

Early life and education[edit | edit source]

Suresh's father was an agriculturist in Hosakere, Andagar, a small village near Koppa, situated near Sringeri in Karnataka, India.[1] He attended his entire schooling in Andagar and Koppa and studied in Kannada medium. After Suresh earned his bachelor's degree in science in 1963 and engineering in 1967 from Mysore University, he took his master's degree in mechanical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 1969.[2] He completed his doctorate in control systems from Salford University, in 1978.[citation needed]

Career[edit | edit source]

He was president of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in Delhi from 2015 to 2018 and director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thiruvananthapuram from 2003 to 2007,[3] where he contributed to the development of Indian launch vehicles and the Space Capsule Recovery Experiments (SRE), as well as research and development management.[4]

Suresh was also the founding director of the IIST,[5] a position he held until his retirement in November 2010. Following his retirement, he served as the Vikram Sarabhai Distinguished Professor at ISRO Headquarters for five years. Additionally, he was a professor at IIT Mumbai and MIT Manipal for three years. He was a member of the Board of Governors at IIT Madras for seven years, until July 2018, and later became vice chair for the Design Division of the Aeronautical Society of India. He contributed as an associate editor of the book From Fishing Hamlet To Red Planet and co-authored Ever Upwards: ISRO in Images, both of which document the history of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

Suresh is president of the Jnanadeepa Senior Secondary School and the Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Education in Shivamogga, Karnataka.[6]

Suresh has received several honors, including the Padma Bhushan in 2013 and the Padma Shri in 2002.[7] He also received the Aryabhata Award from the Astronautical Society of India in 2009.[7][8][9]

Selected bibliography[edit | edit source]

Articles[edit | edit source]

Books[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Dr BN Suresh: From a coffee planter's son to a great scientist - CIOL". CIOL. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Dr. BN Suresh". www.vssc.gov.in. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Research Webinar 2021 | National Level Webinar". www.iae.education. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "Accuracy of return unbelievable: B.N. Suresh". The Hindu. 23 January 2007. Archived from the original on 10 February 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
  5. ↑ "B. N. Suresh". IIST. Retrieved 25 December 2009.
  6. ↑ Organization, Indian Space Research (28 December 2015). From Fishing Hamlet to Red Planet: India's Space Journey. Harper Collins India. ISBN 9789351776895. ASIN 9351776891.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Welcome to Institute for Academic Excellence". www.iae.education. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  8. ↑ SpaSci1157Tec (15 January 2018). "Chancellor". www.iist.ac.in. Retrieved 16 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ "Byrana Nagappa Suresh". Asian Scientist Magazine. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

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Government offices
Preceded by
G. Madhavan Nair 		Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
2003 - 2007 		Succeeded by
K. Radhakrishnan

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