Title of Talk: Opportunities and Challenges in Space Science & Technology For Future Explorations
Dr. Adimurthy received his Ph.D. degree from IIT, Kanpur in 1973 for his work on hypersonic Low density flows over reentry bodies. Following this, he joined the Indian Space Research Organisation in March 1973. During the five decades of his professional career, he made significant individual contributions to knowledge in the areas of aerodynamics, flight dynamics, trajectory optimization, space dynamics, space debris studies, lunar and interplanetary mission design, and multi-disciplinary design optimization. From 2011, he is Co-Editor of the Journal Acta Astronautica of the International Academy of Astronautics.
Dr. V. Adimurthy is presently ISRO Honorary Distinguished Professor. Earlier he served as Prof. Satish Dhawan Professor and Senior Advisor (Interplanetary Missions) at ISRO and as Associate Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, and Dean (R&D) of the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Trivandrum.
Dr. Adimurthy is the Chairman of the Mars Mission Study Team whose Report of 2011 provided the conceptual design for India’s Mars Orbiter Mission. A Vision for future Indian solar system exploration is also formulated in 2017 by the Solar System Exploration Study Team headed by Dr Adimurthy. He is also instrumental in submitting the 2021 Report of the Committee chaired by him for the Generation of Revised Indian Atmospheric Model, assimilating and quality processing 45 years of segmented observation data.
Dr Adimurthy is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering. He is the Vice-President of the Aeronautical Society of India during the period 2008-2019. He is an Academician of the International Academy of Astronautics, and Senior Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany. He is a Fellow of the Systems Society of India, and the Astronautical Society of India. From 1999 to 2012, Dr. Adimurthy served as the Indian Representative in the Inter Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) and was twice the Chairman of this international forum during 2002-2003 and also in 2009-2010.
Dr Adimurthy was awarded the National Aeronautical Prize in 2005. He received the 1997 Astronautical Society of India Award. In 2007, he received the Department of Space Performance Excellence Award. Dr Adimurthy received the Padma Shri Award 2012 for his contributions to Science and Engineering. He received the IAA Laurels for Team Achievement Award 2013 for Chandrayaan-1 at the International Academy of Astronautics Meeting at Beijing. He received the Biennial ISRO Outstanding Achievement Award 2014, and Indian National Academy of Engineering Prof Jai Krishna Memorial Award 2016.