About Brahm Prakash
Lived 1912 – 1984 (aged 71). Brahm Prakash was an engineer.
Brahm Prakash (21 August 1912 – 3 January 1984) was an Indian metallurgist who made foundational contributions to nuclear materials and India's atomic energy programme, and later played a key leadership role in the development of the Indian space programme as the first Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre.
Biography Born in Lahore (now in Pakistan), Brahm Prakash studied chemistry and completed his doctoral research in 1942 in physical metallurgy at Punjab University. He received the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for engineering sciences in 1963.
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Indian metallurgist
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Brahm Prakash was born on 21 August 1912.
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Brahm Prakash died on 3 January 1984.
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Brahm Prakash was an engineer.
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