Former ISRO Chairman and Vikram Sarabhai Professor A S Kiran Kumar has been selected by the Aerospace Historical Society and the Graduate Aerospace Laboratories at the California Institute of Technology (GALCIT) for International von Karman Wings Award 2018.
According to a ISRO release here on Wednesday, the Society has a rich heritage in recognition and preservation of the history of world-renowned aerospace engineers, and in honoring many of these individuals with the International von Karman Wings Award.
With most of the past awardees being all American space pioneers, honouring Mr Kiran Kumar with this award represents a step forward in promoting aerospace international collaboration. Mr Kiran Kumar is an exceptional honoree given to his visionary ideas regarding the observation of earth from space, international cooperation in observation of global change from space, and his contributions to the development of India’s economy through aerospace technology and telecommunications.
Each year the Society selects acclaimed aerospace pioneer(s) to be honored at a banquet and awards ceremony held at Caltech faculty club, the Athenaeum. This year the celebration is planned during October / November 2018 at timeframem ISRO said.
