Yelavarthy Nayudamma

Yelavarthy Nayudamma (Telugu: )[1][2] (September 10, 1922 - June 23, 1985) was achemical engineer and a scientist killed on Air IndiaFlight 182 (Emperor Kanishka bombing).[3]

1 IntroductionNayudamma was born in an agricultural family atYelavarru village near Tenali (Guntur district of AndhraPradesh state in India.)He had his primary education in the village and studiedIntermediate in AC College here. Later, he did B.SC(Chemical Technology) at the famous Banaras HinduUniversity and a course in leather technology at MadrasInstitute of Leather Technology. He contributed to theinitial development of the Central Leather Research In-stitute at Chennai, India. He was responsible for buildingthe international image of the institute and for establish-ing close ties with the Indian leather industry.[4]

He was married to Y. Pavana. His children included twosons, including eldest son Ratheish, and one daughter.[3]After Nayudammas death, his wife committed suicide.[5]

2 Honours and Positions heldHe was awarded many national and international awardsand honours, including the Padma Shri.Nayudamma was conferred with the prestigious Raja-Lakshmi Award in the year 1983 from Sri Raja-LakshmiFoundation, Chennai.He served as the Director General of CSIR, New Delhiand also as the 4th Vice-Chancellor of the prestigiousJawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi from 12 June1981 to 27 October 1982. He also served on many pres-tigious national and international committees.[2]

3 Dr. Y. Nayudamma MemorialAward

Recipients of this prestigious award include T. Ra-masami, A. Sivathanu Pillai, Nori Dattatreyuudu, SamPitroda, G. Madhavan Nair, Kota Harinarayana, V. K.

Aatre, R. Chidambaram, R.A. Mashelkar, J.S. Bajaj, K.Kasturirangan, Verghese Kurien, S.Z. Qasim, M.G. K.Menon and M.S. Swaminathan among others.[6]

The award for 2009 went to eminent defence scientist,Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat who was instrumental in thesuccessful launch of the Agni-III missiles for 3 consecu-tive times.[7]

4 Notes[1] Nayudamma Site

[2] http://idrinfo.idrc.ca/Archive/ReportsINTRA/pdfs/v14n3-4e/67124.pdf

[3] "Public hearing Volume 11" (Archive). Commission ofInquiry into the investigation of the Bombing of Air IndiaFlight 182 (Commission denqute relative aux measuresdinvestigation prises s contre le vol 182 dAir India).Friday October 13, 2006. p. 1034 (PDF 39-59).

[4] Nayudamma and CLRI: http://www.clri.org/Default.htm

[5] "Public hearing Volume 11" (Archive). Commission ofInquiry into the investigation of the Bombing of Air IndiaFlight 182 (Commission denqute relative aux measuresdinvestigation prises la suite de lattentat la bombecommis contre le vol 182 dAir India). Friday October13, 2006. p. 1037-1038 (PDF 42-43). After only afew hours in Cork, I had to rush back to India to see mymother. I ew back in silence only to arrive to the nextblow; the news that my mother had died from her suicidebefore I could reach her.

[6] The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Guntur News : MissileMan-II, looking ahead and farther

[7] The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Guntur News : Nayu-damma award for V.K. Saraswat

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