Fellowship for Abdul Kalam, Ratan Tata

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Friday, May 16, 2008, 17:28

Former President A P J Abdul Kalam, Tata Sons Chairman Ratan N Tata, renowned Agriculture Scientist M S Swaminathan and noted Aerospace Scientist Prof R Narasimha will be honoured with Honorary Fellowship by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore.

The Council of IISc, which enters the centenary year on May 27, has decided to honour them as eminent scholars in recognition of their distinguished contributions in their respective fields, a release said here today.

In its 100 years of existence, IISc has honoured only 25 persons.

Among those to be conferred the Honorary Fellowship were Jawaharlal Nehru, M Visvesvaraya, C V Raman, J R D Tata, A L Mudaliar, Vikram Sarabhai, S Dhawan, Indira Gandhi, G N Ramachandran, Raja Ramanna, M G K Menon, A Ramachandran and C N R Rao.

The Fellowship would be conferred during the Centenary year celebrations.