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Eminent Indian space scientist quits in protest
Friday February 24, 2012 03:20:28 PM,
IANS
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Bangalore:
Eminent
scientist Roddam Narasimha, the seniormost member of the Space
Commission, has resigned to protest the blacklisting of former
ISRO chairman G. Madhavan Nair and three others in connection with
the Antrix-Devas spectrum deal, a senior official of the Indian
space agency said Friday.
"As Narasimha had submitted his resignation letter directly to the
Prime Minister's Office, we do not have details on why he decided
to quit. But we learn that he was perturbed over the government's
recent action against the four top space scientists, including
Nair," an official of the state-run Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) told IANS here on anonymity.
Narasimha, 78, has been associated with the Space Commission for
over two decades and has been its longest member.
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