* BORN IN - JULY 1925
* PASSED AWAY ON - 22ND OCTOBER 2025
* IN 2008 MR CHITNIS WAS APPOINTED AS THE CHAIRMAN OF PRESS TRUST INDIA
* MEMBER SECRETARY AT INDIA NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR SPACE RESEARCH ( INCOSPAR)
* WAS DIRECTOR OF SPACE APPLICATION CENTRE OF ISRO
* HIS CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS SATELLITE INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION EXPERIMENT ( SITE) IN 1975-76 (USING NASA ATS -6 SATELLITE)
* IDENTIFY THE THUMBA AS THE NATIONS FIRST ROCKET LAUNCH SITE.
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AWARDS -
* 1985 - PADMA BHUSHAN
