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Nambi Narayanan

1941 - Today

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Nambi Narayanan (born 12 December 1941) is an Indian aerospace scientist who worked for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). As a senior official at the ISRO, he was briefly in charge of the cryogenics division. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian award, in March 2019. In 1994, he was arrested on charges of espionage, which were found to be baseless by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in April 1996. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Nambi Narayanan is the 6,567th most popular writer (down from 5,794th in 2024), the 1,009th most popular biography from India (down from 752nd in 2019) and the 124th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nambi Narayanan ranks 6,567 out of 7,302. Before him are Michael Arlen, William Kennedy, Dmitry Bykov, Annie Dillard, Kofi Awoonor, and Coventry Patmore. After him are Dulce Chacón, R. S. Thomas, Aleksandar Hemon, James Mason, María Dueñas, and John Scalzi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Nambi Narayanan ranks 608. Before him are Barry Otto, Bjørn Hasløv, Ali Khalif Galaydh, Reg Presley, Bobby Goldsboro, and Trent Lott. After him are Lesley Stahl, Alan Mullery, Michael Mukasey, Frederick Hauck, Rainer Simon, and Frederick D. Gregory.

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In India

Among people born in India, Nambi Narayanan ranks 1,009 out of 1,861. Before him are Ravindra Kelekar (1925), Richard Allen (1902), Nasir Hussain (1931), Kishori Amonkar (1932), Murli Manohar Joshi (1934), and Jayam Ravi (1980). After him are Shivraj Singh Chouhan (1959), Jamnalal Bajaj (1889), Manohar Lal Khattar (1954), Virat Kohli (1988), Jamuna (1936), and George Koovakad (1973).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Nambi Narayanan ranks 124. Before him are Vikram Seth (1952), Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi (1907), Nabaneeta Dev Sen (1938), Rohinton Mistry (1952), Sahir Ludhianvi (1921), and Ravindra Kelekar (1925). After him are Kaifi Azmi (1919), Nayantara Sahgal (1927), Geetanjali Shree (1957), Toru Dutt (1856), Rahat Indori (1950), and Kiran Desai (1971).

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