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'''Eknath Vasant Chitnis''' is an Indian space scientist and a former member secretary at the [[Indian National Committee for Space Research]] (INCOSPAR),<ref name="This man gave Dr Kalam his first project">{{Cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/this-man-gave-dr-kalam-his-first-project-285144-2015-07-28 |title=This man gave Dr Kalam his first project |date=July 28, 2015 |work=India Today |access-date=2018-05-31 |language=en}}</ref> which evolved into the present-day [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] (ISRO).<ref name="BhargavaChakrabarti2003">{{cite book|author1=Pushpa M. Bhargava|author2=Chandana Chakrabarti|title=The Saga of Indian Science Since Independence: In a Nutshell|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g7crHmSeI5kC&pg=PA39|year=2003|publisher=Universities Press|isbn=978-81-7371-435-1|pages=39–}}</ref> He is also a former director of [[Space Applications Centre]] of ISRO and a former colleague of [[APJ Abdul Kalam]], the erstwhile president of India.<ref name="People’s president started out with Isro giants">{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Peoples-president-started-out-with-Isro-giants/articleshow/48258993.cms |title=People’s president started out with Isro giants |date=July 29, 2015 |work=The Times of India |access-date=2018-05-31}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the [[Padma Bhushan]], the third highest civilian award, in 1985.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/ |title=Padma Awards |date=2018-05-17 |website=Padma Awards |publisher=Government of India |access-date=2018-05-17}}</ref><br />
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It was EV Chitnis who helped [[Vikram Sarabhai]] choose location of [[Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station]], which was result of a location hunt done by Chitnis from 1961.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-08-12|title=Remembering Vikram Sarabhai on his 100th birth anniversary: ‘He treated everyone as an equal’|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/remembering-vikram-sarabhai-on-his-100th-birth-anniversary-he-treated-everyone-as-an-equal-5897896/|access-date=2020-10-26|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> It was Chitnis who recommended induction of [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] into Indian space program after getting impressed by his resume and recommendation from [[H.G.S. Murthy]] (after interview by Murthy) by selecting him for the training under [[NASA]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pawar|first=Ashwini|date=2015-07-29|title=I'm proud that I recommended him for ISRO: EV Chitnis|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-i-m-proud-that-i-recommended-him-for-isro-ev-chitnis-2109096|access-date=2020-10-26|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=July 28, 2015|first=Pankaj|last=Khelkar|title=This man gave Dr Kalam his first project|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/this-man-gave-dr-kalam-his-first-project-285144-2015-07-28|access-date=2020-10-26|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><br />
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In 2008, EV Chitnis was unanimously selected as the Chairman of [[Press Trust of India]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chitnis new PTI Chairman|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/amp/chitnis-new-pti-chairman/611970|access-date=2020-10-26|website=outlookindia.com/|language=en}}</ref><br />
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