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{{Short description|Indian space scientist}}
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'''Holenarasipura Govindrao Srinivasa Murthy''' was an [[IOFS]] officer and a space scientist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unmultimedia.org/s/photo/detail/129/0129975.html|title=Agreement Between Government of India and UN on Joint UN/UNESCO Panel Meeting|first=UN Photo/Michos|last=Tzovaras|date=October 11, 1977|website=www.unmultimedia.org}}</ref> He was known as one of the "Seven Pioneers of the Indian Space Programme".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/slidesowdev/flashback-indian-space-stalwarts-though-the-years/photostory/65501656.cms|title=Indian space stalwarts though the years|date=August 22, 2018|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2015/jul/29/among-the-seven-pioneers-787617.html|title=Among the Seven Pioneers |first=Tiki |last=Rajwi |date=28 July 2015|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> He served at the [[Ordnance Factory Board|Machine Tool Prototype Factory (MTPF), Ambernath]], and as the first Director of the [[Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station |Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS)]], and the Space Science & Technology Centre, now known as the [[Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre]], of the [[Indian Space Research Organisation|Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/2019/07/12/gone-too-soon.html|title=Gone too soon|website=The Week |first=Nirmal |last=Jovial |date=July 13, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=Space India|date=2003|publisher=Indian Space Research Organisation|title=40 Years of Indian Space Program|url=https://www.isro.gov.in/sites/default/files/flipping_book/53-SI-Oct-Dec-2003/files/assets/common/downloads/publication.pdf|access-date=2 July 2021|archive-date=12 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812103929/https://www.isro.gov.in/sites/default/files/flipping_book/53-SI-Oct-Dec-2003/files/assets/common/downloads/publication.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite thesis|last=Subbaraya|first=B.H.|title=Langmuir Probeof the Lower Equatorial Ionosphere at Thumba|url=https://www.prl.res.in/~library/Subbaraya_B%20H_1968_abst.pdf|date=July 1968|access-date=2 July 2021|archive-date=19 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319235225/http://www.prl.res.in/~library/Subbaraya_B%20H_1968_abst.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-011-7551-7_44|chapter=Space Programme in India|first=H. G. S.|last=Murthy|title=Space Engineering |series=Astrophysics and Space Science Library |editor-first=G. A.|editor-last=Partel|date=July 11, 1970|volume=15 |publisher=Springer Netherlands|pages=645–649|via=Springer Link|doi=10.1007/978-94-011-7551-7_44|isbn=978-94-011-7553-1 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/science-and-technology/isro-rising/article6811603.ece|title=ISRO rising|website=Frontline|date=23 January 2015 }}</ref> He was awarded [[Padma Shri]] in 1969 by the Government of India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.padmaawards.gov.in/content/notifications/PadmaAwards/1968.pdf|title=The Gazette of India No. 221|date=26 January 1968|access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (Public Section) Padma Awards Directory (1954-2017)|url=https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/Year_Wise_main_25042017_0.pdf|access-date=November 12, 2022|publisher=India Ministry of Home Affairs}}</ref> He was PhD in [[Aerospace engineering]] from the [[University of Minnesota]]. He was also the Vice-President of the [[International Aeronautical Federation]] from 1970 to 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iafastro.org/about/governance/past-iaf-bureau.html |title=Past IAF Bureau |website=International Astronautical Federation|access-date=8 March 2026}}</ref> He interviewed and recruited [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] into ISRO.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-i-m-proud-that-i-recommended-him-for-isro-ev-chitnis-2109096|title=I'm proud that I recommended him for ISRO: EV Chitnis|first=Ashwini|last=Pawar|date=July 29, 2015|website=DNA India}}</ref>

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