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dr. v. n. krishnamurthy indian space research organization university of pune 250px indian chemistry 12 january 1937 indian space program india v. n. krishnamurthy
 dr. v. n. krishnamurthy
v. n. krishnamurthy

dr. v. n. krishnamurthy -lrb- born january 12 , 1937 -rrb- is the former dy .
director of vssc and honorable director of isro-uop interaction cell .
he obtained his m.sc .
from madras university and ph.d. from indian institute of science , bangalore in 1967 .
he joined vikram sarabhai space centre , -lrb- indian space research organization -rrb- in february 1968 as chief of analytical facility .
become head , propellant engineering division in 1976 , group director propellants group in 1986 and deputy director in 1989 before retiring in february 1997 .
after retiring , he became the honorary director of drdo-isro-uop cells , which coordinates the activities undertaken for isro & drdo at university of pune .
his tenure was over in august 2004 and after that he worked as an editor for two different encyclopaedias .
now he spends his time writing books and doing special guest lectures at universities and colleges in india .
