Ormakalude_Bhramanapadham
Ormakalude Bhramanapadham
Autobiography of Nambi Narayanan
Ormakalude Bhramanapadham (Malayalam: ഓർമകളുടെ ഭ്രമണപഥം) is the autobiography of Nambi Narayanan, former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientist and the Padma Bhushan awardee.[1] After his education at Princeton University in chemical rocket propulsion he was invited by United States to join NASA, but he decided to serve the nation and joined ISRO[citation needed]. He came to India with expertise in liquid propulsion at a time when Indian rocketry was still solely dependent on solid propellants.
He was closely associated with Vikram Sarabhai, APJ, Satish Dhawan and U. R. Rao. As a senior official at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), he was in-charge of the cryogenics division. In 1994, he was falsely charged with espionage and arrested.[2]
Written by journalist turned filmmaker Prajesh Sen,[3] the book also presents the story of Nambi Narayanan’s life.[4] The book untangles the scientific quest and his preliminary efforts in emerging the country's homegrown cryogenic technology that drives India's space technology today.[5]