Modern figure
Satish Dhawan
ਸਤੀਸ਼ ਧਵਨ
Aerospace engineer, educated in Lahore, who led India's space programme through its first satellite launches.
Satish Dhawan was born in Srinagar to a Punjabi family and studied mathematics, physics and engineering in Lahore before going to the United States, where he became an expert on the flow of air at high speeds.
He led the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore and, from 1972 to 1984, the Indian Space Research Organisation, which under him built and launched India's first satellites. The launch centre at Sriharikota is named after him.