Episode 91 – ISRO and the Spy who was not
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English - November 15, 2019 06:00 - 47 minutes - 67.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingNatural Sciences Science space rockets solar system planets astronomy telescopes Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In 1994, Narayan Nambi an ISRO aerospace engineer was falsely arrested by the Investigation Beuro on charges of espionage. He was accused of passing on confidential launch vehicle flight test data to foreign nationals. In 1996 he was cleared by the Central Investigations Bureau and India's Supreme Court found him not guilty in 1998. In 2019 he was presented with India's third-highest civilian award, the Padma Bhushan.