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Chandrayaan-1 mission director Srinivas Hegde passes away

Chandrayaan-1 mission director Srinivas Hegde passes away
BENGALURU: Former Isro scientist, Srinivas Hegde, 71, who was the mission director of India’s first lunar mission, Chandrayaan-1 that discovered water molecules on Moon, passed away at a private hospital here on Friday. He is survived by his wife and two sons.
Hegde had a long career with Isro — from 1978 to 2014 — and was involved in tens of space missions as part of UR Rao Satellite Centre (URSC) or erstwhile Isro Satellite Centre (Isac).
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According to those close to the family, Hegde had been under treatment for a kidney-related ailment. He suffered a heart attack late on Thursday and was taken to a private hospital in Jayanagar, where he breathed his last around noon Friday.
Former Isro scientists and URSC director, M Annadurai, who was Chandrayaan-1's project director, told TOI: “He was my first immediate boss when I joined Isro in 1982. He was a great colleague to work with and was an important part of Chandrayaan-1 and many more missions we carried out.”
During his 36-year stint at Isro, Hegde was involved in planning, analysis, and operations of many projects from the “mission” side that involved design, analysis and planning.
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