COLLEGE DROPOUT’S CONTRIBUTION TO SPACE RESEARCH
A youth with only Pre-Degree as his academic qualification
has discovered the formula to calculate the exact path of planets around
the sun. This formula, which
has been eluding the concerted efforts of scientists and mathematicians
for the last 400 years, has now been accepted by the Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) and will soon be published by the American
Mathematical magazine.
Meet U.N.Lovelijan of Puthenveettil, Oorappankattil,
Kizhakkekkara, Muvattupuzha, the young mathematician whose finding can
have important application in Space and Missile technology.
He initially approached ISRO, Thiruvananthapuram with his
formula, which was subjected to computer simulation at the VSSC Space
Centre, Thiruvananthapuram. As
the experiment proved successful, he approached Dr. Viswanathan of Defence
Science Centre, New Delhi. It
was Dr. Viswanathan who led him to Bharatharatna Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam.
Dr. Kalam was so amazed by the findings of the youth the he
encouraged Lovelijan to continue his research.
Lovelijan had discontinued his studies due to acute financial
problems at home. For
ensuring that financial burden should not hamper his work, Dr. Kalam has
asked National Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory, Kakkanad, Ernakulam
to provide Lovelijan whatever books are needed for the research. He has also been permitted to use the facilities of Space
Research Centres at Pune and Bangalore.
Meanwhile, an attempt to appoint him in Defence Establishment
could not materialize for the technical reason that the young
mathematician did not have a University Degree.
With encouragement from Dr. Kalam and the Defence Department,
Lovelijan is expanding his area of research.
This bachelor of 35 has two brothers and two sisters.
Courtesy:N.S.Bijuraj
Contributed by: Administrator