M K VAINU BAPPU

HIS NAME WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED IN THE HISTORY OF MODERN INDIAN ASTRONOMY.HE IS THE FIRST INDIAN ASTRONOMER WHOSE NAME IS TAGGED TO A COMET BAPPU-BOK-NEW KIRK.HE SUCCEEDED TO ESTABLISH INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS AT BANGALORE.HIS AMBITION OF SETTING UP A POWERFUL 2.34M TELESCOPE WAS MATERIALIZED IN 1986,FOUR YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH.