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Vishnu Madav Ghatage
Vishnu Madav Ghatage (1908–1991) was an Indian aeronautical engineer, known for his pioneering conceptual and engineering contributions to Indian aeronautics. He led the team which designed and developed HAL HT-2, the first indigenously designed and built Indian aircraft.〔 He was honoured by the Government of India in 1965, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his services to the nation.
==Biography==
Vishnu Madav Ghatage was born on 24 October 1908 at Hasur, a small village near Kolhapur in the western Indian state of Maharashtra.〔 His early schooling was at Kolhapur after which he graduated (BSc) from Sir Parshurambhau College, Pune and joined Institute of Science, Mumbai (formerly known as Royal Institute of Science) for post graduate studies.〔 He passed MSc from there with distinction which made him eligible for scholarship for overseas studies.〔 After completing his post graduate thesis on ''Formation of Vortex'' from Colaba Observatory, he joined Kaiser Wilhelm Society, Gottingen in 1933 for doctoral research on ''Model experiments for the relative motion of air columns of different temperature'' under the guidance of Ludwig Prandtl and secured a doctoral degree (DPhil) in 1936.〔 His research was funded by the Gliding Society of Germany as his thesis was related to cumulus clouds, a subject of interest to the sport of gliding.〔
In 1936, Ghatage returned to India and worked as a professor at the University of Pune and at the University of Mumbai for four years.〔 He joined Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in 1940〔 for a two-year stint and moved to the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru (IISC) in 1942 as a professor to establish post graduate courses in aeronautical engineering and taught fluid dynamics, solid mechanics and aircraft design and organised wind tunnel experiments there till 1948.〔 His returned to HAL that year as the chief designer and was involved with aircraft design and development till 1967 reaching the post of a deputy director.〔 He retired from HAL as its general manager and managing director in 1970.〔〔
Post retirment, he was involved with his private venture, Designers Private Limited, a Bangalore-based engineering design firm.〔〔 Known to be a golf enthusiast, he helped found the Karnataka Golf Association and was its founder vice president. Ghatage died, aged 81, in Bengaluru on 6 December 1991〔 succumbing to cancer.〔
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