OBITUARY

Professor Narendra Lal Arora
(Popularly known as Professor NL Arora)
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Professor Narendra Lal Arora Arora joined the Institute in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, on January 12, 1970. He served the Institute for 29 years. He was the Head of Aerospace Engineering Department during 1986-1989. He was the chief architect in establishing the state of art low speed wind tunnel facility at IIT-Kanpur. Today this National Wind Tunnel Facility (NWTF) is catering to the needs of Indian defence programs, Indian Space program, automobile and energy sectors (power plant chimney testing). He was an active member of Aerodynamics Panel of the Aeronautics R&D Board, DRDO, India. He was a Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering.

Prof. NL Arora breathed his last on 28 Dec. 2013. He is survived by his family with three daughters.

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