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Who are Nambi Narayanan children?

S. Nambi Narayanan is an Indian aerospace engineer who developed the Vikas rocket engine while working for the Indian Space Research Organisation and making substantial contributions to the Indian space program.

Nambi Narayanan was born on December 12, 1941, to a Hindu Brahmin family in Nagercoil, India’s state of Travancore (present-day Kanyakumari District).

It was after graduating from Nagercoil’s DVD High Secondary School that he finished his studies. He graduated from Thiagarajar College of Engineering in Madurai with a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering.

Nambinarayanan’s father died suddenly while he was in Madurai for school. In 1994, he was accused of espionage.

Who are Nambi Narayanan children?

Nambi is the husband of Meena Nambi and the father of two children. Shankar Nambi, their son, is a businessman.

Their daughter Geetha Arunan is a Montessori school teacher in Bangalore and is married to Subbiah Arunan, an ISRO scientist, Mars Orbiter Mission director, and Padma Shri recipient.