Punjab Engineering College (PEC) is all set to organise a function on Wednesday where it will honour its alumnus Madan Lal Singla, who was a project leader of the Moon Impact Probe (MIP) project of Chandrayaan-1 from 2004 to 2007. Singla will interact with the faculty and students of PEC and he is also likely to be felicitated by his alma mater. Affectionately known as 'Lala' by his friends, he obtained his Aeronautical Engineering degree from PEC in 1969. From an encyclopedia of detective novels and movies during his college days, Madan Lal Singla rose to become the deputy director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, the lead centre of the Indian Space Research Organiation. During his tenure of 38 years at ISRO, Singla has played a critical role in the design and development of several indigenous space transportation systems. Another challenging flight mission led by him was the design and development of systems related to India's first re-entry and recovery mission, SRE, which had a successful flight in January 2007. As project director, he led the activities of 'Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstrator' which is a fore-runner for ISRO's future launch vehicle to make space access more cost effective. He retired in June 2007 as the chairman of the committee on Indian Manned Space Programme. |
