IT Correspondent
Mumbai, June 15:
Senior astronomer, Dr Rajaram V Bhosale, who was instrumental in inventing “Radio scope” a device for detecting the presence of a radioactive substances, in India, passed away in Kolhapur in Maharashtra on Sunday.
He was 92 and survived by wife, two daughters, a son- in-law and grand children. The last rites were performed at Panchganga Crematorium in presence of his relatives, well wishers and staff members of the Shivaji University on Sunday evening.
Dr Bhosale had worked closely with former President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, ISRO founder Vikram Sarabhai and Homi Bhabha, founding director of the Bhabha Atomic Energy Centre, Mumbai. A space research laboratory was set up at “Panhala” fort, located at Kolhapur at his initiative. He was also a life member of the Indian Physics Association.
He was born at Bastawade village at Kagal in Kolhapur. After passing matriculation in 1945 he did BSc (Hons) with Mathematics/ Physics from Pune University and obtained PhD from Gujarat University in 1960. He was given a fellowship by the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore for his research project on ionospheric physics. He was the head of the astrophysics department at Shivaji University, Kolhapur.
He was honoured with “Kolhapur Bhushan” and many other awards. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and many eminent personalities condoled his death.
