Ravish Malhotra

Ravish Malhotra (born 25 December 1943 in Lahore, British India) is a retired Air Commodore of the Indian Air Force. He was an Air Force test pilot stationed at the test centre in Bangalore. He was also the Air Officer Commanding of Hindon Air Force Station near Delhi.

Ravish Malhotra
Born (1943-12-25) 25 December 1943
Lahore, Punjab, British India
Statusactive
NationalityIndian
OccupationTest Pilot
Space career
Intercosmos Research Cosmonaut
RankAir Commodore
Selection1982
MissionsNone
RetirementNovember 4, 1994 (1994-11-04)

In 1982, he was chosen to train for spaceflight in the Soviet Union's Intercosmos program. Malhotra served as backup for Rakesh Sharma on the Soyuz T-11 mission which launched the first Indian into space, but never went to space himself. Malhotra was awarded the Kirti Chakra[1] and Soviet order of Friendship of Peoples[2] in 1984.

Ravish Malhotra qualified as a test pilot and the highly experienced Wing Commander Malhotra was chosen to undergo training in Russia for the Indo-Soviet Space mission planned in 1984. He successfully completed the extremely demanding training schedule with credit and distinction.

Service No 7678

Branch : F(P)

Rank : Wing Commander

Unit : Indo Soviet Space

Reference : Gazette of India, 19 May 1984 - No.58 - Pres/85 dated 7 May 1985

References
  1. Biography of Ravish Malhotra
  2. "Soviets, Indian end nine-day space trip". news.google.com. Eugene Register-Guard. 12 April 1984. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
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