Former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan on Friday recalled his ordeal of fighting to clear his name in an espionage case as he advised NSUT students to tackle their problems with determination.

The former ISRO scientist said that as India is now inviting private participation in technology development, it would also increase the scope for more startups to enter the area

Supreme Court Friday quashed Kerala High Court order granting anticipatory bail to four people, including a former DGP, in a 1994 espionage case related to Isro scientist Nambi Narayanan

The ISRO spy case surfaced in 1994 when S. Nambi Narayanan, a top scientist at the ISRO unit here, was arrested on charges of espionage

Rocketry: The Nambi Effect is R Madhavan's passion project and the film is written, produced, and directed by actor R Madhavan, who also plays the lead role in the film

Vijayan, along with 17 other former Kerala police and IB officials, is facing a CBI probe for allegedly falsely implicating Narayanan and some others in the 1994 spying case.

'Victims' of the 1994 espionage case -- former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan and two Maldives nationals who were arrested back then -- will also be heard

CBI opposed in the Kerala High Court the bail pleas by two former Kerala Police officers, who were involved in the arrest of former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan in a 1994 espionage case

The Delhi Special Unit of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), probing the alleged framing of space scientist Nambi Narayanan in the ISRO espionage case, reached Kerala on Monday

SC on Thursday ordered that the report of a high-level committee on the role of erring police officials in 1994 espionage case relating to ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan be given to the CBI

On the basis of Jaykumar's recommendations, the cabinet took the decision

Looking back at the turn of events, the former scientist said they were "a part of life" and was glad that his contribution was finally recognised

Not only did the careers of Chandrasekhar, Narayanan and D Sasikumar collapse, but also the development of cryogenic engines based on Russian technology suffered, as did Indo-Russian co-operation

The espionage case dates back to 1994, when S. Nambi Narayanan, along with another scientist, was accused of selling classified information on India's cryogenic engine programme to Russia and Pakistan

Welcoming the judgement, the former scientist Nambi Narayanan said the Kerala Police had "fabricated" the case

A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra awarded Rs 5 million compensation to 76-year-old Narayanan for being subjected to mental cruelty in the case