Ravish Malhotra

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Ravish Malhotra (b. 25 December 1943 in Lahore, India (now in Islamic Republic of Pakistan) is a retired Air Commodore of the Indian Air Force and was trained as an Indian astronaut.

He was selected as backup of Rakesh Sharma for the Soyuz T-11 mission. He was awarded the Kirti Chakra in 1984.

He became an Airforce test pilot, later stationed at test center in Bangalore, then worked for the Aerospace department of Dynamatic Technologies.

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