Narayanan Menon Komerath is an Indian-born professor of Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States.
[8][9] In May 2003 Popular Mechanics reported that Komerath thinks he found a way to crush the rocks in the asteroid belts using electromagnetic waves and assemble them into radiation shields and structures where humans could live, among other purposes.
Although huge amounts of energy would be needed, solar power could be used and the approach would avoid the requirement to transport material from Earth.
[2] Komerath said "You don't go to investors and say 'I want to build a giant spinning cylinder in space that would house 10,000 people'.
[3] Researchers at Georgia Tech working under the direction of Professor Narayanan Komerath are exploring microwave power beaming in space for military and commercial applications.
[14] Komerath was one of the authors of a counter-report that denied the implied accusation that tribal activists, who had played a major role in the 2002 Gujarat violence, were linked to US funding sources.
He reported claims that Sri Lankan army personnel had hijacked aid trucks that were trying to assist Tamils.
[16] Komerath welcomed the July 2005 US–India Civil Nuclear Agreement, but said the refusal of the USA to support Pakistan's claim to a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council was a victory for India.
[17] In 2008 Komerath published an opinion paper that called for a break-up of Pakistan into five independent states that would be distracted by protecting themselves, and which would be destroyed if they veered towards religious fanaticism or terrorism.