Radhakrishnan takes over as new ISRO Chairman

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 31 : Dr K Radhakrishnan today took charge as the new chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). He took over from Dr G Madhavan Nair at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre here.

Apart from Dr Madhavan Nair, newly appointed VSSC director P S Veeraraghavan, SHAR director M C Dattan were among those who were present at the function.Mr Veeraraghavan was the Director of ISRO's Inertial Systems Unit.

An avionics expert, Dr Radhakrishnan played a key role in India's maiden moon mission Chandrayaan-I and was also instrumental in the development of the PSLV launch vehicle.

After getting his Electrical Engineering Degree from Kerala University in 1970, Dr Radhakrishnan joined ISRO as an avionics engineer in 1971. He also holds an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and a Doctorate from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur.

Dr Radhakrishnan had held many key positions, including director of Regional Remote Sensing Service Centres. He was also the founder-director of the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) and the project director of the Early Warning System for tsunami and storm surges. He had also served as Vice-Chairman of Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO.

--UNI

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