New Delhi:
The Centre has appointed V Narayanan as the brand new chairman of the Indian Area Analysis Organisation and secretary, Division of Area. Mr Narayanan will take over from S Somanath, the present head of the organisation, on January 14.
In a notification on Tuesday, the Appointments Committee of the Cupboard stated Mr Narayanan, who’s the top of the Liquid Propulsion Programs Centre (LPSC), Valiamala, may have a tenure of two years.
Mr Narayanan is a distinguished scientist (APEX Scale) and seniormost director in ISRO. The Liquid Propulsion Programs Centre, which he heads, is engaged within the growth of liquid, semi cryogenic and cryogenic propulsion phases for launch automobiles, chemical and electrical propulsion techniques for satellites, management techniques for launch automobiles, and transducers growth for area techniques well being monitoring.
He’s additionally the chairman of the Venture Administration Council-Area Transportation System (PMC-STS), the decision-making physique in all launch automobile tasks and programmes, and the chairman of the Nationwide Stage Human Rated Certification Board (HRCB) for Gaganyaan, India’s deliberate human spaceflight mission.
Having studied in Tamil medium colleges, the brand new ISRO chief accomplished his M Tech in Cryogenic Engineering and PhD in Aerospace Engineering from IIT, Kharagpur, the place he was awarded a Silver Medal for attaining the primary rank within the M Tech programme. The rocket and spacecraft propulsion professional joined ISRO in 1984 and rose by means of the ranks to grow to be the director of the Liquid Propulsion Programs Centre in 2018.