Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation
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Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation | |
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Inaugural holder | Vikram Sarabhai |
Formation | 1963 |
The Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation is the highest-ranked official of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the space agency of the India. The Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) was found in 1962 with Vikram Sarabhai as its chairman. The Indian Space Research Organisation in its modern form was created by Vikarm Sarabhai in 1969.[1] Since then there have been seven chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, with Prof. Satish Dhawan serving the longest term of 12 years as the Chairman.
Name | Term start | Term end | Term length | Ref(s) | |
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Vikram Sarabhai | 1963 | 1972 | Nine years | [2] | |
M. G. K. Menon | January 1972 | September 1972 | Nine months | [3] | |
Dr. Satish Dhawan | Satish Dhawan | 1972 | 1984 | Twelve years | [4] |
U. R. Rao | 1984 | 1994 | Ten years | [5] | |
Dr. Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan | K. Kasturirangan | 1994 | 27 August 2003 | Nine years | [6] |
G. Madhavan Nair | September 2003 | 29 October 2009 | Six years | [7] | |
K. Radhakrishnan | 30 October 2009 | 31 December 2014 | Five years | [8] | |
Shailesh Nayak (Scientist) | Shailesh Nayak | 1 January 2015 | 12 January 2015 | 12 days | [9] |
A. S. Kiran Kumar | 12 January 2015 | Incumbent | - |
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