The new ISRO chairman Dr. K. Radhakrishnan
New ISRO chairman Dr. K. Radhakrishnan
Dr K. Radhakrishnan, the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre will take charge as the new chairman of ISRO. ISRO’s plans for the manned mission into space have been submitted to the Government. And the ISRO manned mission is to take off in 2015. The take off of the manned mission of ISRO in 2015 will bring glory to the new ISRO chairman Dr K. Radhakrishnan. Dr K Radhakrishnan will succeed G Madhavan Nair as Chairman of the ISRO on 1st of November 2009.
Dr Radhakrishnan has already started his duties in Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) as an avionics engineer and went on to hold several key positions in ISRO. The whole heartedly dedicated man to India and space researches dedicates even his personal time for it. If not he could have waited to take charge on November 1st 2009 in ISRO.
K. Radhakrishnan the new chairman of ISRO was also the Director of Budget and Economic Analysis of the entire ISRO and the National Mission Director of Integrated Mission for Sustainable Development. Radhakrishnan was also the Vice – Chairman of Inter-governmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO and the Founder Chairman of Indian Ocean Global Ocean Observing System (IOGOOS).
The breaking news of ISRO is that Dr. Radhakrishnan is going to be the new chairman of ISRO. Dr K. Radhakrishnan will succeed the current ISRO chairman G. Madhavan Nair as he retires at the end of this month. Dr K. Radhakrishnan will be officially the new ISRO chairman on 1st November 2009. Dr K. Radhakrishnan says that his present mission is to lead the team ISRO to achieve the objectives in the best way he can.
The qualifications of the new ISRO chairman Radhakrishnan are Graduation in engineering from Kerala University in 1970, an MBA from IIM, Bangalore, and doctorate from IIT Kharagpur. He started his career in ISRO in early 1971 as an avionic engineer in VSSC.