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New Delhi, Jan 12 (PTI) Eminent rocket scientist S Somanath has been appointed as the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) as well as the Space Secretary, a Personnel Ministry order issued on Wednesday said.<\/p>\n
Somanath, who is at present Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), will succeed K Sivan who completes his extended tenure on Friday.<\/p>\n
Sivan was in January 2018 appointed as the ISRO chief, Secretary of the Department of Space and Chairman Space Commission.<\/p>\n
He was in December 2020 given a one-year extension till January 14, 2022.<\/p>\n
Somanath’s appointment as the Space Secretary and the Space Commission Chairman is for a combined tenure of three years from the date of joining of the post, inclusive of an extension in tenure beyond the age of superannuation in public interest, the order said.<\/p>\n
The post of the ISRO chairman, the Space Secretary and the Space Commission chief is usually held by one person only.<\/p>\n
Somanath, who will be the 10th chairman of the premier space organisation, took charge as the VSSC’s head on January 22, 2018, after a two and a half years stint as the Director of Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), Valiamala, Thiruvananathapuram.<\/p>\n
Previously, he served as the Associate Director (Projects) of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre and also as the Project Director of GSLV Mk-III launch vehicle, according to his official biodata.<\/p>\n
Under his leadership, the first experimental flight of LVM3-X\/CARE mission was successfully accomplished on December 18, 2014, it said.<\/p>\n
Somanath did his B Tech in Mechanical Engineering from TKM college of engineering, Kollam, and Masters in Aerospace Engineering from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, with specialisation in structures, dynamics and control. He was a gold medalist.<\/p>\n
Somanath joined VSSC in 1985 and was a team leader for the integration of PSLV during the early phases.<\/p>\n
He is an expert in the area of system engineering of launch vehicles, as per his official biodata PTI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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