ISRO’S NEW CHAIRMAN, AGAIN A MALAYALI
Again ISRO is going to be lead by a malayalee. Dr.K.Radhakrishnan has appointed as the  chairman of ISRO on today. Dr. Radhakrishnan will take the charge of ISRO Chairman from G. Madhavan Nair at the end of this month. A senior scientist who played a key role in several Indian space missions, Radhakrishnan succeeds Dr G. Madhavan Nair who is retiring this month end. Now he is taking the role, Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram. K.Radhakrishanan was  one of the leader for implementing lunar mission Chandrayaan. He said he was very thankful to all people for supporting him to take the power of ISRO. His further plans are  space applications, satellites and launch vehicles were “programmes of thrust”. Another imporant mission is the human space flight programme, he said.

Talking about him, Dr. Radhakrishnan was the space Engineer of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram. After graduating in engineering from college of engineering Trivandrum Kerala, he took the Doctrate from IIT Kharatpur. After that he also completed MBA from IIM in 1976.

Dr.Radhakrishnan had served as Director of Budget and Economic Analysis and Director of Regional Remote Sensing Service Centres. He was also with the Department of Ocean Development and served as project director of early warning system of tsunami and storm surges. Besides these, Radhakrishnan is an enthusiast of Kerala’s classical art form Kathakali and a keen Karnatic music lover and deep knowledge in both.