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V Narayanan has held many key positions in ISRO.
The Central Government on Tuesday appointed space scientist V. Narayanan as the new chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). He has also been made the Secretary of the Space Department. On January 14, he met ISRO Chief S. Will take charge in place of Somnath.
Narayanan’s tenure will be for 2 years. Presently he is the Director of Liquid Propulsion System Center (LPSC) located at Valiyamala. Senior Scientist Narayanan has 40 years of experience. Narayanan is an expert in rocket and spacecraft operations.
On January 7, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet issued the official order.
Achievements of V Narayanan…
- V Narayanan joined ISRO in 1984. For the first four and a half years he worked at Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (VSSC).
- Here he worked in the area of operations of Sounding Rocket, Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV), Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).
- Completed M.Tech in Cryogenic Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 1989. Then started work in Liquid Propulsion Systems Center (LPSC).
- Under his guidance, LPSC delivered 183 liquid propulsion systems and control power plants for various ISRO missions.
- He was the director of the C25 cryogenic project of the GSLV Mk III vehicle. Under his leadership the team successfully developed the C25 stage.
- He supervised the construction of the PSLV second and fourth stages and also designed the control power plants for PSLV C57.
- Aditya Spacecraft also contributed to the propulsion systems for the GSLV Mk-III missions, Chandrayaan-2 and Chandrayaan-3.
ISRO scientist Narayanan has been honored with many awards and honors. These include Silver Medal from IIT Kharagpur, Gold Medal from Astronautical Society of India (ASI) and National Design Award from NDRF.
S. Somnath is retiring on 14 January ISRO’s current chairman S. Somnath took charge as ISRO Chairman on 14 January 2022. He is retiring after a tenure of 3 years. ISRO has created history during his tenure. The Indian Space Institute not only successfully landed Chandrayaan-3 on the South Pole of the Moon, but also launched Aditya-L1 to study the Sun at the Lagrange Point, located 15 lakh km away from the Earth.
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