Kumar, 62, is one of the senior-most scientists serving Isro. (Courtesy: http://www.nae.edu/)
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CHENNAI: The Centre on Monday evening appointed AS Kiran Kumar, the director of Space Application Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad, as the chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro).
The government gave Shailesh Nayak, secretary in the ministry of earth sciences, additional charge as Isro chairman after K Radhakrishnan's retirement on December 31. Kiran Kumar was one of the two front-runners for the post, the other being M Y S Prasad, the director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
As is the convention, the Isro chairman would be the secretary of the department of space as also the chairman of space commission.
"The appointments committee of the cabinet has approved the appointment of A S Kiran Kumar, director, Space Application Centre, as secretary department of space, and chairman space commission, on reemployment on contract basis, for a tenure of three years from the date of assumption of the charge of post," said the official communique from the department of personnel and training.
Kumar, 62, is one of the senior-most scientists serving Isro. Having superannuated, he has been on contract, heading the Space Application Centre in Ahmedabad. Credited with developing key components of India's Chandrayaan-1 and Mangalyaan missions, Kumar was awarded the Padma Sri in 2014.
A Physics graduate from the National College under Bangalore University, Kumar started his Isro career with the Space Application Centre in 1975. He went on to head this institution. He played a crucial role in developing image sensors for Bhaskara, India's first remote sensing satellite launched in 1979.
The government gave Shailesh Nayak, secretary in the ministry of earth sciences, additional charge as Isro chairman after K Radhakrishnan's retirement on December 31. Kiran Kumar was one of the two front-runners for the post, the other being M Y S Prasad, the director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
As is the convention, the Isro chairman would be the secretary of the department of space as also the chairman of space commission.
"The appointments committee of the cabinet has approved the appointment of A S Kiran Kumar, director, Space Application Centre, as secretary department of space, and chairman space commission, on reemployment on contract basis, for a tenure of three years from the date of assumption of the charge of post," said the official communique from the department of personnel and training.
Kumar, 62, is one of the senior-most scientists serving Isro. Having superannuated, he has been on contract, heading the Space Application Centre in Ahmedabad. Credited with developing key components of India's Chandrayaan-1 and Mangalyaan missions, Kumar was awarded the Padma Sri in 2014.
A Physics graduate from the National College under Bangalore University, Kumar started his Isro career with the Space Application Centre in 1975. He went on to head this institution. He played a crucial role in developing image sensors for Bhaskara, India's first remote sensing satellite launched in 1979.
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