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K Sivan, Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, will be the new Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Wednesday approved Sivan’s appointment, who contributed immensely to the development of PSLV and GSLV rockets, as Department of Space Secretary and Chairman of Space Commission, an official note said.
Sivan, who would replace current ISRO chief AS Kiran Kumar, will have a tenure of three years.
An alumunus of the Madras Institute of Technology and the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Sivan designed SITAR, a software that ISRO uses to simulate the trajectories of the rockets and track them in real-time.
He is being appointed at a time when ISRO plans to outsource building of satellites and launch vehicles to a consortium of Indian industries.
Also the Space Agency is all set to begin the new calender year with the launch of 31 satellites on January 12 in its PSLV C-40.
Keywrods: K Sivan, ISRO Chairman
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