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ISRO has named new directors for three major centres.
Dr K Sivan, Scientist and Director, Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), Thiruvananthapuram will take charge as Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram.
He graduated from Madras Institute of Technology in Aeronautical Engineering in 1980 and took his Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore in 1982.
S Somanath, Scientist and Associate Director -Projects, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), as well as Project Director of GSLV Mk-III, has taken over as the Director of Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), Thiruvananthapuram.
He completed graduation in mechanical engineering from TKM College of Engineering, Quilon, Kerala University. Later, he took Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering from IISc, Bangalore with specialisation in dynamics and control.
P Kunhikrishnan, Scientist and Deputy Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), has taken over as the Director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. He obtained his B-Tech degree in Electronics and Communication from College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram.
He later joined ISRO in the Systems Reliability Entity of VSSC in 1986. In his career spanning over three decades in ISRO, Kunhikrishnan has made significant contributions in the area of System level Quality Assurance of Avionics, Electrical Integration and Checkout Systems for various Launch Vehicles of ISRO.
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