V. Narayanan Takes Over as The Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation

 Dr. V. Narayanan, a carefully prepared researcher with almost forty years of involvement with rocket and space apparatus impetus, has been selected Secretary of the Division of Room and Director of ISRO, successful January 14, 2025. He will succeed S. Somanath.

Dr. V. Narayanan, a recognized researcher with almost forty years of involvement with rocket and space apparatus impetus, has been selected as the new Secretary of the Division of Space and Director of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). He will succeed S. Somanath, successful from January 14, 2025, according to the Arrangements Council of the Bureau. As of now filling in as the Head of the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), Dr. Narayanan gets an abundance of mastery liquid and cryogenic drive frameworks. His administration has been instrumental in a few milestone ISRO missions, including the improvement of the GSLV Mk III and Chandrayaan-3 impetus frameworks.

Key Features of Arrangement

New Job: Director of ISRO, Secretary of the Division of Space 

Viable Date: January 14, 2025

Residency: 2 years or until additional orders

Past Job: Head of Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre(LPSC)

Delegated by: Arrangements Board of trustees of the Bureau

Who is Dr. V. Narayanan?

Joined ISRO in 1984

Mastery: Rocket drive, space apparatus impetus, and send off vehicle frameworks

Current Job: Overseer of LPSC, Valiamala, Thiruvananthapuram

Key Commitments: Improvement of GSLV Mk-II and Mk-III, Chandrayaan-3 drive frameworks, and Gaganyaan impetus frameworks

Significant Commitment in ISRO

Area of Work Commitment

Strong Impetus Frameworks: Chipped away at Sounding Rockets, ASLV, and PSLV at Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (VSSC)

Liquid Propulsion Systems: Conveyed 183 impetus frameworks for different ISRO missions

Cryogenic Impetus: Drove the C25 Cryogenic Venture for GSLV Mk III

Chandrayaan-2 and 3: Led the Public Master Council for Chandrayaan-2 lander crash examination

Gaganyaan Mission: Heads the Public Level Human Appraised Affirmation Board (HRCB) for Gaganyaan

Scholarly Accomplishments

• MTech in Cryogenic Designing from IIT Kharagpur
• PhD in Aviation design from IIT Kharagpur
• Granted Silver Decoration for scholastic greatness
• Privileged Specialist of Science from Sathyabama College, Chennai

Grants and Acknowledgment

• ASI Grant for Rocket and Related Advancements
• Gold Decoration from Astronautical Society of India (ASI)
• ISRO Grants
• Remarkable Accomplishment Grant
• Execution Greatness Grant
• Group Greatness Grant
• High Energy Materials Society of India: Group Grant

Accomplishments Under S. Somanath Initiative

• Mission Accomplishments
• Chandrayaan-3: India turned into the main country to land a meanderer on the Moon's south pole
• Aditya L1: Sent off India's most memorable sunlight based mission
• Gaganyaan: Directed the primary formative trip for India's human spaceflight program
• Mars Orbiter Sent off: Mangalyaan effectively