Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation

Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation
Incumbent A. S. Kiran Kumar since January 12, 2015
Inaugural holder	Vikram Sarabhai
Formation	1963

The Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation is the highest-ranked official of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the space agency of the India. The Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) was found in 1962 with Vikram Sarabhai as its chairman. The Indian Space Research Organisation in its modern form was created by Vikarm Sarabhai in 1969.^[1] Since then there have been seven chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, with Prof. Satish Dhawan serving the longest term of 12 years as the Chairman.

	Name	Term start	Term end	Term length	Ref(s)
	Sarabhai, VikramVikram Sarabhai	000000001963-01-01-00001963	000000001972-01-01-00001972	9 !Nine years	[2]
	Menon, M. G. K.M. G. K. Menon	000000001972-01-01-0000January 1972	000000001972-09-01-0000September 1972	0.75 !Nine months	[3]
	Dhawan, SatishSatish Dhawan	000000001972-01-01-00001972	000000001984-01-01-00001984	12 !Twelve years	[4]
	Rao, U. R.U. R. Rao	000000001984-01-01-00001984	000000001994-01-01-00001994	10 !Ten years	[5]
	Kasturirangan, K.K. Kasturirangan	000000001994-01-01-00001994	000000002003-08-27-000027 August 2003	9 !Nine years	[6]
	Nair, G. MadhavanG. Madhavan Nair	000000002003-09-01-0000September 2003	000000002009-10-29-000029 October 2009	6 !Six years	[7]
	Radhakrishnan, K.K. Radhakrishnan	000000002009-10-30-000030 October 2009	000000002014-12-31-000031 December 2014	5 !Five years	[8]
	Nayak, ShaileshShailesh Nayak	000000002015-01-01-00001 January 2015	000000002015-01-12-000012 January 2015	0.03 !12 days	[9]
	Kumar, A. S. KiranA. S. Kiran Kumar	000000002015-01-14-000014 January 2015	Incumbent		[10]

See also

• ISRO
• Homi J. Bhabha
• Sriharikota

References

External links

• List of ISRO Chairman

Indian space programme
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
Organisations	Department of Space (DoS) Antrix Corporation Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems (LEOS) National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL) Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) Physical Research Laboratory (DECU)
Programmes	Bhaskara GAGAN GSAT INSAT IRNSS IRS Cartosat RISAT Rohini SROSS Chandrayaan Human spaceflight programme Orbital Vehicle
Spacecraft	One-off missions APPLE Aditya Aryabhata Astrosat HAMSAT IMS-1 Megha-Tropiques NISAR SARAL SAARC Satellite SRE SRE II Kalpana-1 CARE Planetary missions Chandrayaan-1 Chandrayaan-2 Mars Orbiter Mission Mangalyaan 2 Venus orbiter mission
Rockets	Orbital SLV ASLV PSLV GSLV GSLV Mk.III Suborbital Rohini ATV Concepts ULV Under development RLV-TD
Facilities	Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN) ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC) ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) Master Control Facility (MCF) Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) ISRO Satellite Integration and Testing Establishment (ISITE)
See also	SAGA-220
List of Indian satellites List of Satish Dhawan Space Centre launches List of ISRO missions